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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
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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- ,
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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?"?
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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town all Hrushe*,
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Handled Small Hots,
Plows and Harness Complete,
Cultivators and Hand Plows,
C, 0. ROBBIXS A CO.,
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