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S k. 41 * 4-o 4. . * - ---- -A TRIAREEL..)RA J.11ar.r 3 nont is3, ' Deroted to the Dissemination .r Gel Iarormate [Sgeed NWBERRY, $. .., TUESDIAY, APRIL 11, a865.N MBE 10 "VO M I THE-i TWEEKLY 1ERAL ' - IS 1TBLBHED AT NNNSE W XRY A. 'H., Eyery. Aesdy, 1utsday and Saturday, S yTha P. &). I. Greneker, Tornio-$10f'r threeionths; inadvauce. Ad erpsennts ineied at the rate of $,&for first 4sei twslv- lines or less, and $4 for sub sequent insenion. CWrespondence Between., Generals Lee and Grant. The fbWdinis the correspondence referred to in,e esidet's mesag, in regad .4 the * ioposet dferene to adjustterms of peace by means*iamiitary,onvention: LrrER ofTE M PR ENET. - Rienxoir, Tha., Feb. 28, 48&5. Co e mmahding, &c.: mee-'. o in learn by he leter of Gen. ongeieet the resuu'.of his second interview h GenergI Ord. The point as to whether your or Genel Gi-ant should invite the other W g. you hic vonfne is not w'rth dicus'i. r you hink 4h# stateents of Generil Ord render it probLg .useful,that the-ionferece- suggested should. be bad you l proceed as you. may prefe- ant ar e withta the supplementary authority doa a feed i'ar eddefati'n-of a f jro poalion f*.aniiftary c vintiongor the^apyoint MAO w.t6stmisstoner. t enter into such an ar "ist least temporary, Very trulyyours, gaedJ Jnmason Dvis TEROF GE. & . LEE. -ih 24, 1865. Lt. G U S Gener Lta Gen. Longtreet has informed me th conversaton betwe.n himself an ajor Geueral Ord, as to. the- possibility of arriving ald satisfactory adjustment of the pres ent unhapp'y dificulties by means of' a. military Cpigestion, Gen. Ord stated that if I sred to have ti interview Wi*you qn'the s qct, you wouldnot; declinb, pro1ided-I had authoiy to &t. Sincerely desiring to leave nothtigd uniried whibhny pOt an'end to the cala.iies of war;. I popose to ne you at such a convenient-time and place as you may designate, with the hope that upon an ihterchange. of vie*s it Ay be found practkable to submit tosuJfets of contro versy bet*een the belWiereuts to . convention of the kind mentioned. In suche I an anthorized todowhae r the resultof Wprposed interview may render necessary,Wadvisabe .Should you 'seede to this propositii _I would suggest ,hat i agreea ble to'you; we meit at tie plac weleaed by Gens. Ord atLqgstree-for the interview, at i A. M.on Monday,next. Very;rapectfhUy Your obediet servatit, (Signed). (Signed) 'A. sst A. U Headquarterj, Ma,=1865. LETTER GE. U. SGRANT, HwQETEHas,s AEMEzS U: S. * - March 4th, 1865. - Gen R.2 Me, commanding . S. Armies-: e QExxa,*c4e wo letters of. the 2( th inst., were received' JTh regard to anyapehnd misundersta,ading'ia' saference ..to the exchange of political prisoners,Trtick there need be none. -General Ord or-General Longstreet! have proba bly misundsratood -what I said .to the-forrn-r o.n the subj' ~ or-I may have. failed to. n'ake myself understoobssibly. A few days before the interview.between Generals Longstreet and Ord, * I had received a dispatch frop General Huffman, CJAminissary General-or prisoners, stating in sub stance, that all prisoners' of~ sar, who were or -had bn in close confinanet rirons,-whether urpler iarges or senteneeli-bad een ordered.to City Point ifor exchange. I forwarded the sub -stance of that dispatch~ to -Lieut. Col. Mulford, Assistant Agent of Exc.haage, and presumed it 'probable that he had cosbauniceted itto Colonel RobertQOuld. .. A ay.or'two after, an offender, who-was nei het.prisoner 'of wat nor- a politcal prisoner, raexecuted, after-a.fair and impartial. trial, an4 in accordance with the,laws of wair-ann.the usrges. of -giviized natins. It was in explana tica dfi bis class of'cases -that I told Gen.Ord to ~eali to Gen. LonOfgstreet. Reference to my letter. of February 16t ,ill show my. understauding on the suWjeep oi lng policikal or citizen pri.soners. In regar4 to ineeting you.on'The 16th instant, I wonid state th~at I have no auAority to accede to your proposition f'or a confere.ce~on the sub *es proposed. Such ambd5rity is vested in the -President of the Upited Srttes alone. Generaj Ord could only pave metat that Iwould niot refus-e an .interview on'any subjecPwhich I have a righf to act ; which, of course, would be *siah as a-e pu~rely of a military character, anLa on r.e subjct of each e; wh ich has been er,tr - I have' the honor to be, very respeetfully, yotr obedient.servantl (Sigized) U. S. GRANT, Lient. Gen.. A Remedy for Extortion. THE FREic SYSTEM. The dail increasing price of food and otter articles essential to subsistence, admonishes us' that, unless a remedy can be applied, evil,s of feirful r6gnitnde will arise?. Veople4pt jt live,Wd things are fast ipproximIting thht 4>oint where none4but the very ,wealthy, the speculator and extortioner, can get bread. iThe poorer classes-the families-of soldiers in the fiel., of mechanics in the emplby df overnment, ind the idows and orphans of eceased soldiers, are even now being reduced to painful straits fp bsisteiice.- Sonlething should be done, and'that promptly, to check this-evil. The French Government, under a similarly eTpbar asing state 'of affairs, resorted to an expediert, which 'nothinz but the. direst ne cessity, ould justify, and yet it is one,Lwhich affected prejudicially only, those whos6 realth enabled them to buy up rgarket supplies, either for'their ow.n luxurious living or for purposes of spedulation. "f'it.operated harsh' ly,.it wds but 4 com'paratively small portion of the communiy that it injured. Under this law, the Convention, through its agents, on dertook.to control provision supplies, and issue them out'ib citizens in q Uantities com mensurate.with thei necessities. Heads of families w*ere required% registet the numb'er f..their fimilies and'to- 'procure ticket# en titling th 'to purchase'a-given amount of provision , regulated by- the number tb be fed. All fared alike nd paid alike.. The rich could command no more for- his wealth than the poor for his pittanc Speculation :,ud extortion-were checked, for these supplies were seized, 6r imprezed, by authority of the donvention, ind.:ere paid for at a uniform price, fixed by Itiat-body, in government cur reney,, Any attempt toconceal them, -or to withhold them from iharket, ws severely punished. .. This ieasuae rbitrary..as itdwas, d jts tifiableonly as one of extreme necessity, sub %eved, we'believe; th'e pupqse for which it st4hded.,.t brght dwn.the pice o1 4itiles of primie .necessity, -Vnabled -all. tg five, allay$d discontent amoig the mbititude, and restrained heartless exto.rtion. Whether it would opeiate- favorably or prejudicially, as applied to or own. afairs, .e- cannot say. Perhaps.it migh4 furn'ish a-hint apon w4ich to base sobne plai of remedy for' the 'dangers which threaten to result from- the noiimously increasing price oj6every thing essential tc -the =aitepance or Jif. We give the his torical precedent for what itib wodh4q-neithet J'Approying nor disapproving, buttsimply de. sig that something should be done in reliel of the suffqring poor of the country.-[Mac-r ,Taurnal &'eMsenger. PERsEVERANcF -When with flutteringbear you make your few first struggling -steps to ward thegoal of your endeavrs,which place far 'nwards in tiocimness'of futurjty, ison,y ilhiain;ted by the rays' ' :jecpd opon4 by the dark,lantern of hope, while ever and anui .ou stumbie a,gainst t e stones thatbestreii yopzr path, or plunge into a qnagiinre .of dis, appontment-when *you feel ,distressingly 'onscious. that you are alone,' witno, friendly band to beckon you on, no guiding .voice tc lead yoti safety past the dangerous by-puttu~ o cn to the high-road 'of security ; amid all this 'nd ten times~ worse, persevere ! What a mnar asks, that h all have ! what a man seeks that he shall 'fnd ; where he knocks, thern shall a door be opened unto him-only h< must persevere ! To alter, H1 borowing, .a well- - own thought, the first' .equisite foi suce is perseverad1ce, the secondl is perse verance, and, the third is still-perseverance To persevere, is to defy the frowns-Df fortuzni and the world,-to subdue circumstances to on will, to conguer demons, to scale precipices to remove mountains! Oh ! that we could m bue the young wifr this indoibitable speirit that we could cry with trumpet-togue to eu feeble, to- the fain earted to the despondang 4 the world and oppe ~-prseere.! This is the Beauty of whih Byron say'si "She was'a form of Life and Light, That sun, become 'a pkrt,of sight, -And rose,-where'er I turned my eye, Te Mor4gg.tar; of Memory!" -M e ffellows, 'bantering 1 a ndf codhpanion, remai-ked, 'that if -al flesh was grass he must be a load of hay. "I suspec I am," said th.e man, "from the- way the asse are nibbling at me." "Come, Chale,get up; it's dIe ely bir tapaces- the worms." "I know, sis, but. Pe bad the worh, and Proverbial Philosopy. BY THE SOLOMON IN ORDINARY TO THE -RITISH NATION. 1. An umbrea upon thine arm may make, it actle, but should rain coie, the umbrella will preserve thy elotbes; -Choose betwixt a trifling pain and a tailor's bill. - II. Other persons were born about the same as thyself, and have been growing up ever -since, as well as thou. The'refQre be not proud. IIL Preserve %w sec&ti' fronj thy - wife; for if she discover them, she wiF grievet not that tBou hast kept from her thy secrets, but thy confiden,e. IV, Yet confidence may be mrisplaced, as when thou .goest out in thin patent leathern boots,*simply because the pavement before thine own door has dried. V. The girl who is destined to be tly wife, although now unkaown to thee, is sure to be living sothewhere or other. Hope, therefore, that she is quite *ell, othevise'think polite ly about her. IVI. ducate thy childrq, lest one of these" fih6& dyathey educate thee'in.a s6hool with no, vacations. VIL 0 how good was Nature, that placed great rivdrs nearAgreat towns! VII.I. A traveller, journeying wisely, may learn much.' Yet much may also be learned by him vrho stays at home.,k,ie IX.:Au-insant persoi,may lie to tlee, and yet be innocent, and thouinayest lie to. him, -and be praiseworthy.:. Nw all persons are somewbat insanelbut do beware of-lying as a general rule. X. Heat expands things, and jherefore in h7t weather the days are lengthned. Moral hets sonVtimes expond thy mind, but they fend not to the lengthening qf thy days. XI. Say not that thou knowest a book un til thou hast read it, all. Yet s0fne bois thou mayet throw.aside, partially read. Here i thou judgest a crimial unbeard. What then? . XLI. I do not say to thee, ."Marry, for it trill exalt thee,'yet was there subtle meaning in- those whose,sageit was to say, "Marry, Iom! u.p." X1 1j. Cool things are used to cure fever, yet the over-coolnes .of a friend's. act will throv .thee into heat. XIV- We knonethiug, and yet it-is know jngsomething to know that thou knowest both ing. -XV. By aconceit, a certain red fly bath been called a Lady bird, and bidden to fly away home. The coonsel is good -evea to her who is neither bird'ior~fly. Therei&no place like home. - XVI.- He who alwa*ys holds his.tongue, will one. day haye nothing else t6 hold.' Yet'i, is no good to e:ever-garrulous. VII. The weather-cock, working easily, can tel1 thee tie way'of the wind; but if the her-cock stiekr the 6darse of tbe wind apt be ;influenced thereby. .Remetnber XVHIL: if thy heart is in the Highlands, it is not here. :I Virtuous love is wholesome.. 'There foe be virtu.us, to -lake. thyself othy of self-love. Not, of course, that thou there by.#evented fwm loving somebodyelse. XX. Talk to_thyself and insist on a reply, yet not bdfore the world, it think' that nbbody else will talk to t XXI. A cat, even if she be friendly, nev.et approaches th~ bj a direct coursg. Nc more does a truth, Tfriend ; bat winding round-thy stuipidities, anid rubbing up against thy pre j'udices, it reach,es thee gently-and. then per haps.scratches. XXII. A stitch in~ time saves nmne, Il therefore thou 'feelest one in thy 'side, .be thankful, 0 friend. XXIII. Love .the moon, for she abide$ it the night, to-give us jight in the'dark;'steeas the sun only shines in the day tilne,- 'wen there is plenty of li'ght, and liis. aasjt.uce ii net .wanted. Such is the differe ce betwem reil and raLge charity. . . XXIt -SoooNknew several ings, al iowing for his age, het I coud teach him a few others.-Psn&. -PATriO'rIsM OF.'fBE TRUE Onx.-A patriotit gentleman from Petersburg proposes, througi the Richmond entind4 to be oriiof twenty five to give $200,000 ,eath, to ~nera LEE's army. If no others .agree to this pro position this geitlemnan authorizes the Benti nel to say, that tjg sum of $200,000, propose< as a gift to himseN,..will be paid by- him t< any one of whom Gen. LEE may designate Surely the Confederacy c'arL produce twgnty four other men.are as lavge of heart as thir noble-spirited gentleman, and who will re spond to this generous propostion~ A Block ofTunrble rub n Italy foi the South Carolina Stat House, npsj .suar mounts the firemen's mo ' s4 in a.Chicagt cemetery, having been cQp ad'mn tryug~ t run the~ blockad- to~ it gina! destinatior 9 Interesting from the SouthWest. AUGusT April,5.-Wetern papers. of late. dates report the enemy moving through ie i terior of llabama in large force, from pointa on the Tennessee river. Twd divisions were near Montevello, commanded by -McCook. The ehemy are in force ear TuscaloosL Six thousand started from Tuscumbia, dividing at Jasper. One columf went to Tuscaloosa, 'the othes to wgrds-MonteveHo. .McCook's commid was at Elyton on Thursday, March 28th, with a ' large wagon traim and 'artillery. They burge' the village, of Elytcn and the Red Mountain Iror Works. The enemy have.tapped the telegrph: line at unknown poInts and are despatcing to Solther' offices. General, lanton despatched to. his'wife on March 28th "I was -Wounded seriou:ly and left by the enemy below Pollard; wa' paroled t report at,Barrancas on the 5th -of ApA" The Clarion, of the 27th ulU'no, states tbttwo columns of' the Yankee' -re advaned on Columbus,, Mississippi One 'from ile, ieached a point tbirty-fiveiles above bus 7, another started froni Memphis, 4,00vstrong well provided iith pack males and well mounted, forePontotoc, Kiss. The steaters Gertrude and -Natchez collided at the mouth of Spanish river neaf 'Mobile, at midnighton Friiay, Mrch 31st. The Gerrd sunk in a few' minutes. Her 'crgo, valued as, $2,000,009, consisting of provisions belongirig citizeis, who' had purchased them to supply tbemselves durirrgthe.siege of Mobile, was'w total loss. The Natchef was uninjured. Captain -V on Lock, of the, priateer Re tribu.ion. is in prison a.a. The Savvnna Repiblican, -of March Statr * reports-that Many societies have been organlzed ' in'Eqgland for-the purpose. 'of sendi,g material assitance for the benefit of freed' men in' the South. T ipGP.HDC CDVXUNic,pN BE,wis Eqe ' -LAID-D.'iAIA.-o'mmunication ' by tele-. graph 4etween -England 4nd Inia within eight hoiirs and a-half. is one.of' the reeent startling fatts reeorded ii the European jour nals. The London Star says: The result is due in Do small measurg to the : enterprise of the Turkish. 'Government. The Sultan propose at an' early ,period to con struet, and hasat length carrie4 at, a- line from Constantinppoe across the Asiatic pjo vinces of the Eripire, on .conditiontt a line to India shai0l be cornplr*d by the, EngliS 4 Government from 'Buss6rah,.at the head'of ti. gulf, to Kurrachee. It is this. arrangement which is now in* operation.. The subramine line along tbe shores of the gulf and' the coast of Beloochistaais under English -arrangment; and worked by Englash telegraphists, while romn Bessotah oi.wa;d - tb line is entirply 'Turktish. ' IA SUD R FR Corpms8-A friend a forms us th'at his wife has ..tried the fIdwinz. recipe as a substitute for 'cepperas, ;and found -Oi it answerf the parposd well: Take aquantity ofold.iron and. put"in an eaten pot then p4ur on sufficien; vinegar or sour beei to cover the iron ; let it stand two or three weeks; then use it ag asolution of copperas. , The.-iron shoiuld be free from grease or paint -io tha6 the aid may ,operate freely.-Coppeas is.nothing, mer than asulphlate of iron, : and theirefore, $he aotv ecipe must be rgi ble. How Mst Lxvss nas Tmx, WA CosT !---- - cial statemients, carefully m&le. up in the War ~DepartmenL,- will show, it is;said that the numbee of the isoldiers. irr- our 'service who have iIei since' the 'war - began, will reatch 'ihe stai-!. number of two'hundred and forty thousand, * very nearly a quarter' of 'a million ! .1' th#sk two hundred and twenty-one thousand gsve actually flied in the service from wounds or iok ness in -the field and in~ hospitals.-[{Yankee ~To tax Fa s- o0'r.LDIEs. ru .GmENEBM-J E. JOBNsTON' 4.--- lar. postmaster ' having b*n appjointed to serve in this apsy the better toa facilitate the delivery of smail'parues yriting.toicers o.r soldiers df'this ,comimand wil beparticular to give as addrews, the Onmpany, Registent, Briaaile or'stafon wbich' they may be servig and "ohnston''rV sdsia con. s - 11Alnewspape is'rCUlate. eldfndas in Hlood's tale of a trumpet: dfedThere was Mrs;F., She might have worn a precussion sap1 And been hit on the heaid wi!oti hear ng i~ .snap.-' A.A A TERRIBI. S-rArE oFAFFAIRs nLouxr&. - 4cording to all accoum~s a fearful condi tiol of things exists in' atLouisians. The ' ' country iinfetew ith-jyawkersbbers dead by the wajide. Women have- also-~ een killed. In short, anarchy reigns sU