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VOL. II l'r?iu Florida. JaCKSON'VTI L1C, T'liilvh IStll, 1SGL "Whilst we have no news hero of startJin:* interest fit pre <nt, it may ha proper to consul r for a f. v. joonvut.:; the rulviint-.vrea which will result to tho Cniou cause from tho occ^ation of Fieri la l?y the j Union forced. T!.U subject shouM on- ; ga.fe the attention of al' truly loyal in-n , for tho reason the N. Y. llwtl ami j other copp-i head papers have represented the Florida campaign as a political movemint, got np J.y President Lincoln for the purpose of advancing his prospects for re-elec.lion. 0:i the AfoClel! m ani- : conda' principle tl .*? occupation of this State is esr u' ll t?> the .success of the Federal are- -. No part of rein 1 territory hi move U'. than t! i.-, and flio j me--;y has ! a : {ro:i0hold in it. For ; two years we Ii ivo ha i pos sessio^of For- ' nr.udi-i.i, tdh Atvpo.thi'% 'i<y West., Tor- | tiirraa, Fort Jt-rvrson, 'l/Vrt Pickens, and ! for the tl-h'.l i!;nc wo now Isold ?7u?ksonvillo and P.ualka. Had ??e possesion of , Tampa, or had wo, a g,iuho.it to hold (he ; Suwannee river to the head of naviga- ; ti;>n, wo should he ahlo to move on to j Tallahassee, or keep a large rebel force ; employed to watch our operations. At : the same time w .4 would prevent them from driving to the North the large herds of cattle and hogs they so much need for Ihe subsistence of their army. According to 11m circular ? found by our troops at-Sanderson, ?an ofScial document sitting forth the condition of the rebel Com missory, the possession of liorida is essential to ihe e.ddcnce of the enemy's j army. Since the loss of the Mississippi fiver placing Texas beyond his roach. Florida has become of vast importance to both parties in the strife. Well, this State in our hands, the enemy would be reduced to the starvation point, our block- j fading fleet and the army of the Depart- I ment of the South could bo supplied j promptly with beef from the enemy's ' pastures. TTad wo possession of Talla- j liassee only the smallest garrison would ; bt necessary to hold the balance of the ! Slute. "With the capital in our hands it i I m ' m m voul i not be difficult to organize a State j y government and afford protection to the j Tova! element that exists. Besides in a movement North for the purpose of eo- : operating with Gen. Grunt or whoever j !muy command our forces in Georgia, Tallahassee would bo an admirable base of operations. Tallahassee and Florida are of more value to us than Richmond and Virginia at the present time. The confederate government understand this subject quite ;vs well as we do, and had it been necessary to send twenty or even forty thousand troops here for the jpurpose of keeping us at bay, I have no doubt it would have been done. What *Lry did do, in view of the movements of Oraufc and Sherman, should import to ua > lesson of the utmost value. our. Aii?rr ffhould be strongly re-enforced and not 1 allowed the respite of a moment. The | season is splendid for campaigning, and what we do should be done before the furnace-like days of July and August ar-1 rive. T1 e sanitary condition of cur troops is excellent. Our wounded in the Lite battle r.ro doing well, and many of them will be in tho ranks within a few weeks. We seldom witness r. funeral procession jiasMEg to the place of burial. And what ie of equal importance the men arc in Hue spirits and are ready any day to follow their commanders to the field. om POF.CE AT PALATKA Meet with some ultras but no attach. CJol. Barton deserves much credit for the promptness displayed in fortifying the place. He considers his position quite Secure. A rebel cavalry force occasionally appears in the vicinity, but only for the purpose of learning what we are about. We arc gratified every day or so by the urinal of # the free South?reaui "RE ENFORCEMENTS AND RETURNING YEI'ERANS. :? *.? i.~ i. ? i .. c ...Pi .All' I IU I* IV VIK7 lil'JJt 'I llJillf 1 !X it lf\V 11*1 >9 all will 1).' r ndy for a forward movement. Heavy ordnance is ti-o on lir.nd to assist us in tic lioiir of need. V.'o lean* frosn various sources that the , enemy is 4\>rti tying in a strong positi >n a ii'tle w-' d- of camp Finegan. Gon. B'*anrog: d lias given to tho interests of the4 rebels here, (lie hem fits of his presence and engineering skill. Jacksonville is fobe thoroughly policed. Strong detachments are employed every day iu clearing up the .streets, vacant lots, ! and carrying the va d amount of rubbish, produced by the fires which have raged la-re under boi.il loyal and rob. 1 auspice?*, to the. riv. r and dep.-.-ding it where it v.iil 1)0 of *I;e greatest value t<? the landing. Especial attention is paid to 41?e hea.th of ! the place, in vi w of the u ar approach of the lie t season. Every thing indicates permanent occupation. A large supply an d a greater variety of goods are much needed at present. For somo articles prices enormously large have to be paid. fancy seems to act like cu acid upon the consciences of somo men, and neutralizes 1 it. Fish we eau have in abundance bv * ' catching, but some get bit by them as j they refuse to bite. Jacksonville, March 17, 18(54:. News has just come iu of the capture j of the Sunder, a small stern-wheel steam- j boat, in the Okalawha river, a small | branch of the St. John's. This tributary j is formed by a union of the waters of Sil- j ver and Orange Springs in Marion county, j Those springs arc among the largest, deep- i est, clearest and purest in the world.? j From Orange Spring to the St. John's j the channel of this river is very narrow ? j runs very rapidly, ? but in deep enough for craft of light draught. Near, and at j the Springs iho stream widens and deep- ' ens, and is so clear that white pebbles can j be sc. n on the bottom where the water it* I thirty feet deep. It was far up iu this secluded spot the rebel steamer w;is found, loaded with cotton and turpentine. It is known that two others, the Reliance and the Silver Springs, are somewhere up the St. John's or its branches, and search is now being made for them. ? ? . Xcrdicrn News. mi. . n.n t .mi t.* l_ ?: i1._ a x_ xnt; worn urn, wiucu gives me Qecieiury of the Treasury the power to 6ell surplus gold, has passed the Homse. It is hoped that the speculators in gold will be eliecked by this measure and the premium reduced. A new call for 209,000 men. was issueH| by the President on the 15ti Volunteers will receive the usual bounties un-^ til April 15th, niter which time a draft is ordered to fill the quotas due under this and previous calls. The President has promulgated an or| tier retiring Maj. (leu. Ilalleck, with thanks, and naming Lieut. Gen. Grant, as commander of the Armic3 of the United titatas, the Headquarters to be at Washington, and with the Incut General in the field. Halieck is to be chief of staff under the Secretary o? War and the Lieut. General. Gea. W. T. Sherman is ? .? the Department of the Miss isbippi. Maj. Gen. MePhcrson ia to command the Ariny of the Tennessee. The Exchange of Prisoners i3 to go on under 'Jin arrangement entered into by Gen. Butler. T*.vo batches of prisoners have been exchanged, among thein are | Gen. Neal Dow, Capts. Sawyer and I FJynu. Great exertions nrc being made for the campaign in the West. An expedition up tiio Bod river is 011 foot, fifty gunboats and transports are to take part in it. An expedition was last week sent by Gen. Butler, consisting of two regiments of cavalry, to King and Queen County, the locality of the murderous attack on 7ORT, S. C., MARCH 26, 1861. r?..i ty.u!.? i i IM't. 1/^UI^lCU 9 tUlillJUlU.l, M iiiC.l UL'UMl* ' . I'll and routed with severe loss the ?th ; ! and 9th Virginia Cavalry, driving them I ! from their camps. killing a number, and ! ; capturing twenty prisoners. In addition . ! a largo amount of grain, supplies and mills were destroyed. A dispatch from Frankfort says it is understood that Gov. Bramlette of Kentuck. y lias seat to the President an earnest remoa -trance against the enlistment of slaves in that State. The dispatch indicates t!i"t the lone of this remonstrance is very like Cut of a threat. The flag-of- truce steamer left Fortress Monroe on the loth iu?t., with /Ho lie')5 I cl officers ;u I prisoners to he ci.uaugel. j Among tin-.n v.- is t'ae it mel General rkt>:Hugii L;v, son of th ? G mer il, siid to he i exeii uiged for I>rig.-Gen. Ntal Djw. Advices from Chattanooga of Saturday j evening say there w?is nothing new from t!ie front. Tae receipt of rebel deserters ; averaged 39 per day for the past mouth. 1 Lieut. Col. Sanderson, formeily of : New York, is charge 1 by his fellow rris- J onei*s With having betrayed th ;ir plans to escape from the iabby' i'risou, is under I amst, within the limits of Willarl's H ?- | tol, until investigation shall fasten tiie ; crime on ]f!in or acquit him. We have dates from New Orleans to the 6th last. The war news is meager. Gen. Sherman and staff arrived from Vieksburg on the 1st, and his presence leads to surmises of important coming i events. Troops are returning from Texas by sea. A portion of Gen, Lee's cavalry had left for some undivulged point. Gov. Il.tlm was inaugurate 1 on the 1th with grand ceremonies. The wife of Geu. Beauregard died on the 2d. Her funeral was the most solemn and imposing known there for years ; over G.000 persons attended, and the cortege was over a miie in length. Gen. Banks kindly extended to the family the steamboat Nebraska to convey the remains a f v.* mile . up'thoriv- [ or to her father's plantation*. The body ; was followed to the levee by thousands of ! ladies who wished to take a last farewell | of one who was loved and esteemed by 1 all. The United States steamer lVterhoff was suuk off Wilmington cn the6th intt., by a collision with the steamer Monti cello. The Navy Department has received the details of two expeditions sent out from MmWit. Tolintivi dnviji<? the Vi.'ist I I H.V * ? t. uiontli, the objects of which were succes- j fully accomplished. Having marched j through swamp and dense woods a tlis- j tance of four miles, they destroyed the j g^bel Government salt works at St. Mary's, At. These were seven miles in extent, Raid connected with them were, among other things, 3S>0 salt kettles, 170 furnaces, and IGo houses and shanties. Similar works, ten miles distant, shared the same fate. The property destroyed is estimated at 82,000,000. The vote of^Louisiaca for Govenor, as officially returned, stands: Hahn, 0,158; ! IVlIows, 2.720; 1'liuiders, l,Si7. Terrebonne Parish, the returns ironi which wero not received in time toconnt, woul l change these totals to: Ilahu, t>,l7i; Fob j lows, 2,950; Flanders, 2,225; Uahn over | both, 990; total vote of the State, U,diG. The full returns from New Hampshire will settle the Union majority at about " c.iin Tm/* v.-*fn i-j phi?:f l.ftrtO more I Kj) UUV. X ?VWV -J than that oi last year. The Legislature will probably stand thus: Union?Senate, 0; House, "07; Democrats?Senate. 3; House, 124; Union majority on joint ballot, 89; last year, 53. This will do. The Denver City Ccmimo,iweoith of the Z8ih nit., in its legislative proceedings reports that a joint resolution had been introduced requesting Dir. Fit/. Johu Sorter to leave Colorado within thirty daiys. ? + B- ' A woman lately applied for a free ride ou the, railroad near Troy, N. Y., on the ground that she had three husbands in the army, 4 NO. 12. r.'onoraV Hnmla on<* IfU Abm.v General Meade ma le a brief speech in ff ) Philadelphia last week in response to Mayor Henry's a hires* 01 welcome. He &ihlz* Ufl " When T came to the city to visit my JU family I did not anticipate such a demon- T1? stratum m this of to-<L;y, and through yon I rhenk the citizens of Philadelphia. I fear, however, yo:i attach too mnch invportrtnco to the services you have b *er? kind enough to mention. W th t'u; Divine assistance, it is to the officers, ami particularly to the heroic valor of the private soldiers, Vvc owe the victory at (f ir tvahnrg. [Cheers.] Had it not been /or the spirit of determination in every private soldier when tiio army 1 ;ft Frederick, that he would leave Ius bones uporuihn field, or drive back the invader, no ability of mine wo ill have on IB rel to win the battle of\i:ty-dmrflf, an I th-nviore on this occasion I desire ho give fciur'privute soldiers . 'his public acknowledgment (Cheers] Before that battle I felt the deepest concern, as X knew what w<v.i!dbt? the r? ."..lit of a i'eilurc, and to my oiicers, < ovps, briga le. regimeutal and company command* rs, and iiie privates, the country is inch btedforthe victory wliioh crowned our efforts." " I assure yon that the army which hay sometimes been called 'nufortuButo,*"if and will be acknowledged the most gallant army the world over oaw. [ChourscJ As a statistic, it may not be uninteresting to know, that since ularch, J8C1, wheik that army left its linc3 in front of Wash mgton. not loss tlua oue hundred thousand men havo been killed and wounded. Such a record prove the valor or the troope. Tluifc army is inspired with tho spirit of devotiou to it3 country; and when th* season for active work arrives, it shall be my pleasure to again lead that amy, witlk the knowledge that its sctvices aro appreciated at home, and I shali be inspired ay the thought that my iellow-eitir.enjt aro interested in my welfare, and will appreciate whatever is done. Allow mo uguia to thank yon." Kino, thi: Puoiorsr, 44 at hohtv"?i good story is current respecting King; the pugilist, and the "host" o Husuocka" Gate Inn, where he resided during hir training. It appears that a day or tv? previous to tho encounter with PCermaiv King, during his play hours from training" ?the "ruling passion" being strong i? him?induced 44 mine host" to have a ret to iu the parlor, the host to do all the hitting, the great pugilist stipulating uot to return it, but only to parry tho blows. Warming at his work, 44 mine host" let. f.ill his blows both fast and furious. 44 Now," said Kiug, who was standing* with his back close to the wall of t-he room, "bit me full in the face." Quick as h/Mir.'if tT?n TYtmieaf. v,/?* V.vmmidfd t<?_ v '*o*' w " 'I - i ? m with quickness did King avoid tiw blow by sbiiting his fcead, when th*r knuckle of the worthy ho?5 went with, such tremendous l'oreo against the wall that the sponge was immediately thrown up. Indeed,"".o serious was the injury sustained, that "mine host' was compelled to seek surgical aid in Brighton, amf there is every probability of his retaining: a lasting memento of the visit of the groat, pugilist to his house.?S..rsej SUwzlvrtZ.. As Incident.?A young oiliaer upon tin* stall* ot* one of our general-., who was temporarily sojourning at headquarters in th? Zoliieoiier House, on High street, Nashville, one day stopped -before the door of! a neighboring house to admire ;v.v<l earea* a beautiful little girl. She was fair, bright and active ; her hair was in ringlets, audL aae was neatly dressed. I magice the emotions of our kind-hearted oiSecr when & young lady remarked to him. with a perceptible sneer ? " You .seem to be very 'end of kiaciugniggers." "flood oracious 1" tvs the su^tkd rc ply ; " You do n't cm 11 skat child a nigger, do you':" " Yea, I do. She is no hing clue." The ofilcor took another ghnee at tSus child, who seemed even raore fair t'aaa the yr.ung lady, and turned away, redeefcj in& upon some of the peculiarities oL. j Scnrthern society. H. D. Coo way, iu a letter to tiro Bo*r5o* . Commonuwdik, thus showsone oi (he vus&k forms of court etiquette, which restrict xh<? will and affections of English priueee: l r' I learn that there was quite a rebelI lion at Windsor Castle. The princess vei heraently opposed h iving a wet nurse* | and the prince took her side, an 1 coukl J not see why she should not bo allowed to | nurse the babe, as she strongly desired to do. But she was told that the court traditions could not be set a*idc; never w?? English prince or princess yot nursed by its own mother. So ihe healthy an.l vir1 tuous Mrs. O'Somciood y was sent for, an*, i the princess had p. long cry. This is a' tme story, and somewhat more valuable i than ordinary court gossip."