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O. wiuslur. - Tom, old fellow, I grieve to see The-sleevbhanging loose at your ids; The -arm you lost was worth to me . Every Yankee that ever died. But you don't mind it at all, - You swear you've a beautiful stump, 'And-laugh at that.damnable-ball-- - - Tom,.I:kuew yotrwere-always a trump. A good right arm, a'nervy hand, .A wrist as strong as a sapling oak, Buried deep in the Malvern sand To lauzgh at that is a sorry joke. Never again your iron. grip - Shall I feel in my shrinking palm Tom, Tom,I see your trembfing lip, hIow on earth can I be calm.? Wall! the arm is gone, it is _true;. - But the one that is nearest the heart Is left-and that's aa good as two ; Tom, oldellow, what.makes you start? Why, man, he tbliks that.empty sleeve A badge of honor; so do I, And all of us-I do believe - The-fellow is going-to cry.! -" She deserves a perfect man," you say ; " You not worth her in your prime ?" Tot ! the arm that has turn'd to clay, Yuur whole body has made sublime ; For you have plaeed in the Malvern earth The pro',f'and plpdge of a noble life And the rest, henceforward of higher worth, Will be dearer than- all to your wife. I see the people in the street Look at your sleeve with kindling eyes ; And you know,.Tom, there's naught so sweet As homage shown in mute surmise. Bravely your arm in ijttle strove Freely, for Freedom's sake, you gave it; It has perished-but a nation's love In proud remembrance will save it. Go to your sweetheart, then, forwith You're a fool for slaying so lon. Woman's lure you'il ic:d no nmyth, But a truth; living tender,-strong. And when around her-slender belt Your left is clasped in fond embrace, Tour right will thrill, as if it felt, In its grave, the-usurper's'place. t .Ae I-look through the coming years, I see a one-armed marriel man.; A little woman. with smiles and tears, Is helping as hard as she can To put on his coat, pin hie sleeve, Tie his cravat, and cut his fueul; And I say, as these fancies I weave. -- That is Tom and the wont he *uO- . The years roll on, and then 1 see P A weddlag picture bright and fair; a I look closer, and it's plain te me b That is 'Tow rith the silver hair. ae giyve away the lovely bride, l tie guets lingqf, loth to leave xhbopue of him in phbm they bride-"" t! jrave old 'gout, with the empty sleeve.' English sentimnent.s Tlhe Rtichmond igij says thre writer of the following is a gentleman of lyh social po ti- I lion it-England, and of cultivated intellect: The expression of such sentiments as tle--e warms the heart to the old mother land; and if the action of the English Government had only been correspondent, we had been far ad vinced to a union between the two cosuntries more close and endearing than ever existed in the colonial days. Among the farmers and planters of the South, old English habits, and opinions and prejudices have survived two wars ;and pride in English descent is-a sentimnent-wide spread and- deep-rooted. Thce dispositions iconstituted- a basi-a for the best d& all alliances, anid if they had only been met, in severing ties with the hded Yankees,j l3y sy'mpathy and encouragemeit 'from the - nglish dovernment, they had' ripened int* jrecious 'ilessings fo'r us all. - demay not yet be too late. If the report I of the state of' English feeling be correct. the 'jig of t$e imbeije anl d te ase"tg - poi long gonatingli tto fr-nstrate the hopes rd kinrertd and loving People; Losnosc, November 5i, 1802. MXy Dear Sir ;-I have an opportunity to day of commnicating with you, arnd [ am happy to avail myself of it. In the first instance, let me say that you are still fresh in our miemory and hearta. We drinirg your health very frequently, arid wish every fossible succes to your i ause. Since your return (ahich we were pileasi d to hear was safely scompjli bed) thinrgr South have taken a miarvellous asrt. You stad - e,t jhe presannt mfomSU, n ,t mere'y o ~fa sih the jamInaius of the earth, but, ini real stamina an'd national vigor, int statesuman-, ship and zmilitry prowess, quite in the very - foremost rank. I do not think that anmy oth~ er nation would or coull1 have done what the gonfederate- 8tates have accompished wit'hI tirbrean, "8&electr~ed has tfte countf' been, and indeidl the greatr rt of' Furope, that the hange In public op I~n since you e, ehefe hs been- rvellous. 'To 'fidd -!' a is tIb o~irthernl eenutmnrt' is the ui ord ae thing iessible in thin country ; arid this: pot fom any Cottonr sympathyv, but from thre f.>wet of imriogitalg enep'y antr ,luek to ijv%. ownI sgpy ptber pobii'/lpretIn. lVe wan t Outton sedly and shiould ht. rahrt gleti to get It at any pirice, sae at the expense ot' haing our commerce cut tutspieces by privarteers. lut it is a far higheor conside.rationr than the tiere Commercial . that ha". &hvated the Suuth in the eatimntion'of Eniglishmren. I do trot usec the word England, for Eng'andl mean-s the Core -rnme, but Englishmen taens the dca You know as wellas I da that for a laiig ..il Li. savten question was csidered awkward here ; that, however, has been over come now, and finally, by the events of the litst year. Theslaves hat e shown no dispo sition to rise ;and :f not. why not ! Wby, because they are well and kindly cared for ; and if so, then Uncle Tom'. Cabin and the numerous accounts with which we are and have been flooded by Federal emissaries,- are all' false. Besides, the Southerners have shown themselves to the world as men-inot ruflans-hke their'enemies. When they in vade, they neither rub, steal or destroy. They respect private rights an.d individual opinions. Such men are humantu; and it is in the na ture of humanit.y to he kind and gentle. Who, therefore, is so fit to ue trusted with thehelp less and inferior African race as they ? Such is the inabrier we hay;' been arguing here fur the pa.t year, and the resaut must he admit ted as satisfactory and complimentary to the heretofore ea!ed cou.w1 y/ of the South. Wo are flooded at th's time with anti-slave ry pamphlets, sc-.tterel broadcast over the :ountry. Some pro!ess to be-' written by Southern men and quondam slave-owners, showing that the " Planter treats his slave worse than be does his horse or dog." I es ract this from a Mr. Taylor's pamphlet, which as just been sent to tme through the post, (I resume by the man himself.) le calls him ;elf a Virginian, and says that he has been a raveling Methodist Missionary in the South. [ want some of the Southern gentlemen in his country to say, on the word of a Southern rent.leman. that such statements are false, tot as individual or'exceptional cases, which night be found.anywhere, but as representing he normal state of the institution. I have to doubt that I-shail obtain such a denial. You have sent some fine men over to this ountry, men who have done mach to influ -ce public opinion. Captain Sinctair, of our Navy, who is here from. Norfolk and iltinoind. has. been of much value to your ause. lie is a fine man-most intelligent, pulr nainners, and an .unusumlly good alker. As individuals, we ars helping you to the xtent of our power-ships, guns, men, &c. ut you say so we are also aiding the North. 're, but if the sympathies of the people Dere not wi"' the-;soutL, you could not get a iklC v,ouii matt& of . ...- - --. .--- . - t ies and detectives in e eyy phice, and is p:"r etually dluniing the (overnment to stop this . n1 ht 'p that, .te. Voi will not want help, I oatvt-r, of atny co.unt'v inteh hal;ge"r. 'u are ~onq arred the n-ry :tst pos:itieon aimongI ''The l.iberty of the P'tres, \'icter llugs', at at comps linenta, y dinner :iven to him at jim us ele, "-n the r"2d ulhinmo, made a speech, of which the followir.g is an xtract What to you all-writers, j-'r .alist.. nubl'&hers, 1-rintosi, 1.nbllicistwu, think rs-:epreient ? All tl'e energy of the intel igence, all the fortrs of publicity, )Ou are ,ind-legion-ou ate the organ of a new ueisty--you atre the preys. I propose a toast the press-to the p'a "s;'f all nations-to free pies--to a press powerful, glorious, and nd fertile. (tentlemnen, the press is the light. f the social world.;jl ,aCeever there s1 ight there is tomnething of Providence. Chutught is scmsethinsg tmore thans a right-it athe very breath of man. lie whio fetters buught atrikes at mans himsi-lf. To spe-ak. a w.rite, to print, to publ sh, are a' poimit 'of ight idetntical' things.' T bey ata circles con tatly enlarging'thetuseives, from intelligence no action. They are sounding waves of hought. Of all these circles-of all these. ays of the human mind-th e widert if t essS. Th dia1eer of' tae pres is- the pi ijeter of eiyiliption itse~lf. With every di-1 ninutinn of the liberty of the press there is a orresponding imrnintion of' civilization. Centloemen, who ate the auxiliaries of the striot ? Thie press. 1 1:now it, thse press is itedl, and this. is a great season for loving . Every indignity, every persecution, de sounces, insults, and wound. it aa far as they an. Courage to thought ; courage to science ; :ourage to philosophy.- Courage to the press! Ocurge to all of you, wsittem ! The hour is rawing nigh when mert, delivered from this diemal tunntel of six th usiand ge4p, ill didaiy:bur4 forth in all its daysrafing bright' ness!. - - I drimnk to the press. to its poer to its glory, to its efliciecy). to its libierty in Bel gium. itn Germany, in Switzerland, in Itdy, in Spain, ina Enghit-d, in Amneri-a "pd to its ~sancipationV elsewhere. AN AMr.httCAN' I):-IU.Bt'gn.-Old Rowe kept a hotei wrhere hc tused to say one couldI get anithinsg that was exrmd o.eg n slav irs ' nou a gkee, iEbo asked" )ld IlowO '1;at h could'1give him for diungo. * . Anaything~ sir," - ' i %d R~we'.'any'thi (o:ns 'a 1,igkled -' (o i E~ansaq hird's Wegll,r aid the Ygm4kee, eyeing Jiown, 1 guess I'll tak~e a pieLe &stpicklnd elephant." o Well. we've got 'em already right here in the housm, but yon'll have to-take a whole 'tun, cautse we nievei- Cut Cl'em The Yankee thought ihe would take somec c,dfiab and pota'2ee. gg Jt is facotion..ly .t.ug-tettd that the reason snonmany Yanskee's are shot in the head, is the desire on the par' of our hio3 to get clothes. witaut any holes in them. The Voice of the Army It is a fact full of significance and encour agement that the "grumblers and growlers' have not been found in the army. The brave men who fight our battles and endure the privations and suffering of the camp, often mt.re terrible even-than battle, have exhibi ted confidence towards their leaders in almost all cases. As a specimen of the voice of the army, and as a rebuke to . the grumblersiand groaners who stay at home to defend and ex cuse the right of finding fault, we present the the following resolutions, unanimously adop ted at a late meeting of the Fourteenth Reg. iment North Carolina. Volunteers, in Virgi nia: Whereas, It beciame nes.:ssary, in view of the alarming encroachments upon the most cherished and dearest principles of the old Federal Constitution, for the States now b.nm posing the Confederate -States of America, through their. respective capacities, to pass, promulgate and carry into effect Ordinar.ces of Secession ; and whereas, the Confede:rate States, for the purpose of mutual protection,, did establish a Government, vesting in said trustee the war-making power, the authority o.raise and support armies for tbe benefit of the cestuique trust : now, therefore, be it re olved 1. That wa have unbounded 'confidence in our Chief Magistrate, Jefferson Davis. tl.e Cbristian Warrior and Statesnan. 2. That the recommendation of the Execu tive, eventuating in the passage of the Con sription Law, meets our unanimous applause. 3. That the suf'erings of North Carolina Pum the incursions of the foe are great, but will not compare with those of Virginia and )ther States of the Confederacy.. 4. That the alacrity which has marked the preparations of the Confederate authorities,' n resisting the recent invasion of our State, onvince us beyond doubt of the alurdity of ipprehensions now manifested by the Legis a' nre of said State. :i. That the passage i. a Bill, on its secotri 'eading, by one House of the Ge'neral Asset Iy of North Carolina, calling fur ten tho and men for State defence, of those alrea rdert-d into the service of the Corfeders itates, in dircct contravention, and to all i L~ Confederate Cungress, mets with o nanimions condemnation. G. That, from our dista:.t bivQgtgg on t happahannf..ck, we ;onjtre our ftllow-citir 'an the (General Assetnhly of North Ci rulina , panse ere we be made to regret this strug !le, consteiatted in the hearts t f our country .n by so utmh of our lee.t blotul, on ac ciunt : tlh'ir ' lurilnImtat sc'tmon. 4 e llsU" u, '1 as WAr.-Thlrtugh the kind. 1es of sone unknown tritnd we are in pos ,eeicn of a co'pjy of the .London I'urh, which ives its :cuctomi ed attention to American fluirs. It has a very excellent cut represent ug Jeff. Davis and Lincoln at a game of cards n a barrel of gun-powder. Old Abe with rit ions aspect and hair erect like quills of the rretful porcupine, ha' his astcard--the Black t ee-raised on high, whils. Jetf., with g'km4 n tI. bogr;1 aJ;l tue 'a:ne or fnis card rest og in his nose, gives his antagonist a most ickedl leer from under the. front piece of his ap, a1i.eain~g to say, " Play' on, ol fellow; he lamst hardl can't help .vou ont of t he .tal nother c';t te~wosarits (mid Abe's pei'plidi Lwithi the TegrO. le is seated in a rot im fthf'White House, wifb his hands resting ohis knees, and a most woe-begone express on or. his face, whilst a big buck negro in is ,'i$t sleeves and barefoot, -fjth pres f91h ',~ head, thrpu piack s'pa gn igtot on the able, in piuse poijiy to Abiraha's noe, nteroates him~ a fulowi. " Now dlen, Maa Jonatan,'what you gain to do wid dii child ? Rlh !''---Savannanh flepublican. The inllha of negroes at the North is be ginning to be felt in New York. It is said in the course of a few days a delegation of workigmen and iechmanics, representing the various trades of the city, will proceed to \Vashington, bearing with themi a petition against, such a course of public policy as will be likely to add to the free g;:.p le o't te Nor,'pcr't Cimes, Whie Prore~aing not, to b~e actuated by any political or partirsan motive, the President will b'e remninded of1 tie hardships which the white lab)orinlg popu ation are' suffering from the exorbitant nrice, of the necessaries of lite wde any nef g,: umay ad~e'a tendency to unduly- in-' rease the number of labortrs, and by conse quence, a further increase in the cost or liv' ing, will be re'monstrated against. One of the mnort gratifying o00l: many ina jer'dig it centa ofim'ctettpat ion of rd erck.buirg was the faithful conduct of* the .lyesi diht. reW.ained. In sevgral jgslangcc tl.s'- sa\'ed apm'id the p4e(et rai' of' ghot and at.11, housga and indeed squares from dest pac. iaun. la other finstanesm tI.y claituutd -.nd accured proteotion for thme property- of their (mwners, whilst in .not a .few instances they ake'd to be permitted to share the plunder ~ilh the thiving soldiery, and getting the pern,is9Ni<.n took ecre to save for those who had lef. many vahuable articles. Whenm Gen. Johnston arrived at Chattanoo g. T..n., a party of persenls v'hm'n y c.lhed him out rort at apeed. Ast h~e ap pared and told theita he " would much prefer to s-e thetm in the army." S 0, . . Thy country is in bonds; an impious foe Oppressesher ; he brings with-him strange laws, Strange la'nguagegevil- eustoms, and false fui:b. * * t 4 Swear that thy soul Will-make no covenant with these accursed, Blut that the sword shall be from this day forth Thy children's portion, to be handed down From lire to son, a-sacred heritage, Through every generation, till the work Be done, and this insulted land bath drunk In sacrifice the last invader's blood. * * for myself I make the vow. Anti for my childrdn's chil-ren. 1fere I stand Their sponsor, binding them in sight of Heaven, As by a new baptismal sacrament, To wage hereditary holy war. Perpetual, patient, ersevering war. Till not one living enemy pollute The sacred soil. - -[outhey's itoderiek. Bragg', Address to His Army. IunAtQL'ARTERS, A R.tr or 'TItEN rt.uRE, '- Wz. usTinr, Jan. 8, 18G'. Soldiers of the .ry of 7ennessee: Your galinat deeds have won the adtira iion of yuur general, your government, and your country. Fur myself, I thank you, and am proud of you for chet I tender you the ;ratitude and praise you have so nobly won. In a campaign olessahan one month, in tbe face of .winter,.your schievemnents have been unparalleled4'You have captured more than ten tbousand risoners,. taken pnd pre served thirty pieces of artillery r.nd seven Lhoustnd alutdl aris, in addition to n-.ny thousand destroyed,. You have besides cap ured eight hundrd wagons, loaded chi.-y ith supplies, whim have been de-troyed Or trught safely to your lines, and in pitched )attlea you have 'diven the .enemy before! du, irflicting a loss at, least three to one! rester than you hve sustained. In retiring to a tronger position itl:ou! nolestation fr.m" upe'riu. force, yvcu have eft hint a barren old in whic'h to bury his iott of slain, and lly and recuperate hid hattered ranks. tit ..fl from hit govern ent both by rail a eirranh -' - are t.llen in our recent t'ontlicts. I.ta their newories he r.n'hrined in your hearts, as they ill eaer be tenderly cherished by tleirconn rvmen. li.et it be yourn oaven thei ln:e, rd rttndly to emulate thLeir deeds. I la-mnem 'er that voar face is to the .tte, and that on uu rests the delence of all that is dear to recen. Sl'iers ! the prondest reflection of your ;enerala lil is to be known- as the co m:i:-a er of an armty so brave anti invincible as on have proven. Ie asks no Ligher boen han to lead such Inca to victcry. To share heir triais, and to ,tand tr ful with itt ill be the crowl, t( 1iinhiticn, - Ha)rTON Biawu:, - - General Cornmmanding. Port-rrn Pacscu .-Father M'. ' w'as n.xcntric meni U& had~ in Lia conrga Sil.' ihrpslham, a, wealhby frmeir, who jad kept bac'k his large stock of corn fromt ho tmarket in hope of raiaing the price. The ~astor heard of it, and resolve~d to imake a ublic attack upon the -transgree5.:, One abbath he rea1; foj. hii ttgt ' le that with iei ~thme cyg~n, tht pcople shtall curse hitm; ut bleings shulPhe upon the hea'td of himn hat~ rellethi t,' Prov. :26. coi. Inigral nam ould not bout know to whim reference waa ade, but he held up his 1:end and face d his pastor with a look of stolid tincursciusrnes. Fater Moody went 6n with nry strong re narka, became still w armer and teucbed th'e olonel still motre closely, who, howeve1 atmll held up'his bead, apparently deternmined not o feel. At last the preacher lost all patience, d cried out, "'Col. Ingtrahamn, you know that I mi-an you; why don't y uo & 4wn Pus-Nr Coax.-TIhere is ai dispoisitioni, we 'ar founded upon the suppositioni of a," early. ece.. to planmt less corn arnd imore coLLOC 'his year than last. Thbi< shotuld -,o '9 0-gt tn :megc~ y i4en (j'e'tOe altogether knd hula;.'iorn anid raise provisions. It would be well to do so in any event. Every planter should make preparations to raire a large crop of corn tl~e coining seaso. A pubhe meefg in Qaidwell cotuntyTeX ,iathy, resolved that all persons who refusem Confederate money for debt, pf fi nuy -arti de they btaje ig sale, ot- who haay goldl and ej~r, pn who, U~de prtence' ,hat tLeylha'e uptl.h:g .to .:#1I,. t efpis'e gees c of hfe t exept at extortionaite prices, are cenmies of thir country, woree than open foes, -and shall be published itn the newspapers as such. A CuEAr SoAr.--A South Carolina paper say that a cheap and excellent soap carn be m.e as follows : '..To eight quarts of strong !gy, add tree pnt - ci ?igg pL or tr'ee yog1i of roain ; itF Gee or siL hturs, stiring well to keep the fltuid from burtniig at the bottomi. A lit. tie v heat f..nr added will make it har d, if de~iicdf A conscript RIegiment. A gentleman from Yiktburg tells nt that in.oue,of the late tihta around chat city,. a regiment composed of coni'flpts, and :.ot considered very reliabe as riw levirs, wa poifed-in a poitition where it wys .pped they woul1. not b.ep oel t .4 very severe ordeal: It turned out that their position be came the hottest part of the field. They were .ingled ont-for a charge by 'a heavy column of the enemny. Their Colonel, w~l.o tell,; the stcry, states that when- the Yankjes --made their appe.arance in front, and'tenae up in splendid line, the -conscripta hawed evident signs of t.nensihess. Ile. saw the heads of bia men turning every which: way, to the right. left and rear, and from all the ihdica tions of un rine--. he expected (every mo menit to lire thoiu break and run. He olbund it necessary to I-e all his coolness and judg nhent to testore confilence. Riding along their lines, vith :t'".terdy men," '" wait for orders," "don't fre ;intil I give ;he word, he managed to keep them in li:ie i util the Yatakees got up within point-blank range, when he gave 'he word "ire." Says ih Colonel, ' it seemed to me tl.at every soldier in tlhe regiment picked out his. cuao in the enemy's ranks, aid that one went down fur cvery trigger .ullei." The fire thrvw the Yi;ikees into confui.iotn, sceing which the Colonel of the conscripts gave-the command to charge, and with a wild hcrra the "fresh levie-"'& rush-ed forward like a pack of devils jutuneaged from Tartariua, and drove the enemy from the field. ., Since that day, no o!. ftler makies iny .distiction between volun teers, regulars ani conserilts in the Vicks burg army.--Mobile Register. R4etiilvnl ct the Federal Capital. The palicy of removing the 1ankete Cal i |tal fitom the luka of the Potoaite b.4en oI l..te much agitated by the Northern press. The uilitary Lesors are thus set forth by the Washiington c're.pondent ot tle C'hicago s argued, on one hand, that after the re n is put dlown, and the insunrgents dis 1, and the Union reisorr.d, the mere se of the .ity will r quite int univ an b.e ke.p1 in constant order, but also t!.e ion hi. ince-. - of many adlittiba, iaionaa. 'Tihe proper defense of il i -e iindt-i prsient cireiam l.n:e. , ei.e.i ,. ,i, w of a possiblte foreigtn war, n-clire ieven :,w i.e. immediate furtificaion of ihe inc ,"Cherip'npk-e lay, and tih(. I'onmellmi aut. I' ap. l~ivera, to an eitu:t tat will s:.ake it imi[ " il hr :n Pneml:'s i]0^ L.) tail nI hite two ntster. An ramnu.tatin rmf a goodi m:p nill show why this i- in. .Ar:d our cx jeriec.e in 1SI'-22. amti in the fall of 1S':l, will nitrd] leIss.ni. on tl.e stil.j'ect. i hich we a onid be mad intdee.l r to prafi by. The ercr iot! of these naval defenses (oil trey must b6 works com iping tle ,trmg points of For tress Mobl'(,e and the Rebel Fort Darling) will cost. with suitable irmamnents, untold millicne; and to garrison and defend them. and to support their defenders, wi.. ;;aire, at the-lowest com' it;ioa, ;;eloding the flor- t ces et ijahgton, ".0,00tfwell trained tmops. (It is nren"a ry to keep here now 1'0,000.) WVe have itpr-bymay enr. o ntional glory and power br fte 1'. If we y, .900.00.OOO.2 a yey, in genaiuctinmg tis war, it viil1 b eg-y to alppropi)Flte the xpen:seS of forty days. or $12,000.000 for the removal of the capitolh it is said that Philadelphia, or New York, or Chiicago, or Detroit, or lluffalho, will either one afibr' a far more eligibale site for a per mantent national e-ipitol than Washitngton. Neither of these citiesi have any such thung as Arlington Heights frowning upon it, ioi ting the erection of hostile batteries. EitherI of them postsesses auti advantiges for tde fence thait it can bie miade impregnablle (w~rh neither New York- or Philadelhia i\ i.-.) The proximity- of Re Na auks to un - bo.1, anil t iteW e u~sure~ to the M ibh ta. sauhi.i of atee) mailed -eiscla (:: am~ r t which this city is most en'.pr~bly lei.~ej pa.d) are 01 jectionsh which do not exi4L inI te ga*. of the lake cities. (. Ida~ w%); ouwo cod that iapeed l', ptr uQ rtoelhQon is over) be ours. Amid' eveni if it uhouhi rnot hec, t-here are :neans at our disiposal now of preventing any hosttile ileet fromn enterinig Lake Ontario, while our ability to prevent, the ngin into: Lake Erie. Lake Uujon rnd Luke Michilgan is doupled, trebhl rit uarpld A Nowtr.t RW OPiEt ..Aflerh lm t Me Ial* tde at Vicksbumg, a lettee was found ott the battle geld, w;itten by a St. Louis lady to a relative in the Fetderal army'. Ir, it r4e says: " I ink yon all had better come homne, and lkt the secesh go their own way, fot- yciti will never accttmpish your dlesigns ilhere has so maniy lives been lotit, eand they are no necar er whippe d than wheni we fir.-t begiu. Smart amnd inthllential mietn, who have been always fer the prosecutioni of the war, rnow evm'iotn Itn bold terms for peace." C. I'. i'elhaun, 1i4, oftb C9lumnbia (;nar d:a*:, brF i cur< I a "st anid is making ar n.(?pgein to establish a Paper Mill near Coll.a--a mrac'i excellent location ini uany respeets. Now is the tirne~ for S.uther: i:. grnuity and ir.venti' r to ia e e- igh. .. - r. - MIessage of President Davis. RI ien:.tos, January, 14.-The Message-of P'resiient D)avis opens with a view of the mil itaty position of lffairs, wlhich is describeJ.s very saisr:ietorv.. . . The fourth great arny of invasion. has been defeated in Virginia, and-Ge'n. Burnside hasa. experienced the fate of his three predecessors. McDowell, McClellan anid Pope.. In the Weet the fortunes of war have be, n v'rioiis. Battles have been fought with fear ful carnage an both "idea, but the,-hopes of the er.emu of any decisive results have been bafiled. On the Atlantic- coast the enemy are still confined to the protecting cover of their fleets. A review of our Liatory shows that the war has entered its third and ,last stage. The first efirt was to rr store the l'uion and it has been abandoned. The lpecond was to crhquier the South and govert, it as a depen deneythis too, has proved imiposible, anid has been abanidoned.- The third des'tni is to' drstroi '.i:d plund-r what tiey could not sibject.. If we coutinue the Saint a Ibarts as in. the first, thisdesign will likewise- be de feated, and we nify confider:sly expect that this is the closing year of il.e war. The ens my will possess neither =piritnor sesc'nrce f.r corinuinig it into the .next year on so e. tenaive a scale. - - We desire police, but will conrtinue tie war at any raCriicet until our right to self-. stovernmrent andi the sovereigniy and indepuen lenceof tie States are viudidatel and estab lished. - Foreign relationa ire .then reviewcd. Our rights to recognition i. shown by reference to pwas hist! ry. Our States-, sein of which .wire recoguizei'd as inidepenrdert by (Great lritai in a treaty (f pene.. sf f i , anil hadl) been preiouns'y aiies in a war wish France. " When our cominiisioners dsemanded recugri tio::, thev were told that fohrign guvernments 1-ould nut deciee in-tweomet 'tif sting state. iments made by our gosvernment and that of mtet I-i'ite.l Sitats in respect to our tiutual rlatiune ; and that Europe would simply re :e ~ ni. as hligi..r.ams and pru.wrae iritet reutrailit.y. This apliJranTr e-te:l tie p.isomatie: inter.)urse on Ihe same fiotirg .t bur P .su.i1'. . 'l'~. q ' "..1.,n:olthe! b~lochade I-. .lisensc'ed at .:nit. 1". :th. Irs invalidiiy ik shown a ;, t+ d by tlaI" in inaps iof the Co.ngre. of - 1'ris in 1: i;. The ; wile candnt of net: t:,Lit: ,:f ?:ui: 1s s summ i tp, s-a as to show d.b:t il-y 1-r.to (otI.re ti tail :r-itral right:: tbut. ,t'e-teul ui j~t iui-lc, ind refr wiue fromt assert'tg those thattv we.i~.l i1tre il te U-niat-d Statesa. Thei ve"r:.?,pon~hr.e tre-n" the coiris (a( ('rance. firsat liritain and li.nus. .it is aV tedl ti, at. the hangiage .t I le F'ench dispate;: i.i construedl as. a 1,rnal a mission c.1 our ability to ma:tin'iua t in de peniei:eC, and justifies the it pe of an early recognitiu1. T::e harbarities by the Not t' ern troop q sae retierred to, and the action ta ken in relation to the atrocities committed by Gien -rel., W1(Neill, flth:r andl Milroy are ex plai.S d. T h(" opinion is eXpt.r that thara infamy of their en4Iln.. O.t be e1hnred by , their ApiJ' i. i hO ha~ve in nil onef instaace: puiiu-d the p.erpe rator ol' ithes.- erimis8. i In r,-gard to l.;ic's.'& proclamaition, hie a ys our detestation ini tempieredi by a profoundis conternipt for his imp~otenit rage, and that the action of our Government will be coni~ned to delivering up all comituissuioned otricers here after captureud in thea it-n States named in ths procilaimaion, to be tried by the States under the laws which pun~ish thiise that excite a sersile irisurrection. The proclamation is tre'atedu as posseasiug great significance in at1 political viw Ic proves what were the des signs of the Repuiblician partg fr'~i # kin ninlr noitwithstandig e..e edirts toi c.mneeal them hy 5.l deCtio~a. T1he procla:nationi is next considleredl a a pi4antee again.-t ite possibility of :c.oii strincnin. It is tdso tre'ated' as acofsir "t inabubity to .ten~jugt e1C: 'It h; w hich Europe wiU h '.n a aJ~~ ,, ndderl~ aIs .n y i .Gr i:~.icediate r~'egiioni, and1 asi an ini timnation tu ihe people of the North that thley must subnait to a limdt~ sepiaratioin of Stuit". A acs~uate tauxati%., .A.4 re,:en'uded. Also the ig;r M yo..da to l9 guarantee.d by the Suntos. 'The e...:ssage, which is theo longet .yet i sued by the grealdent, embraces a comtpre-. hensive review of the whole internal and ex. Wrnal rei~titn of the country. It. is confi dent --evei,.triumphant in tone--and clotes with a tribute to otur womenl~t, without whose~ sublime ecifiec it declares that out' sutces woihil have been Uimosile. The New Ysork Ti it.une has a wet consiJ cred article upon the suihjeet of foreign mnedi ation, pro~posits the Swiss tante'nsathe me ~ditoy power. It does nint object to the Ifrenchb Governmet mnaking an e fort in this directi~iot, but is not so well ratii.lied with Englanid. Onr people imighi. be sati-lied with the imerfe'rene or miediation of the Swihg ICantons, or even of France, or rgpos;eertainly of lRus-ia, but nevg 3.,'. perflmdjous Engla~nd, il we.;nhtn I- t"' ip mint'mrnemle-no daiwn that ever dawned upon the ?dislssippi invtaders Van nr:.. -Chattenooia Rebel. shs ave Lour Hage... Tbawould j**Jjaw, in rdinantim,e (1 titlr: .i ul e.tarV p~iece of a.J'ice, btC. aC *thais momeiL it is of vital iu.'jortze.2 A. our rea'lvra know, thbl price ol.paper haa~u4 va:,ed atJl~tu.!v, and ua A (4utseeqinone, publishiers hi~ve baen cowaielled .to nialies corresponduig advance oa thLeir Price. Ogle great reason of'bii titreaaed tarilf'inpa is the 'cairvity. o . ragas with wij ch, ;q aau-. fact ure it. The 'wauufactwrers infora nt. jhat, rag. are exceedingly diflinlt to' obtaini, ev.,n when, as is the eaie, ile rewes paid are high-. er, by oft leant 300 per cent. than. furr li-y.. W~e-write this article dOkeiy with a view of calling public attentionr to ibis ecercity,tai it muay as~ fir i's possible be~ rewC!Juid, and that :speedily. ,;jl'be press 4"on 'gi .aftbe mnost. potelt.fluxiliariled of this. (i OerTale.4 in car rying forward its ulhjevzs, at,au suoriug its interests. As a ncdiu nj (.f eitniiicucion, in tdomes like thenve, wheu every' isy; natdv tomec iner.uuai~le e~vent to our 'ki..iry, tae.: news'paer is n.+" itldi-lpemmstble a. ror daul .uteliig;euee, noda a~ a rctL. ol (tiF crent event,.. And asawc sit downs. to road the jrset .t' the favorite hook or jaaiirit l, let us ntio i4l to Nar ~uzbur that the~ iatet Isla " t" its inar.utac :uro trust be ol l'ined, or we aballh hr.e no_ Jlntlk or neui:apper. CU.mil the t'!otkadr is -etuoved--a diaideruturn u alotet~her hwten lie uncertaiatie-we *t.tiR roll ugr~niturioan "eourccs. IA.LJIChu iv~ery famaily tfr~ully ii e up all the rag-.'-all-ibe f 1rcils -ail the. Lrsllpa-eithter linn cotton, rar a uolcerj, awl urrni-h themt to uthe P:uptr M.iLo, nod the pruo .rietors of II-) a wilIt, wilt pay thect Land ornely tltraefr. ila,atrJ,- tell your-sites q .eye to thii -.ac a,'t onaly. thewivi.', bat ."t ,vriT' :n.,.. rl ttd' the taiie, Mfitd azad 'latd4, (""ttat? the. .oiaing ofl rays t~ auke: inp..r. Tlhe* lN) Ril c- etiiMi$'cy of i (0Wl rv like~ 'nr", d, pricv' of n..wsapaparns lab a;rek ng to e('utelnptauwe. "A:, wi e will nut bejet lilt whejt, as we have~ thus aacrd ie Gotae at larms, eretr oil", inobert t esl (and who.is. tot ?) will do all in his or her puiwier~ai. kt~ap hrml 1,111 ?tIptiti with ri, thbat aetr-preu in y tlwrc.ray eorazisae to disg.euun Inrl ;tnriit' wi1l t.roaui thits Mu Pt.. 'I ti *ttr ..f'lui~nni.l .SL : emit..-.. A r. at anuinyt ='.w,'d airne4dotN are told if ,letiatIA :: tld ;a,,wwc alU.' "11e 1olo,,r.' is 'tt i t:+ ,a.' l,d, o t~t or ~c.dier~e, ,JA~i'VI hIdi ,rtIts V irg is w,~ ~.eiiulir.g L, Ar It.uatrrf, Yirginis, a .r. 3f=l r G..intrai l.aviag ju. t betn oidere~d .ais i,0partn.eiat of tlme W.'t, Stonrwahi ls~d , e,.ciuu to vIbisi udia hlr~on of.igi batei* ItA4. Ili. l1itiiel trot. l"(li!4sr ef'jJyiflI a but !e of tangnitio'e1t till brandy which soma ,te fai-I. hail rent hint. , la sw.n M Jack ?nt 'entered, the f..lluwin;'~olloquly tools places Oftiioir.--.Ali, Getral.-srxd 'sn,ntintt; I am 1.ligHl to 64 e you.' Tray bgoeatee'. I ,are just Yreivtli a preseut of Bunts apfizcdi&l cl~d w.-ga: wbirh I want von to try. ' Stonewall,-Tbaak you, -sir, "I tever drink Oilicer.-Rut I in-vist, UejaetbIl, v4 nuet list taaetingf it.