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JL * Late Southern Paper*. From an officer on the Potomac v,e have received Richmond papers of the 27th nit. It is needless to look further than the dingy sheets for evidence of the poverty and despair of the people of the south. The editorials are dull, discontented or devilish in ahont equal proportions. The telegraphic news is vague and unmeaning, concealing more than it reveals. The reports from the north arc either monstrous lies as to the condition of affairs, or the fulminntions of the copperheads in the New York Yv orld and Fx press. The interest excited by our recent Jacksonville expedition has been very great. The reports as to the bravery of our negro troops are not contradicted but confirm ed by the rebel accounts. It seems by the following extract that the gallant Finnigan lias been accused of being whipped by I " niggers " : The Fighting at Jacksonville, Fi.a.?,V<geo "Regiment* Engaged.?We |?nl?li?h from the Savannah Republican an account of the recent I skirmish near Jacksonville, about which so many reports have found their way to the public, some j of them to the disparagement of our brave troops j in that quarter. The idea of even a handful of ' our men l>eing backed down by a negro regiment, j is a slander on freemen. The correspondent of the Republican, w-lio was a participant in the fight, says: Monday, about 10 a. in.. Major Brevard sent Capt. Dickinson, with about fifteen of his cavalry men, to anuoy the enemy and induce them to capture him. lie succeeded in drawing out as far as the old brickyard about two hundred of the black seamjis, but could get them no further. Capt. Dickinson, being in the rear of his men, was partially cut oft' when ten or twelve dusky forms made for him, crying: "Stop dnh ! stop dad! hole on dah!" lie gave the horse the spar and leaped down the hill, through the old graveyard, across the marsh, cleared two fences, and was soon out of reach. Ma jor Brevard who was at the lladdock House with his infantry, sent Capt. Wescott to the right to come in on their rear whan he should advance. Capt. Qui nor Stewart's company was deployed as skirmishers, in order to give them the appearance of foot pickets, and after beeoming engaged to fall back before their fire and draw them out to where Capts. West's, May's, and Bird's conijmuies were concealed, and get them between them and bag the whole. But instead of standing and % showing tight, as soon as Cnpt. Stewart's com- | pany became risible they delivered one tire and put towards town as fast as their jay bird heels could carry them, skulking l>ehind fences and hillocks to keep out of the way of our boys' persuasive pills. On Tuesday Major Brevard moved his battalion to the front, putting Cnpt. Bird's company out as skirmishers. The enemy got the range and position of his trooj?s and shelled him terifically, but his men were firm and steady, and beyed his orders with alacrity. The look-out j reported the euemy landing troops from transport*. About 3 o'clock they came with a force of about 1,000 or 1.200 whi te men and negroes. Three companies of white men came up on the le?f of the railroad, where Major Brevard had posted Capt. Q. Stewart's company; the balance ' came up on the right of the railroad with field artillery mounted on a car. Capt. Bird engaged them with his skijpmhersand fell back on*the main body, who %wtre posted in a ravine at the brici chun h. wlie.it' the sictiou\bec:une general.! ??"t'ivr came from his right reported that Jit* enemy were crossing the ravine lielow to flank him. whereajxui he ordered his command to fall back on the bill to prevent ? the threatened movement. In the mean time ?jny were pQnring a heavy lire of small : arms, grape, fanister, and shell into his men. He threw them into line of battle on the verge of a pine thicket, and disjmsed his men in such a manner that they could not l>e flanked, and from this petition turned loose on the enemy, drove them back, and forced them to retreat with their artillery. In falling l?ack they set fire to the houses on either side of the railroad. w? ofth* fMiomv is nor known : as fn*t as they fell tliey were curried to the rear. That of our battalion was six wounded, (none seriously,) none killed. "Two Nations."?Under this caption the Richmond Enquirer has a long article, which has for its text the Connecticut election. It says: "Democratic men in Connecticut, then, finding that tire and sword are unlikely to bring in the money invested in them, with cent. j>er cent, iutfercst, bethink themselves, it seems, of resorting to 'reason.'?to see if that will p:>y. We know exactly what they mean bv rf-uxou* We shall even put the proposition they would*make us thus: 'Come now. ye wayward sisters ! ll.is not enough been done fur honor, as you rail it? After all, what do you jjtako by this war and manage? We 'democrats' have tried if. and behold! it did not j?ay. On the contrary, all the pay and all the profits go to those wretches, the * black republicans,' whom you and we together so long abused and kept out in the cold. Vou know we abhor them as bitterly as yourselves cau do. It is true wc joined with them in the employment of a gentle coercion to retain you in otir glorious and lucrative old I'uiou: but we are reasonable: when a speculation is found not to pay, we drop it; shall we throw good money after bad? God forbid! We think it is time? wc arc now ready?to make common cause with you agaainst the common enemy?namely, the party that is in. Suffer the democratic party to i lead you once more into the green pastures of federal office, and by the still waters of federal patronage, aud wc shall make fair division of the on the words of patriots and gentlemen. T"'? What shall stand in the way of such a blessed reunion ? Shall the blood of sons and brothers slain, the shrieks of violated women, and smoking homesteads and desolated fields, and all the pride and passion and agony of the mortal strife, be suffered to rise up between as on the sacramental day when we meet in that august and immortal convention to distribute the patrouage of a hemisphere, and feel that the wide, unbounded continent is ours! Perish the thought! Let us drop from our hands these l>ayonets and bullets. and make a peaceful, prcsidt-iilinlj kind of campaign, as to the days of 'Tyler, too;' let us marshal the gallant old legions oi' the Unterrified. and rinrgt at the rate of two hundred millions * per annum, to the war-cry o(I'/tiribus I'nam!' "This is the sort of 'reason* which those Connecticut democrats propose to try. To them it seems reason; to as the very extremity of ho]?eJess delirium. We shall watch those 'confederates' (so called) who may show any inclination to hearken unto those eloquent democrats; who k may praise their lofty patriotism, or sympathize in their noble struggle for their constitution. Such confederate* will be fit subjects?to say the * least?of medical treatment as lunatics. * To shave their heads and half-drown them with shower baths might do them good: but to answer them according to their folly would only exasperate their paroxysm. If there Ik? few such confederates, or none, so much the l?Mtcr.M | We find among tlie advertisements con| elusive proo.s of the desperate condition of affairs to which the people have been reduced, The following is a sample of a vi f? ' column under ihe head of " Si bstitites ' V/axi ed ": ; j Slkstmlti: Wa.yilo. ? I"ur u man over 4.'? j years of logo into au nrtillen coui|miiv as ' a sul>stit::te: will !>? paid, lie must lie recommend :\l f . eitueus of KiclmiuiiJ. Apply | to-dav ai roo:n No. Ai:i; i ie.ui Hotel. from id to ll?. ^1. an.J:{to l\ M. In every instance tite applicants must hi* over forty-live years of age, and come weil iwummcuucd. This is made necessary by the fact that *rm/ man not ex- , % 1 * e.nptcd by I.w. under that age, and over sixteen, is or ought to 1 ?o in the army ; ! consequently any man between those ages offering himself as a substitute, would be iusiantly conscripted. The number of men offering as substitutes under these I ' ircumstanecs must be small, especially j when we le.uu from the prices current j how f;ii- two thousand dollars in confederate money will go towards keeping house. Hums 75 < ts per lb. ; Adamantine Cnndles?, $2, 25; Coffee. $3.25: Varus, per K-b, $8 fltid ; : 3-4 llrown Shirting, per yard, 75c.; 3-4 I'rown Sheeting. $1 ; Osnaburgs, $1 ; Drilling*, ! >1; Kerseys, $3,25; Jeans, $4 a $5; Fionr, -<55, $G5 a $70 }?er l?i?l. : Corn. jier bush., $2u <2.15; "Wheat, $10 a $11; Oats, $2; lire, $5,50; Barley, $5.;>0a$G: Georgia Hay, per j cwt.. $2: Fodder, per cwt., $2; Lnrd, per Hi.. (?5 a 70e.: Whiskey, per gallon, $20; Apple Brandy, do.. $20; New Orleans Syrup, do.. $5: Nails per ll?., $5; Powder, do., $P.; Salt, per rack. Liverpool, $10 a $50: Virginia, $20; Carolina, $18 a $20; Yellow Soap, jierlb.. 85c. , a $ I: Ordinary Sugar, per lb., 50c.; White Clarified, $1,25: 'lea, j>er lb.. $0; Tobacco, l?er l!>., $1,25 a $1.75. The following will give nil idea of what it would cost to keep your " coach and | pair" ns a gentleman should in the capital , of seeesli: Notice.?Owing to the very high price of feed, we are compelled to charge on after April ! 1st., the following rates for boarding: Horses JK.T month. $100; ]>er day. $5 ; single feed, $2. James C. Johnson. Virginia Stables. , John B. Davis, Exchange 4i JosEi'ii II. Htx, American ' The appeals for volunteers which used to fill so much space, have given place to rewards for deserters, which range from $30 to $00 each. Runaway slaves nre quite numerous. One describes a fine, intelligent follow as having on a military cap and a Yankee overcoat when he went away. May be his coat may give us a clue as to his present whereabouts. The dirtebence.?Several gentlemen, gathered int^n little knot at a literary soiree, were engaged in conversation, which [ at length touched on religion. One remarked that ho had no objection to the 1 christian religion as a mere ethical system, ! but rather admired the loftfhess of its morals; as a professed system of doctrines, ( however, he regarded it as delusive.? When, for instance, it insisted 011 regeneration l>y a spiritual agency, and on atonement for sin by a crucified Savior, be could not concur in its statements, as lie found 110 spirit of adaptation or them to j his own experience.) A second speaker * regard(il the whole svku-m ns admitting qt 110 exacx. rtbnToiu&ty***/>ii, and as receiving its support chiefly frqm the enthusiastic, who talked about love and communion with God, experience of God dwelling in j their hearts, and consciousness of a new ( life inspirited into them. Such talk was mere babble and delusion. The third gentleman acknowledged that he was a full believer in tliis religion. To the first speaker he remarked: "You are married, and, as I am led to believe, very congenially. You profess ardent love for your wife ; you are confident that your love is reciprocated. You believe and trust in her, and your love is founded 011 this consciousness. Now, I cannot be conscious of any similar feeling, for I have ? ~ 1,,,+ f.n, T (fnm il/vnhtimrr flint ) I1U 11c y I'Ul XiU am jl vtv/io/?4*iq ????? you have rood grounds for this reliance, this estimate of your wife's excellence, and this conscious happiness in her communion. You ought to know better than I can, for you have daily proof that you are not deceived." Then addressing the , second speaker, " Yon are a mathemati- ' eian, and have studied its higher branches. I It would be difficult to place you at fault on any point of a science you had so profoundly studied. Now, what is demonstration to you might not be so to me, j merely on account of my ignorance. I have looked a little into some of its abstruse parts, but I confess they appeared I to be unintelligible jargon. I readily at- | tribntcd this to my own want of compre- j hension of a science I had not studied. I ; should be the last to say that the knowledge you had acquired was delusive, or I that you babbled when you talked of demonstrations which were unintelligible to me. Now, neither of you gentlemen, I believe. have made religion a subject of impart iid and careful study; and may it not be possible that others are better acquainted with it than you are? I was once as j disdainful of its .claims as you are, and disparaged it in the terms you now employ. 1 need not recite the circumstances which led to a material change in my views. These views are certainly changed. ! I Lave entered into the subject with all my heart and with all mv faculties. I have had an experience of the regenerative power of this religion; I have an unshaken faith in the Saviour's atonement; I am conscious of the indwelling power of a spiritual agency; I feel a supreme love to God, and am sure of established friend. ly relations between liim and my soul; I enjoy a happiness and peace of mind of which I was before wholly unconcious. Now. gentlemen, on what grounds can you dispute my consciousness, or impugn my experience? I feel that I have proceeded rationally, and have been free from i all objectionable enthusiasm. I give you j credit for what you know, what you have studied, although I maybe personally ignorant of your experiences; and why should I not claim a similar concession? I have studied religion in its doctrines, and iu the various phases of its operations. 1 .?im sure of its truth, reality, and power. No mathematics could cause greater certainty of conviction, and no experience of life would be move conclusive. Now, may it not be that I have more knowledge of , this subject than you have, since I have studied it more seriously; and may it not be that if you would place yourselves more fully under the power of this religion, that your views, as did my own, would undergo material modifications?"? i The J're$byf(ritin, # _ - -J Kebrl Stems. I From the Kiclimoud biepMcli, of March 3U.J Lndiax* is Xortu Texas. ? The following**} an extract front a responsible letter from Gaines* ri IK*. Cook count v. Texas, dated Februnrv Kttli ' We hate the Indians in our eonnty. Thfr have stolen several horse*, an 1 have killed four jH>rson?, two of whom v.-'.v n-sar Montague, by the name of Moore. Tiny were out splittiii'j rails when they killed litem. They cut oil' their ears and hands and scalped them. The two others were named Stump and ltailey. They were stripped of all their clothing. Indian signs are plenty all over the country, and there is much excitement here about it.'' Yankee Vandalism.?We gave several dayi ago some deeply interesting statements of tin outrages of the enemy in Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi. In addition to these statement! we have certified copies of two original letten from Gen. Ilerron. the Yankee commander a| Prairie Grove, Arkansas, to Cnpt. M. 1). Ilart, an Arkansas "jay-hawker." directing him to take no prisoner.< and to turn a town. The following is the first letter: Hradqcabtbra 2P AXI> SI> DIVISIONS, \ Army of the Frontier, Dec. 17, 1W2. I * Captain: I have sent Lieut. Wilhite and 75 ffl A 1.1 .1 A..A men on 10 \> ime river 10 neip you ciear uiai Motion of Ingram's band. You and he will join forces and work together. Don't take any of them prisoners. They hare fired 011 my mail carriers at Mudtown, and when np there yon had better hum that place. If y >u can get Ingram alive send him to me. Respectfully, F. J. HE It RON, Brig. Gen. Commanding. Ca]>tain Hart. The second letter i? three days later, and directs Hart, ** if possible, to completely destroy" the "bands infesting that country." "Don't show any mercy to bush whackers," says he. These letters come directly from an official source in Arkansas. The originals were found 011 Capt. Ilart's person when capturad. And he was forthwith hanged by his captors. Extravagant Wish?Toney?Hello,Pompey, does you know whar de Planters' Hotel is ? Pompey?Know whar de Planters' Hotel is ? Golly! I only wish I had as much money as I know whar de Planters' Hotel is. Our l>oys np at "the front" have heen encamped so long 011 Duck river that they can't "mark time" without waddling. Tobacco.?The Lynchburg Virginian says: ?The tobacco fever rau very high yesterday. Factors were scarcely able to wait on their customers. so great was the demand. Fine grades were held as high as $3.50, and the lower proportionably high, with an upward tendency. Smoking was advanced to $1,25 for medium bales, and the finer brands to $1,50 a $1,75. The trade is going it with a perfect Wall 'street rush. Condkmn'F.d to uk Huso.?The orders of the general court martini now in session here, relative to Capt. A. Webster, who has l>cen on trial before it for several days past, were promulgated yesterday. Webster was arrested in Farquier county some months ago, charged with the murder in cold blood, and under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, of a confederate captain n.'incU 1 *?_ 1 . * 1 1 1 ^ 1_ _ . J oimpson, nnu orougm u> mcnuiuuu ?uu pinceu i:i Castle Thunder, from which place lie has made several unsuccessful attempts to escape. The prisoner was regularly commissioned as captain of an independent company in Pierpont's Jinny, and as such hid done much to oppress the "oval-inhabitants of flic counties in which he and lift Jc'tbrw nvebootcAi operated. He was not tried for the murder t>f Captain Simpson before the court martial, bn| for the military offence of a breach of his parole of honor. Of this offence he was found guilty, and two-thirds of the court assenting thereto, it was adjudged flint lie be hung by the neck until dead at such time and place as might le designated by the commander of the department of Henrico. The sentence of the court was yesterday approved by Brig.-Gen. John H. Winder, who unlerad that the said Copt. A. Welntcr be executed pursuant to seutence at Cajnp Lee. on Friday, the 3d day of April, between the hours of 8 o'clock, A. M. and 3 o'clock, P. M., under the direction of the provost marshal. General Assbmbi.t of. Georgia.?Governor's Message.?The general assembly convened in extra session at Milledgeville on the 2.~>th ult. in extra se>sion. Gov. Brown sent in a message in which he recommended the restriction of the planting of cotton to one quarter of an acre to each hand, under a heavy penalty. He 'argues the necessity of the cause, presenting the possible scarcity^ provisions, lie recommends that further restrictions be put upon the distillation of spirits, so as to prevent the use of potatoes, peas, and dried peaches for that purpose, lie opjioses the endorsement of the bonds of the confederate states by Georgia, as calculated to imjmir the confidence of capitalists and injure the credit of tiie state at home and abroad. lie says it could do the confederacy no good. He recommended that congress be requested to lew a tax to pay the interest en the whole debt, and create a sinking fund to extinguish the debt gradually. He urges a cordial supjiort of the confederate government and administration. Concerning state interests, he recommends an increase of the salaries of officers, desires the legislature to devise the best plan of furnishing laborers for coast defences, and recommends that the state cars carry com to the destitute portions of the state. lie advises an amendment of the militia laws, etc. A good story is told in connection with the rebel conscription law, as it operated in Jacksonville, Fla. An old Irishman having been drafted and sent to camp from that town, complained to General Finegan that he was too old and feeble to serve as a soldier. '' Niver mind ! Its a fine hearty yonng fellow, ye are yet. Irishmen make the best soldiers in the world, and I want ye," said Finegan, himself a son of the Emerald Isle. "Bedad, that's true, your honor, but it's only Brigadier Generals they are fit for," was the conscript's retort, as he fell into the ranks with a luqubrions countenance. Kind Old Aunty.?Old lady of propcrtv, (to her nephew. Ensign Skelter, who i expects to come in for the best part of lus aunt's money:) " Sol apj)lie?l to a butcher, my dear, and he's sent me a noble dog; but what I want now, my dear, is to have him unchained, and then for you to slijj out, and come over the garden wall like n thief or a robber, for mo to see if he's faithful! Onj of the men-servants, mv dear! Bless you. a park o' cowards, afntffo of' their lives of him; besides, my dear, he knows 'em, and wouldn't hurt 'em! but I thought, my dear, as you'd gonf into the army, you wouldn't mind!" But the gallant ensign was also a judge of bull terriers, and didn't seem to see it. "When is a vessel smaller than a bonnet? When she's atp-sized. [The author ha* 1 since bad his head shaved. J f ill .1 l'. _ ?. ! (gpmmnnfoatfll After the IVar. Away from the wretched muddle of the present time; from all its disappointments and despairs; its war wanting earnestness, , or purpose, or honor; too many of its leaders treacherous or imbecile, unable to comprehend the sublime grandeur of the ( opportunity; politicians and pettifoggers, when there is supreme need of statesmen ' and heroes; soul-bortnd by tratiitions from ' which all sanctity has departed, clinging with the tenacity of a death grasp to old | conservatisms covered thick with the mold of the grave, hoping to chain the chaos of a revolution with strings of red tape, and dealing with an armed conflict of principles, forever hostile and irreconcible, as i if it were a mere squabble of parties and sections; impenetrable to, or wilfully ignoring the most patent fact that it is the conflict of a progressive, humane, christian civilization against an institution, in which all the barbarisms und oppressions of the ages are concentrated and intensified, and which comprehends the sum of all villainies, and all crimes against humanity. , Let us take ourselves out of this iuglorii ous time, leaving behind us its mean and i cowardly policies and ignoble politicians, and pass forward for a while to the period 4 of lioj)e and promise which will doubtless J come, when the war shall be ended, and ; the muddle cleared. For, it may be as' sumed, nay, be logically inferred from | historical analog}-, and the constitution of ' human nature, that the time will be when ' " after the icar " will have come out of the category of the future, and become a con' summated epoch, and chronological date (in history. The data are insufficient for ' determining precisely the year and day of this conclusion. If no nearer or more definite limitation can be flxedy it may be confidentlv affirmed that the end will come before the millenial era, or at the ! farthest before the final holocaust ?tif earth. ; It may be assumed further?assumpj tions, especially when they can neither be | proved nor disproved, are a very handy kind of logic?that the end of the war will not find tilings in general in precisely the ofo+n thev xecre nt. the lieoininc. A crood | (leal of remodeling and reconstruction of ' institutions, sharper analysis and definition of organic principles, limitations and more scientific elations of the stales and broader and mora difi>f the interest whicy may ccndant, will he neciesa>w public order ma\1 be ding to the new colidi11 wouiu argue misbelief in Providence and in man to doubt, and it is therefore further assumed, that the end of the war, whether near or remote, will signalize the absolute triumph of truth, justice and freedom. The war may be indefinitely protracted, it may be temporarily suspended by a traitorous peace, which will only ' give time for preparation for renewed hostilities. But no other consummation is possible, whatever more of fiery trial, new forms of suffering, sacrifice and disaster are to be endured before It is attained. It will be a reinstallation of the Declaration of Independence, with which the nation inaugurated its existence, a new, more solemn, conscious, and intelligent consecration of itself to the idea of the sacredness of man, and the divinity of hu mail rights. I leave to the architect, sages and statesmen, before) whom the copperhead and douglihead shams of statesmen will have vanished into infinite ob, livion, the task of squaring and fitting the materials, and building up " the glorious temple of the New Jerusalem." While . they are thus working for political reconstruction aud repairing, let us inquire if < the old symbols of the nation are fit symi j bols of the new era of its regeneration. ! | The only one of these symbols it is pro' posed to -write about now, is the national flag, the "star spangled banner." While visible symbols have so much power over the thoughts and sentiments ' of men, and there is so strong a tendency to make them greater than the things they signify, and to transfer to themselves the sacredness which belongs only to ideas they embody in form; it is important that they should lie natural symbols, suggestive iu themselves of the nidral qualities they represent. All national banners have : little more intrinsic value than the embla! zonments of heraldry; only such jus arises from an accidental connexion with some great movement of human thought or action. It is onlv in a historical and quite arbitrary way, that tliey became symbolic, i < The true symbol lias an intrinsic meaning, 1 b sclf-inggestive, and independent of association with transient events, or tempo! rary conditions. ; The- ^ star spangled banner " is not a 1 natural symbol. Its value is chiefly hisI torical. - It does not at all suggest the [ | ideas of justice, freedom, and human righto, and only imperfectly the idea of ' uniottr^iirffiet it does not symbolize union, but rather simple confederation. The , stripes are not united by cohesion of fabric, but by mechanical attachment ; and if they were, the colors are as sharply distinct and apart, as if each waved on a sep; Arate standard. Thoy do not even con. I r ) verge towards the blue of the field, which arrangement might give a truer expression i to the flag. There is no suggestion of ^ blending, or fusion into union. <..t' unity out oT multiplicity, of the "K phtriuus Vnum Nor are the stars, whether in a chnter, irregularly placed, or ranged in parallel lines across the field, or us u central star, with rays composed of stars, the most via uiitun, i?ui raxuer ui simple aggregation, orderly, or confused. In fact the flag is the flag of the old confederation, unchanged excepting in the j , number of its stars. It expresses no more ; j than the idea of the confederation, re-pro- ; duced in the sou them confederacy, whose stars and bars represent it as well as the stars and stripes. The idea was not union, but ! simply the alliance of equal and indepeni dent sovereigns by treaty, each of whom reserved the right of secession at his pleasure. As independence of Great Britain, i not orignally contemplated, resulted from j a war begun with other objects, so the union came out of the utter weakness anil ! j imperfectness of the original alliance. It became a necessity of the Revolution to . announce, as the primary truth of govern- ? ; ment, a dogma, which was a protest be fore heaven and earth against every form j of government, that had ever existed. I The constitution, re-affirming that dogma, arose out of the necessity of forming a , more perfect union than was possible un- . der the old, disjointed, discordant, and i , utterly powerless confederation. The j ; men of the time, few of whom comprehended but a little the import of their : I immortal declaration of rights, and fully j | occupied by hard, stern, practical neces- j , sities, had scant leisure for the study of i : blazonry. Hence, instead of seeking to ; find new symbols for the new, at least the ! i more comprehensive ideas, the new ideas I ! were superadded to the existing symbol, and the flog retained under whose starry ! folds the battles of political lil^rty had been won. Honor to the old Hag for its i earlier glories,, until it waved for the pro' twtirm nf u system of omvression. com- ! v vw"x/ " '? ? i i ' i pared with which the worst political despotisms were beneficent and paternal. With the permission of the editor of ( The Free South, this discussion will be ; resumed and continued. j. a. s. On Board .strxwrr City or Bath. > North Edfcto River, April 5. ISCJ.f Mr. Editor :?I send you a few resolutions expressing some of the views and sentiments of the Eighty-first Regiment ! New York Volunteers. They were eager- ! ly adopted by every officer and private of j | the regiment while in camp on St. Helena j Island, but owing to the hurry iu break-j J iiiff jttmfMuul Piubmfrftte the JpiI da I, V j could not forward them ttr yoti before we I left. If you think them worth a place in ' i your paper publish them. w.h.r. The officers and soldiers of the Eightyfirst New York State Volunteers, having ! had no recent opportunity to join their ' voices with those of her loyal citizens at home, deem it proper in this manner to : express their views and sentiments with regard to events and measures now ab- | ' sorbing the attention of the country, to I the end that our friends in the north may | i strengthen their faith in our cause and ; ; increase their zeal for the suppression of j the rebellion against which we fight : Therefore? Resolved, That our government which j ! started with principles declared, objects and aims set forth that must forever chal; leuge the admiration of mankind, and that ' cost as much of patriot blood and treason, hardship and privation as was required to maintain and prosecute a seven year's war ; with tl* most powerful nation of the j world, is now worth as firm pledges and as determined support as at the beginning i of its existence, and, that it may justly I claim and exact them of its citizens, therefore, wo hail with joy the recent action of Congress, placing in the hands of the President power and means adequate for ' such purpose. Resolved. That while white men are lift ble to conscription and their property to appropriation, there can be no valid reason why "other persons," whoserights, above all others, have become involved in : the issue of this contest, should be exempt ! or prohibited from giving our cause such I aid and support as they may give, and that ; whenever or wherever colored men can be | available in suppressing this rebellion, | then and there their services should be acj quired. Resolved, That when we enlisted in our , country's service we put aside political dif- ; ferences, and left our homes to sustain her flag and to maintain its glory and fame ; and, rather than see one star stricken from its azure field, or one stripe torn from its borders, we would see every rod of terri- ; . torv in which this viper rebellion nests a destitute waste or savage wilderness?soon- ' er than consent to a peace that shall tar- | nish its glory or sully its fame we will lay ; I our bones to bleach beside the graves <vt , fallen comrads upon soil already hallowed | by their blood. Resolved, That if the time comes when i ; our country requires that our thinned ; ; ranks be filled and her strength again re- . vtl/vnielttvl will Innlc l'ov Di'Oinnt and A cheerful acquiescence at liome, and able and substantial men to lieip us, and if any remain at home whose cowardice conquers their i)atriotism, or whose mercenary love ! of gold excels their love of their own and j their country's honor, we leave them to ; ! the scorn and indignation of our mothers. wives and sisters, whose prayers and hands j are ever raised to sustain and comfort us j ; here. i Sr. Helena Island, Apjil 3, 18o3. A Western Union Leaoue.?A Cairo correspondent says: "A new move is on foot through the west to establish an organization called the "Union League,"" in order to head off the copperheads of the Golden Circle. It is popular, and working finely, and is greatly needed, i Jjarticularly that isolated Union men may i mow who are their friends, and be assured j | of powerful protection. m i * Revenue Stasias.?The following is a I statement of the amount of stamjts purchased bv each State^Tevritory. and the District of Columbia, for the months of September, October, November, December, January, and February, furnished the Commissioners of Internal Revenue, showing a total of $0,603 93-i 8~>: Pennsylvania ?4G9,306 .12 Ohio..' 139,319 39 New York 1,312,160 06 Indiana 47,950 45 Illinois 115,219 35 Massachusetts 337,529 80 * Iowa 18,274 53 Michigan 39,119 78 Wisconsin 93,389 94 Kentucky 32,818 60 Connecticut 31,511 72 Rhode Island 22,11100 Vermont 113,008 70 Oregon 400,435 00 New Mexico 319 50 Colorado 424 22 New Hampshire 17.147 10 ' ? Maine 93.232 02 > District of Columbia ."8, ">39 51 New Jersey 16.795 30 Virginia 5,218 65 Missouri 14,194 52 Maryland 56,314 90 Delaware 6,183 00 Kansas 536 00 Minnesota 4,624 70 California 1.003.312 96 Florida 411 50 So nth Carolina 154 00 Nebraska 282 00 Washington 51 00 The Philadelphia North American announces an antiquarian discovery which, it says, gives to Pennsylvania some of the laurels hitherto very gracefully worn by Massachusetts. This particular laurel is that which belongs to the person who first proposed the printing of the Bible in America. Cotton Mather has hitherto had the honor. But now it seems there liave been discovered the relies of "Proposals for the printing of a large Bible, by William Bradford," dated "Philadelphia, the 14th of the 1st month, 1G38." Autograph letters are snid to be in existence giving even an earlier date to this project on the part of Bradford. The men of Kearney's old division still follow the practice which he inaugurated, of wearing red badges upon their caps, to enable them to recognize each oth.r at all times; and Gen. Hooker has ordered the adoption of a similar plan throughout the entire army. The form of the badge?a cross, eresent, star, or some other symbol ?will indicate the corps, and its color the division, red marking the first division, white the second, and blue the third. This plan will enable stall" and general officers to i^ain at a glance to what command stragglers belong, and also to identify those v.lio display remarkable valor in battle. A lady from the city, who was visiting in the country with her little daughter, attended church, where the child was quiet ourlhe^hyinn^^^uS^''^^'^^^ " Behold a stranger at the door; He gently knocks, has knocked before, Ha* waited lou-j, id waiting still? You treat no other friend so ill." At which the little givl, turning to her mother, whispered: "Ma, why don't lie ring the bell?" Says a neighbor to a deacon who was about to die : " Deacon, are you willing to die ?" " Yes," replied the deacon, "I think I am." "I am glad to hear it," says the neighbor, " for all your relatives, friends and neighbors are quite willing." ?Chicago Tribune. A farmer likes cold weather at the proper season; but an earl}- frost in autumn goes against his yrain. flavin? 5Clnr?. Custom House Officers. T. C. SEVERANCE", Special Agent Treasury Departs rnent, and Acting Collector of Cnstoins. J. T. GLEASJN, Deputy Collector. (?. 11. WILLM \.V. Entrv Clerk. G. ALFRED PERDIE, Clerk. R. C. MORRIS ) CHARLES SUTTON,) Inipector'ARRIVED AT PORT ROYAL, S. C. April S. i'chr. Minerva I.. Wetlmore, Fcrrcll, N. Y. " 44 Flatten See, Woodbury, Ronton. 44 " William Wallace. Sen 11. Phila. " " William Harp. Davis, New York. 44 14 Montrose, Mctt, New York. 44 Restless, Crowell, Beaufort, N. C. is. 44 F. P. Simpson, Ellis, New York. 44 44 Haze, Dawson, New York. 44 *4 Isabella Thompson, Carson, Phila. 44 44 Pilots4 Pride, Cohen, New York. 4* Ship Onward. Chase, New York, 11. 5 rig San Antonio. .Jackson, Phila. 44 Str. Haze, Pennington, New York. 11. Erig General Bovri, .Benson, Phila. 44 Schr. Chas. A. Heckshire, Stubbs, Phila. 44 *4 P. Boiee. Iloice. Phila. 44 44 Shark, Fcaston, New York. 44 44 John Farnum, Hall, Phila. lb. 44 Harrison E. Weston, I ish, New York. CLEARED. April 9. cchr. Alednl Matt, Sherman, Phila. " ' Quickstep, Carberry, New lxmtlon. 10, 44 James Garaelon. Anderson, expedition. 44 Str. Arago, Gadsden, New York. 11. Sclir. Ann 8. Cannon. Haley, Phila. " 44 Mail. Kallctt, expedition. " Sally Gay, Stetson, New York. 13. 44 John Stdckham, ftabcoek, Phila. 44 44 J. 11. Wainwright T.udlam, Phila. 44 4- Sam'l H. Sharp. Mayhew, Phila. 44 *4 Jacobs. Weldin, Springsted, New York. 44 44 Nellie Tarbox. Manello. New York. 44 Elizabeth Englisli. English, Phila. 14. 44 William Harp Davis, New York. 44 str. Augusta Dins more. Crowell, New York, is. Sclir. I.ammot Ilnporit, Herring, Phila. 4 44 Chrvs.ilite, Smith, Phila. SAILED. April !?. Str. Gen. P.-nbotly. for New York. 44 44 Neptune. 11. 44 Arago, 12. Ship Mountaineer. 44 Schr.M. 1 l.ttt. 44 44 Quickstep. 44 A. s. Cannon. 4 4 4 * Sully Gay. 1... 44 s. Ji Sharp. 44 J. S. Weldin. 44 44 N. Tarbox. 44 44 E. English. 44 W. Harp. 44 44 J. II. V alnwright, 44 J. ststkham. 44 Str. Cahawba. 10. Schr. I.. Dupont. 44 44 Chrjsalite. rYlfu? ^(Imli.scmvnt.s. GARDEN SEEDS. in nnn PAPERS, COMPRISING AN lU,UUUi:NiIi:K ASSORTMENT, for a Urg? yardtn or n farm. Just recti ml and for sale. ALSO, Whi town all Hrushe*, |Spades and Shovel*, Handled Small Hots, Plows and Harness Complete, Cultivators and Hand Plows, C, 0. ROBBIXS A CO., 15 Opposlio lb? "Sevens HOT;st," 4 /