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L ,0 salaried F oudyss an d Feathered Gength bt iDhecald.Dassety of warnir the Nors--that hire- to ldie with his rostit te patriotism-mely provoket 'TlA an> popa te Bfeate-teldyc never will eo oiegivan yoUn all of serious interest in the for tins quarter, I trust1 may be par 'OB our astt " moietrlng h artsitoe, I seed that our vena on anotdel mnt stwieet areil tio gkither gl mory from esery e f r a piles than the power of our can. ittkhe$lh rb000 sal reminde nd me that thered lags lbeeahgat Dalgettyd of warrithe long, rapid and stmendopng the of or frield. ey. will tarke. Having ve o yn all of nrio interes inSou thern transaction in thin q par ide I ut sp1 r my o par doned never a aggardand gomakesip. yyor lat b lam eless parasite, I e that orwill frend ofn, barodeet street are that one lets ofall in he pice of her t it bthances away in another ipnwhi forcibly reminded me that withe loutg i er t hre I be the most precis eves poree Snoanlaya " e l In r him, however, the fault Senta forgiena, when we onsider his ydI i as hard to lker--ea who did an rehmoenar hofl of ourp Southat oern farmlets as thein petriyou that peddle on everdido street. ulg ertochta an interesting man to anl here. [aritwith the detail of American history, is ati o With and knowledge of all i iving he tionraenown (manyt which of whom are here) .eat iteteeest to :his conversation; but kw, is lagh h and the mot "pluxurious in all ofmt'ritang nd talhing he is, hower e fault irarly tndei a intisd a grac compeful opitlith w he ae wtan a udisentf me every nigh. e Iy-wthe Walker room, is one of our messa - 5 'de Wa;ker-W alker ofe the Delnot seession dber-*evuttionery Walker-he who did is certainly a very ch1 tofhen among tehose of wrong alikewhom the m sent monarche to onsorthes in corners and ies patriots thm est mapedy lesh to be seen in; t e ispartiinly an in places where he can the g ~taive ntathe; for believe it, the Sfamiliarinot lou the der for its famishing young alkLer for 'his breakfast, and he ejoys in allt thise otwrtiue that Galoton ight have sighed She makes an eudvied; bt, alae! on yesterdayy night. bt aodih and potatoes. 8till he ate. [ loseethis in haste, thatme room, with a matrach y early, ae aully wa nted me to cut isan behaer waits. ot. OSpual 'lthseoee Orles Oer oaesnt ----xre e soo , A L-A,'sta. fr. E'dtor'=-Ae some of your readers would like tohear." our" irst experience in soldier life, Isend i a few items. Ours, individually, commenced with'aduty not expressly that of a soldier, in hav iig i.merpos nnitorms made up to supply our great inoresse in numbers. Obtaining the services of several small specimens of the German tailor, who promised (with the help of "lager") to serve us nilght and day for a small compensation, and as slstod: by several kind and patriotic ladies-the ladles of the fair-and the employfs of the sewing sachines; we soon accomplished our object, though not wiithout some trouble to all. Not being versed in the sewing department, we must have been a pt to the one and our departure " good riddance" to be others; but as our appearance in uniform arong the ladies employed by the Wheeler & Wil sonSewing Machine Company seemed to afford con lsiderable merriment, we felt somewhat repaid in having relieved the monotony of their stitch, stitch, stltchý-and it s understood that fatigue uniforms art more for use than ornament. After a few de terntphs we were able to set off at noon Sunday, sadefter beIng reviewed by Col. Blanchard, who aldas the oft-repeated compliment of being " the etbe;loking set of fellows he had ever seen," we r politely invited (by the Captain's order) over t-tid't Jackson Railroad depot, nou however, until .webed been allowed to "sun" ourseles for a few o lrsa.othe north side of the New Basin. On our arrival at the depot, Capt. 0. gave as a short epegoh, in which he kindly told nus while on duty eabhould-be under strict discipline, but when off dut)' (to us his expression) " as brothers." He itl gave us the cheering news that our conipany A-would meet us at Grand Junction, which was setwith three cheers for the "boys," three for Capt.:G., and three for Capt. B. of the active hon a number, and we took leave of the latter and embreked. -For some reason which your com plbinat :knoweth not, the train reported to have been sengead was noton hand; butas we were de rter.ae l to start on our way, a train was procured nd we started for Kenner, to camp there. The er furnished us were " dirt cars," but they bore t 'oft dirt eaters" that would have scared ra. Greeley and his minions from their darling p .opsltes. "or any other man." Wehae.hne cause to be proud of our corps and e ior. When we join oompauy A we will nuaber upwards of 260 men, commanded by ofs we all respect, love and obey. We reached Camp Kenner at sunset, and proceeded to spread our tst, naud in less than half-an hour the clover Son theright of Keenner was covered with Stirip, aend'presented quite a pretty appear seen from the road, with the camp fires Sandsentneas on duty. Nothing occurred oltfit e irsng the night, exoept the arrival of t gfeld'o eompany from Tangipaho. The d i8nsesa kespt up a great cheering back lt toawhlc ie could not join, being pleas 011)rsituted neat a miserable table discussing cicen,' (esooed-in the -gg,) and some eplendlf br rooirnended for its strengthening qualities. e moring there was arepetition for the worse, id we Ver,well pleased to decamp on the arrival Io t ,h re We notleed severatl scarred faces, oo soed bythes atog ofan insect quite plentiful in bspartl, called the gallinipper; something dif Sit,fre m our pot maosquito in that they don't tell yn when they intend making a harge. Our trip up-o Canton, Iahere we arrived Tuesday morning, ( trip) was one continued cheering, the In bhate In sod.about the depots havinog congro g In large numbers. The ladies of Amite met tith bolquels and Confederate Government , and meaed more eloquent than others, hter fl-om personal interest or not, we can't nyA:4t Canton.we .breakfasted In good style, at t In of Cllies Pieroe, who can't be heat. Foi here toHuntsville, Ala., we were received at a1 t byorycheering, hazzaing and waving of I rBotided-a greater number at Granada, Holly Slprnga, o nthe Misrisaippi Central, and at Inca, te lemphs and Charleston Railroad, than at points auntil we reached tHutsville, Alabama, wers oar reception was beyond description. The lf. our being from New Orleaus,,and eo large a umber (eing over S50 meh nlo all) paoing over the road for the first time, created iutensoe excite meet; and will, no doubt, prove beneficial to the sbue ,"Every hamlet on the road, from mansion t r ht, seemed crowded with more than its own in. abltnts to witness ounr passing by and, had we o beer delayed, would hove been more so. At ntlle we got off for dionner; and were enter. lein Is saumptlous style by the citizens, among wsrpattlstqlaeI3 were Br, Lee of the Huntsrville tto an bir. Donnegan, father of one of the ttrdsAila hotel the gallery was crowded - te eex who fairly pelted us with flowers, d eme to vie each other in cheering the S The:other companies were also treated a sesae 5tyl; Our compauions will always re kerve eption at Hutsevlle with pleasant £ e' now at ttephenson, akohkon ma; where we are joined by over 200 ty, and have received a report thirty miles behind us, on the to ke a s soon. We also e uL a Sst trait troops from Nash e and t tiare lmnediatly behind on the t tO tub for it Will write you at PrOday eventng--per o rs.seud to care Oapt. lasitana -Volunteers, la 3gsatdsrlte end perfect s tr la'o snd'erroe guy p ivatitna th e o .ne h gh.: feyare sit aa-", -'th , but" es-ia eedas toy the s th sal wordseaf nor- b rothers In a,--and esl urfe mat :bbgil .e't SS-BSAGEho 01 RESIXiENT DAVTIS. ab he upeca Femnof nhe Csrsaa ntheesed at onigoery, Ap. 2a , el. Gentlemeneqfthe Congress--It is my pleasing duty to announce to you that tile Constitoution framed for the establishment of a Permanent Government for the Confederate States has been ratified by Conventions in each of those States to which it was referred. To inaugurate the Government in its full proportiotn and upon its own substantial basis of the ppular will, it only remains that elec tions shorld be held for the designation of the ofi cors to administer it. There ta every reason to believe that at no htstant day other States, identified in political principles and community of interest with those which you represent, will join this Confederacy, t giving to its typical constellation increased splen r dore to its Government of free, eqtal and sovereign States, a wider sphere of osetuluess, and to thile friends of constitutional liberty a greater security B fee its harmonious and perpetual existence. It was not, however, for the purpose of making this announcement that I have deemed it my duty rto convoke you at an earlier day than that fi.ed f by yourselvestor your meeting. Tile declaraluon of war made against this Confederacy ths bra ham Lncoln, President of the Unitmed ates, I in his proclamation issued on tie 15th day of the present month, rendered it necessary in my judg ment that- you should convene at the earliest d practicable momentto devise the measures neces sary for the defence of the country. The occasion is, indeed, an extraordinary one. It justifies me in a brief review of the relations heretofore existing between us and the States which i now unite in warlare against n, and in a succinct Sstatement of the events which lave resulted in tiis I warfare; to the end that mankind may pass intel e ligent and impartial jdgmsent on its motives and 5 objects. During the war waged against Great Britain by her colonies on this continent, a common danger I Impelled them to a close alliance, and to the for mation of a Confederation, by the terms of which the colonies, styling themselves States, entered severally into a firm leagoe of riendsip witllh each other for their common defense, the security of their liberties and their mutual and general wel fare, hinding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence what ever. In order to guard against any misconstruction of their compact, the several States made exolicit declaration in a distinct article-that " each State retabl ites sovereigntv, freedom and independence, and every sower, jrri diction and right, which is not by this Confederation rxpressly delegated to the United States in Congress aossemrbled." Under this contract of alliance the war of tile Revolution was successfully waged. and resulted in the treaty of peace with Great Britain in 1783, by the terms of which the several States were, eact by name, recognized to be independent. The articles of Coufedcration contained a clause whereby all alterations were prohibited unless con firmed by the Legislatures of erery State, after being agreed tq by the Congress, and is obedience to this provisioni, under the resolution of Congress of the 2let of February, 1787, the several States appointed delegates who attended a Convention "for the sole and expresss purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Con gress and the several Legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in l Congress, and i onfen.d by the Suales, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of I the Governmeont and the preservation of the Union. It was 'by the delegates closen by the several Staesounder the resolution just quoted that the Constitution of the United States was framed is 1787, and submitted to the several States for rati 5 fication, as shown by the seventh article, which is in these words: "The ratification of the Conventions of ninee Stoles shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution nBETWrsEEN the States so ratifying the same." I have italicised certain words in the quotations just made for the purpose of attracting attention to the singular and marked caution with which the States endeavored in every possible form to ex clude the idea that the separate and independent I sovereignty of each State was merged into one common government and nation, and the earnest desire they evinced to impress on the Constitution in its true character-that of a compactbetweenin dependent States. The Constitution of 1787, having, however, omitted the clause already recited from the articles of Confederation, which provided, in explicit terms, that each State retained its sovereignty and inde pendence, some alarm was felt in the States when invited to ratify the Constitution. lest this omission should be construed into an abandonment of their cherished principle, and they refused to be satisfied until amendments were added to the Constitotion, placing beyond any pretence of doubt the re servatiou by the States of all their sovereign rights and powers, not expressly delegated to the United States by the Constitution. Strange, indeed, must it appear to the impartial observer, but it is none the less true, that all these carefully worded clauses proved unavailing to prevent tile rise and growth in the Northern States of a political school which has persistently claimed that the Government thes formed was not a com pact beltuee States, but was in effect a national overnment, set up above and over the States. An organization. created by the States to secure the blessings of liberty and independence against foreign aggression, has been gradually perverted into a machine for their control in their domestic affairs: the creature has been exalted above its creators; the principals have been made subor dinate to the agent appointed by themselves. The people of the Southern States, whose almost exclusive occupation was agriculture, early per ceived a tendeunc in the Northern States to render a common Government subservient to their own purposes, by imposing burdens on commerce as a protection to their manufacturing and shipping in tereste.. Long and angry controversy grew out of these attempts, often successful, to benefit one sec tion of the country at the expense of the other, and the danger of disruption arising from this cause was enhanced by the fact that the Northern population was increasing by emigration and other causes in a greater ratio than the population of the South. By degrees, as the Northern States gained pre ponderance in the National Congress, self-interest taught their people to yield ready assent to any plausible advocacy of their rights as a majority to govern the minority without control: they learned to listen with impatience to the suggestion of any constitutional impediment to the exercise of their will; and so utterly have tle principles of the Constitution been corrupted in the Northern mind, that in the iuausaural address delivered by Presi dent Lincoln in March last, he asserts as a maxim, which he plainly deems to be undeniable, that tihe theory of the Constitution requires that in all cases the majority shall govern; and in another memorable instance, the same Chief Magistrate did not hesitate to liken the relations between a State and the United States to those which exist between the county and the State in which it is situated and by which it was created. This is the lamentable and fundamental error on which rests the policy that has culminated in his declaration of war against these Confederate 'States. In addition to the long continued and deep seated resentment felt by the Southern States at the persistent abuse of the powers they had delegated to the Congress tior the purpose of oen riehing the manufacturing and shipping classes of the North at the expense of thie Motsl, there has existed for nearly half a century another nubiest of discord, involving iterests of sseh transcend ant magnitude as stall times to creats apprelts eion In tile minds of many devoted lovers of tile Union that its permanencewas imposslbhle. Whealhe several States delegatedl certain pow ers to the United States Congress. a large portion of the lahboring population cctoaistld of Afriruc slaves imported into the colonie ho tile mthcer country. In twelve out of tile thirteen States, ne gro slavery existed ; and tise right of lrcprety in slaves was.protected by law. This property was reo~gnized in the Cnslitttion, and peovision was made against its loss by tIne ecolpe -.f the sltve. The increase in the eutsher of slaves by furttser importation from Africa, was also sestored by a clause forbidding Oscnuress tI lethihit the slave trade anteriocr to a tertailn date; acod in no Cluuse can there be found ancy delegatissa of power to, the Cougress auotsorizing it in atly manner ti legzislate to the prejudice, detrimweit or disctraoemeoitt of thn owners of thatspecies of property, or excludlg it from tiae proteetinn of tht, -,sersnent. The climate and noilof the No:rthern Shates soon proved unpropitious to the continolsnr,- of slave labor, whilst the converse was the case at the South. Under the unrestricted free intercourse between the two sections, the Northern Siales consulted their own interests by slcug their slaves to the South, and prohibiting slovery withiin their limits. The fiouth were willing pctrehnera of proeperty suitable to their watt a stnd paid the price of tile aesuisition without" harhe:ricg a suspicion that their quiet psoseasiou was t. be distlu bed by those who were ischihited not ,nls Sy souwant of nstitu tional authority but by nood faith so vesdclsr, from disquietlug a title emnatgtiog frlln cHtelnelces. Au soon, bhewever, as else Norethrrot Stltes that prohihited African slivwre mcthici shoir lihcit ltsad reached a nuasber slofilent to geve thtIir repre sentstion a- crtrctlline voio:e in thbs ('onirtRss, a pt-rsistesnt and trg sytaed oytstclf hobtile m-aaurcs against the righwt sf the owesres ssf slaves iuc tlie fietharr Slates was insuurated sacd gradually extended. A clotictussaaeerieo sO msessures was s deelsed aod prcseeuted for tie puirp-sse of reendrr lsg Iseegne the tenure of precprely its acaera: fa d ttlati srgadta.tonu, supplied withl nlmey by v.l oltnry suhsiptioon, were aoidu:tsnsly engsg-d Oex:is.itgng amoshe tIle slaves a spirit ots ditsesltcat 4 P nhled meapa were turlliened foro their escape [tOmtlrownere, nd aseeto eeortly emsplsyrd sfibatleshb toabond. the eoantisoasoal prlot *tnOfri . eeredirtiadlon te heir owners woo firs. Iele, then spne itssaunzea aa*.a vsolatiou of 4 s . t .taie, n merit :o -lod, desbey containetd in the -constitutional eompactt towers of 'slaves were mobbed and even murdered in open' day. soely for applying to a magistrate for the. arresotf a fugitive slave; the dogmas of thoese' voluetiyir orgeanisations soon obtaineod control of the Legislatures of many of the Northern States, and laws were passed providing tor the ponish mest, by ruinous fines and long continued im prih onment in jails and penitentiaries, of citizern of the Southern States wio should dare to ask aid of the efficers of the law for the recovery of their property. Emboldened by success, the theater of agittion asnd agression against the clearly exproessed constitutional righte of the Southern States eras trauslerred to the Congress; Sonators and Representatives were sent to the commen councils of the nation whose chief title to this distinction consisted in the display of a spirit of ultra fhnaticism, and whose business was not to promote the general weltor., or ensure do mestic tranquility, but to awaken the bitterest hatred against the citizens of sister States, by violent denunciation of their institutions. The transaction of public affairs was impeded by repeated efforts to usurp powers not delegated by the Constitution. for the purpose of impairing the eecurity of property in slaves, and reducing thosne States which held slaves to a condition of interi ority. Finally, a great party was organized for the porpoe of obtmining the administration of the Gov ernment, with the avowed object of using its power for the total exclusion of the slave States from all participation in the benefits of the public domain acquired by aoil the States in common. whether by conquest or purchase ; of surrounding thesm entirely by States in which slavery should bh prohibited; of thus rendering the property in slaves so insecure as to be comparatively worthless, and thereby asn nihilating in effect property worth thousands of millions of dollars. This party, thus organized, ucneeded, in the month of Norvember last. in the election of its candidate for the Presidency of thn United States. In tie meantime, under the mild and genial cli mate of the Southern States, and the increasing care and attention for the wellibeing and comfort of the laboring elases, dictated atlie by interests and humanity, tice African slaves had augmenlted in number from about six liudred thousand at the date of the adoption of the Constitutioteal compact to upwards of four millions. In moreal and social coditsion they had been elevated from berutal savates into docile, intelligent and civilized agricultural laborers, and supplied not only writh bodily comforts, but with carefuol re ligions instruetion. Under the supervieion of a ration of their ovwn condiion, bnt to convert hun dreds of thouoauds of sqloare miles of thie wrilder ness into cultivated lsnds, cotvered witt a prosper ons ipeople; towns aad cities had sprung into ex istence, and rapidly increased in wealth and population under the social system of the Sotth ; the white population of tie Southern sliave-hold ing States had augmented from about 1,250,000 at the date of thie adoption of tic Constitution to more than 85,00,000 in 1860, and the productions of the Solnt in cotton, rice, sugar and tobacco, for the full development and continuance of which the labor of African slavet wos and is indispensable, had swollen to an amount which formed nearly three-fourths of the exports of the whole United States, and had become absolutely necessary to the wants of civilized man. With interests of such overwhelming magnitude imperilled, the people of the douthern States were driven bythe conduct of the North to the adoption of some course of action to savert the danger with which they were openly menaced, With this view the Legislatures of tihe seeral States invited thie people to select delegates to Conventions to be held for tihe purpose of determining for them selves what measures were best adapted to meet so alarming a crisis in their history. Here it may be proper to observe that from a period as early as 1798 there ihad existed in all of the States of the Union a party almost uninter roptedly ia the majority, based upon the creed that each State was, in the last resort, tihe sole judge as well of its wrongs as of tie mode and measure of redress. Indeed, it is obvious that, under the law of nations, this principle is an axiom ae applied to tihe relations of independent sovereign States, such as those which had united themselve under thie Constitutional compact. The I)Dmo cratic party of the United Slates repented, in its successiul canvass in l1'56, the declaration made in nunerous previous political contests, that it would faithfully abide by and uphold the prin ciples laid down in the Kentucky and Virginil resolutions of 1798. and in the report of htr. Madison to the Virginia Legislature in 1799 l and that it adapts those principles as constituting one of she main foundatioas of its political creed." The princilples thus emphatically announced em brace that to which I have already adverted, the right of each State to judge of and redress tice wrongs of wticht it complains. These principles were maintained by overwhelming majorities of the people of all the- LStates of the Ulnion at dif ferent elections, especially in tice elections of ilr. Jefferson in 1805, Ir. Madison in 18009, and Mr. lli--p in 1Ri2. In the exercise of a right so ancient, so well es tabliehed, and so necessary for self-preservltion, the people of the Confederate States, in their Con ventions, determined that the wrongs which they had suffered and the evils with which they were menaced, required that they should revoke the del egation of powers to the Federal Government which they had ratified in their several Conven tions. They consequently passed -ordinances re asuming all their rights as sovereign and independ ent States, and dissolved their connection with the other States of the Union. Having done this they proceedel to form a new compact amongst them selves, by now articles of Confederation, which have been also ratified by Conventions of the sev eral States with an approach to unanimity far ex ceeding that of the Conventions which adopted the Constitution of 1787. They have organized their new Government in all its departments. The func tions of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Magistrates are performed in accordance with the will of the people, as displayed not merely in a creerful acquiescence, but in the enthusiastic sup port of the Government thus established by them selvese and but for tie interference of the Govero ment of the United States in this legitimate exer cise of the rights of a people to self government, peace, happineoo and prosperity would now smile on onr land. That peace is ardently desired by this Govern ment and people, has been manifested in every pos oible form. Scarce had you assembled in Fehruary lanst, when, prior even to the inaugration of the Chief bloMagistrate you had elected, you passed a resolution expressive of your desire for the ap pointment of Commissioners, to be sent to the Government of the United States, "for the purpose of negotiating friendly relations between that Gov ernment and the Confederate States of America, and for the settlement of all questions of disagree ment between the two Governments, upon pria ciples of right, juntice, equity and good faith.' It was my pleasure as wellas my duty to cooper ate with you in this work of peace. Indeed, in my address to you on taking the oath of office, and be fore receiving from you the communication of this resolution, I had said that, as a necessity, not as a choice, we have resorted to the remedy of sepa ration, and henceforth our energies nist be di rected to the conduct of our own affairs, and the perpe'uity of the Confederacy which we have feormed. If a just perception of nutual interest shall permit nus to peaceaehly porslle our separate political career, my most earnest desire will have been fulfilled." It was in furtherance of these accordant views of the Congress and the Executive that I ode choice of three discreet, able and diatie. hed citizents, who repaired to Washington. Aided by their cordial ciddperation and that of the Secretary of State, every eflirt ciompatible with sell-respeet. and the dignity of the Confederacy, was exhalstei d blfore I allowed myself to yield to the conviction that the Government of the United States was de termined ts attemnpt the conquest of this people, and that our cherished hopes of peace were unat tainiable. On the arrival of our Commissioners in Wash inston, on the 5th of March, they postponed, at the songestiol of a friendly iatermediary, doing more than giving informal notice of their arrival. This was ditme with a view to aff-ord time to tie President. who lhad just been inaurnated, for thile discharge f othler pressiig official duties, ic the organization of llsn Adnmianistrat, , bteore engaging his attenitio in the ohjct of their mi-sion. It was not until the 12th of the month that they officially addressed tile Secretary of Stae, in fiormirig him of the purpose of their arrival, and stating, in tite language of their iistrctiolls. their wi-h to nlsako to the Government of tle United States overreare for the opening ol negcotiations, assuring the Goivernment of the United States that the President, Ctongress atd peoiple it te CeConfed erate States honestly desire a peacefol solutiong of these great questions; tlhat its neitmher their interest nor their wish to make aly deimatnd whic is not founded on tile strietet justice, nor to do any act to injore their late confederatee." e To this coinmmonicatlon no formsal reply was re- i ceived o ntil the 8th of April. Doring the interval, tha Colmitiasioner$ had coinIrenleI to waive all qluostions of form, with the firm resolve to avoid war if possible ; they wseet so far even as to hol,, dnring that long period, unltfi.ial istercirse ItIhouegh atn iterrliedrnlv, Wolliset Iiigh plsitiotn tnd character inspired the hope sef seclces.i, alnd throglh whollli cllnstanlit as-or-tiei, were reerivld Irel iro tile Government of the Unitrel Ststreo, of ticl-fitl in teetiens;i iof its deterniileatien to evaceateSI Fort Sum ter; alnd, furtler. that ieee teelasnle c latglllig tilhe existing s8ta1s pr- joiieally to the Clneederate States, espiieisly at Fiort Piieons, was in colten plallno, but that in the event of any change of in rtention on tIe subject, notice wos'd be given to tile Comtmleisoners. The croked paths o, diplimainy Coa sncarcely nruish as examnple so wantilg in courtesy, in candodr and dlrenotieu as was tile coarse of the United Stiates Governement tlewards our Co mmisionera in Washiogtton. For proof of thisl, I refer Ou the annexed doiloments marked -, taken in connection with farther facts, which I now proceed to relate: Isrly it April the attention of the whole country, ax well as that of our Comdissinerr, ' Swas attracuted to extraordinary preparatione for an extensive military and naval expedition in New 01ork and other Northern ports. These prepara tions commenced in secrecy, for an expedition 'whose destination was concealed, only became known when nearly completed ; and on the 5th, th and 7th of April, transports and dessots of war, with troops, munitions and military supplices, sailed front Northern ports bound Southward. Alarmed by so extraordinary a demonstration, the Commissioners requested the delivery of an answer to their official communication of the 12th of March, and thereupon received, on the 8th of April, a reply dated on the 15th of the previous month, fronm whilch it appears that, duritog the whole interval whilst the Clnommissioners were re ceiving assurances calculated to inspire hlope of tile success of their mission, tihe Secretary of State and the President of thie Unted States had already determined to hold no intercourse with thern what ever, to refuse even to listen to anty propi sal they lhad to maklte, and had profited by the delay created by their own assurances in order to pre pare secretly the means for effective hostile opera tions. That these assnrances were given has been vir tually confessed by the Government of tile United States, by its sending a messenger to Charles ton to give notice of its purpose to nse force if opposed in its intention of supplying Fort Sumter. No more striking proof of the absence ot good fteith in the cnduoct of the Government of the United States towards this Confederacy can he re quired than is contained in the cireumstances which accompanied this notice. According to the usual course of navigation, tile vessels composing the expedition designed for the relief of Fntrt Sum. ter, might be expected to reach Charleston harbor on the 9tll of April; yet, with our Commissioners actually in Washington, detained under assurances that notice eshould be givern of any military move ment. The notice was not addressed to then, but a messenger was sent to Ciharleston to give tihe notice to tihe Governor of South Carolina, and the notice was so given at a late hour on the 8th of April, the eve of the very day on which the fleet might be ex pected to arrive. That this maneuver failed in its purpose, was not the fault of those who contrived it. A heavy terupest delayed tile arrival of the ex pedition, and gave time to the commander of our forces at Ciharleston to ask and receive the irn strucetions of this Governmllent. Even then, under all the provocation incident to the contermptoua refural to listen to our Comnmisioers, and the tor tuous course of tile Government of tile United States, I was sincerely anxious to avoid tile ellit sionr of blood, and directed a proleeial te e mnlade to tile commaoderr of Fort Setlllerle, who had avwedl himself to be nearly out of provicions, thltt we werld abstain from directing our fire on Fort Surn ter if le wonul promise not to open tire oni our forces unless first attacked. This prolposal wa refused and tihe cenrclucirn wtas, reached that the desigun of' tIle United States was to place tile besiegilng force at C(harleston between tile simul taneous fire of the fleet and the fort. There re mained, therefore, no alternative but to direct that the fort should at once be reduced. Tris order wa: executed by Gen. Beauregard with tile sill and suec oess which were naturally to be expected rromthe well ktnownu character of lthat gallant officer; and although the bombardment lasted but thirty-three hours, our flag did not wave over its battered walls until after the appearance of the hostile fleet off Charleston. Foertuately not a life was loston our side, and we were gratilied in being spared the necessity of a useless eflusion of blood by the pru dent caution of the officers who commanded the fleet in abstaining from the evidently fetile effort to enter the harbor for tre relief of Major Anderson. I refer to the report of the Secretary of War and tile papers accompanying it, for further details of this brilliant aftlir. In this connection I cannot refrain from a well deserved tribute to the noble State the eminent soldierly qualities of whose people were so con spieueusly displayed in the port of Charleston. Far months they had been irritated by tile spectacle of a fortress held within their principal harbor as a standing menace againsttheir peace and independl ence, built in part with their own money-its custody confided with their own consent to an agent who held no power over them other than such an they had themselves delegSatred for their own benre fit.-intended to be used by that agent for their own protection against foreiga attack, they saw it rheld with persisente tenacity as a means of offence against them by thle very toverunlent which they lhad established for their protec tion. They had beleaguered it for months-ftelt entire confidence in their power to capture it yet yielded to the requirements of discipline, curbed their impatience, sublmitted without com plaint to the unoccustomed hardehips, labors and privations of a protracted siege; and when at length their patience was rewarded by tile signal for attack, and success had crowned their steady and gallant conduct--even in thle very moment of triumph-they' evinced a chivalrous regard for the feelings of tile brave hbt unfortulate ovli cer who had been compelled to lower his flag. All manifestations of exultation were checked in his presence. Their commanding General, with their cordial approval and the consent of his Gov ernment, refraleed from imposing -any terms that could wound tile sensibiliry of tie comoander of the fort; he was permitted to retire witl tile honors of war--to salute his flag, to depart freely with all his command, rnd was escorted to the vessel in which he embarked with the hlighes marks of respect from those against wiom his guns had been so recently directed. Not only does every event connected with the siege re flect the highest honor on South Carolina, hbut the forbearance of her people and of this Gov ernment from making any harsh use of a victory obtained under circumstances of such peculiar provocation, attest, to the fullest extent, the ab sence of any purpose beyond securing own their tranquility, and a sincere desire to avoid the ca lamities of war. Scarcely had the President of the United States received intelligence of the failure of tihe scheme which he devised for tile reinforcement of Fort Sumter, when ihe issued the declaration of war against this Confederacy, which lhas prompted me to convoke you. In this extraordinary production that high functionary affects total ignorance of the existence of an independent Government, which. possessing the entire and enthusia-tie devotion of its people, is exercising its functions without ques tion over seven sovereign States-over more than live millions of people, and over a territory whose area exceeds 5u0,000 square miles. le terms sovereign States " combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in tie mar shals by law.r' Ie callo for an army of 75,000 men to act as a posse conlilatus in aid of the pro cess of the courts of justice, in States where no courts exist whose mandates and decrees are not cheerfully obeyed and respected by a willing people. He avows that "tie first service to be as signed to the forces called out," will be not to execute the process of courts, but to capture forts and stronghods situated within the admitted limits of this Confederacy, and rarrisoned by its troops; and declares that "this eLfort" is intended "to maintain the perpetuity of popular government.' He concludes by commanding "the persons com posing the combinations aforesaid," to-wit: the five millions of inhabitar l cf these States, "to re tire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty davs." Apparently contradictory as are the terms of this singular docutrent,one point was onmistakably evi dent. The President of tihe lUnited States carlls for an army of 75,000 men, whose first service was to be to capture our forts. It was a plain declaration of war, which I was not at liberty to disregard be cause of my knowledge that. under the Constitu tion of the United States, the President was usurp. ilg a power granted exclusively to the Congress. He is the sole organ of communication between that country and foreign powers. The law of nations did not permit me to question the author ity of tile executive ot a foreign nation to declare war against this Confederacy. Altlhough I might have retrained from taking active measures for our defence, if the Stores of the Union had all imitated the action of Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, by denouncing the call for troops it as an unconstitu tional usurpation of power to which they refuse to respond, I was not at liberty to disregard the fact, that many of the States seemed quite content to soubmit toteeeri f the xei f tl power assuted by Ithe President of the United States. and were ac tively engages in levying troops for the purpose indicated in the ttorlnmation. Deprived of the aid of hCongressat the moment, I was unider tie necessity t confining my action to a call on tle States for vrlolnteers for tile com mon defence, ill accordance with the authority you had confided to me before your adjournentt. I deemed it proper, further, to Issue a proclama tion invting applicti aplcaions from persons disposed to aid in our defence in private armed vessels on the high seas, to the end that preparations might be made tor the immediate issue of letters of marque and reprisal, which you alone, under the Constitu tion, have the power toi grant. I entertain no doubt you will concur with me in the opinion that in the absence of a fleet of' ublic vessels it will I be eminently expedient to supply their place by private armed vesrels, so happily styled by tihe putblicisrs of tile United Stlate the miliria of the sea, and so often and justly relied on by them as an efficient and admirable instrument ,of defensive warrare. I carnestly recommend the immediate pars:te of a law autllhrizintg rie to accept the nallerlls proosals alreadv received. I cannot close this review of the acts of the Government if the Utlted States withount referring to a preclati trion issued by their i'recdent, under date of the 19thil inst., i which, after declaring that an insurrection has hbroken out in this Con federacy against the Governtment of tihe United Slates. he announces a blockade of all the ports of these States, and threa*rer to punish as pirat,-s all persons who shall molest any vessel of the United States under letters of marque tissd by this Gov ernment. Notwithstandillg the authenticity of this proclamation, you will colcur with me that it is hard to believe that it could have emanated from a President of the United States. Its announce meot of a mere paper blckfade is so manifestly a violation of tie law of nations that it would serem incredible thatit could have been issued by autbor ity; huot conceding thisa to be the ase, son far as the Executive is oonoerned, it will be difficult to satisfy the people of tliese .atete that their late confederates will attetlon its declaratlons-wll determine to ignore the usages of civilized no tions, and will inaugarate a war of extermination on both sides by treating as pirates open enemlee acting under the authority of commissions issued by an organized Government. If such proelama. tion wan iBssuooed, it could only have been published under the sudden influence of passion, and we may rest assured mankind will be spared the horrors of the conflict it seems to invite. For the detailso of the nlnistraion of dii er ent departments, I refer to the reports of the see rotaries which accompany tils lessago. Tihe Stle i)partmont has furnallhed the neces sary instructions for three Commissioners who have boon sent to England, France, tRussia and Belgium, since your adljournment, to ask our recognition as a member of the fanmily of nations, and to make with each of those powers treaties of amity and commerce. Further steps will be taken to enter into like negotiations with the other European Pow era, in Iursuanr e of your resolutions passed at tile last session. Sufficient time has not yet elapsed since the departure of these Commissioners for tihe receipt of any intelligence from them. As I deem it desirable that Commissioners or other diplomatic agents should also be sent at an early period to the independent American Powers south of our Confederacy, with all of whom it is our interest and earnest wish to maintain the most cordial and friendly relations, I suggest the expedi ency of making the necessary appropriations for that purpose. Having been officially notitled by the public authorities of the State of Virginia that she had withdrawn from the Union, and desired to maintain the closest political relations with us which it was possible at this time to establish, I commissioned the Hon. Alex. IL. Stephens, Vice-President of the Confederate States, to represent this Government at Itichmond. I am happy to inform you thlati h has concluded a Convention with the State of Virginia, by which that honored Commnwealth, so long and justly distinguished among lier sister States, and so dear to the hearts of thousands of her children in the Confederate States, has united her power and her fortunes with ours and become one oft i. 'Till Convention togelh oer with the ordinance of Virginia adopting the Pirovisional Constitution of the Coo federacy, will be laid before you for your costitu tional action. I rnhave satisfactolry assoranrees from otiher of our late conferderartes that they are rio tihe point of adopting similar measures, anl I cannot doubt that ere yor shall huve been mray weeksi inr session, the wilie of tire hla.or'hrldirg States rtlhe ltate Union will respond to thie call of honor and alloction, and by uniting their fortunes with ours, promote our common interests andl secure outr cormmon safety. In the Toreasucy DIepartment, regulations rhave beoer deviced and put into exet'tIllilln for carryilng out the policy inlicated in your legislation. on the subject of the navigation of tile Miseissii rii river, as well as for the collection of tile revenue on tihe frontier. Free transit has been secured for vessels and merchandise passing thlrough tile Confederate States; and delay and inconvenience have been avoided as far as possible in organizing tire revenue service for the various railways ering our territory. As faist as experience shall indi cate the possibility of improvement in these regu lations, no etfort will be spared to free commerce from all unnecessary embairrassnmnts and ob straetions. Under your act authorizing a loan, proposals were issued inviting subscriptions for five millions of dollars, and the call was answered by the prompt subscription of more than eight millions by our own citizens,and not a single bid was made un der par. Tih rarpid devele.rlent of tile prrprose of tthe Iresident of tile United States to invade rur soil, capture our forts, blockade ourr ports, and wage war against as, induced me tv direct that tie entire subscription should be accepted. It will now be come necessary to raise mnenns to a much larger amount to defray tile expenses of maintaining our independence and rep-)tling invasion. I in vite your special attention to this subject, and tile financial condition of tile (Government, with the suggestion of ways and means for tile supply of tihe treasury, will be presented to you in a separate commrneication. To tile Departmlent of Jnstice you hirve coniiled not only the orgranization and suplervision of all matters conrnected wirith tihe courts ol juricr, but also those connected with patents and with the bureau of thle public printing. Since your adjournment all the corts, with tile exception of those of Mtississippi and Texas, have been organized by the aplpointment of marshals and diistrict attorerr , ani d are now prepared for tihe exercise of their fnrlntions. In the two States just named tile gentlemen con firmed as judges declined to accept the alpoint ments, and no nominations have yet been made to fill tile vacaneies. I refer you to the report of tle Attorney General, and concur in Ili recomnmenla tion for immediate legislation, especially on the sub ject of patent rights. Early provision should be made to secure to the subjects of foreign nations the full enjoyment of their property in valuable in ventions, and to extend to our own eitizens pro tection not only for their own irlventions, but for such as may have been assigned to them or may hereafter be assigned by persons not alien enemies. The Patent Olfice business is much more exten sive and important than had been anticipated. The applications for patents, although confined under the law exclusively to citizens of our Confederacy, already average seventy per month, showing tile necessity for the prompt organization of a bureaa The Secretary of War, in his report and accom panying docauments, conveys full information con cerning the forces, regular, volunteer, and pro visional, raised and called for under the several acts of Congress-their organization and distribu tion; also, an account of the expenditures already made, and the further estimates for the fiscal year ending on the 18th of February, 1862, rendered necessary by recent entnts. 1 refer to the report, also, for a full history of the occurrences in Charles ton harbor, prior to, and including the bombard meut and reduction of Fort Sumter, and of the measures subsequently taken for common defence on receiving tile intelligence of the declaration of war against us, made by the President of the United States. There are now in the field at Charleston, Pensacola, Forts Morgan, Jackson, St. Philip and Pulaski, 19,0)00 men, and 16,000 are now en route for Virginia. It is proposed to organize and hold in readiness for instant action, in view of the present exigencies of the country, an army of 100,000 men. II further force be needed, the wisdom and patriot ism of Congress will be confidently appealed to for authority to call into the field additional numbers of our noble-spirited volunteers, w he are constantly tendering services far in excess of our wants. The operations of the Navy Department have been necessarily restricted by the tact that suffi cient time has not yet elapsed for the purchase or construction of more than a limited number of ves sels adapted to the public service. Two vessels purchasd, have been named the "Sumter'" and ' Macree," and are now being prepared for sea, at New Orleans, with all possible di'patch. Con tracts have also been made at that city, with two different establishments, for the casting of ord nance-cannon, shot and shell-with the view to encourage te manufacture of these articles, so in dispensable for our defence, at as many points within our territory as possible. I call your attention to the recommendation of tihe Secretary for tihe establishment of a magazine and laboratory for preparation of ordnance stores and tile necessary appropriation for that purpose. Hitherto such stores have usually been prepared at tie navy yards, and no appropriation was nade at your last session for this ohject. The Secretary also calls attention to the fact that no provision has been made for tile payment ot invalid pensions to our citizens. Malny rf these persons are advanced itl life, they have no means of support, and by the secesloun of these States, have been deprived of their claim against the Gov ernment of the United S'ates. I recommend the appropriation of the sum necessary to pay these pensloners, as well as those otf thearmry, whose claim can scarcely exceed $20,000 per aunult. The Postma-ter General has already socceeded in organizing his Dopartment to such an extent as to he in readiness to assume the direction of our postal affairs on the occurrence of the contingency contemplated by the act of 15th March, 1861, or even sooner, if desired by Congress. Ther various books and circulars have been pre pared, and measurres taken to secure supplies of blanks, postage stamps, stamped envelopes, mail bags, locks, keys, etc. He presents a derailed classification and arrange sment of the clerical force, and asks for its increase. An Auditor of the Treasury for this Department is necessary, and a planis submitted for the organ ization of his bureau. The great nunber and magnitude of the accounts of this department require an increase of tire cler ieal force in tile accounting branch in the treasury. The revenues of tilts department are collected and disolrsed in mtrdes peculiar to irtself, and require a special bureau to secure a proper accountsablity in the admionistratioa of its finances. I call your attention to tile additional legislation required for this department-to the recomnmend ation for changes in the law fixinlg the rates of po.tage on newspapers and sealed packages of ertatn kndsr,and specially to the recommendation of the Secretary, in which I conunr, that you pro vide at once for the aosanlption by him of the con trol of our entire p.statl service. Int the militry or.;mization of tile States, pro viion is mtade for B' igadier and Ma.jor Generals, but in the army of the ttfrlederate Srates the high est grade is that of Brigadier Gleneral; hence it mill no doubt Srttttimes roccnr that where troops ot tile Coulederaey do duty with the militia, tihe teneral selected for the colrmranndand possc-sed of the views and purpoens of this tIrvernmenr, will be super.eded by an officer of the militia, n-ot hav ing the same advantages. To avoid this cortin geony in tile Itnst thbjeltionable etanner, I rerom mend that addrtimnal rank be given to the General of the Confederate army, and concurrirng in the policy of having but one grade of Generals in the army of the Conrederacy, I recommend that the law of its organizatinm he amended, so that the grade be that of General. To secure thsortgh military education, it is deemed essential that oticera should enter upon the study of their profession at an early period of life, and have elementary instructiot in ma tilitary ochool. Until oioh school shall he eetablished, it is recommended that cadete be appointed and at tached to companies until they shall have attained the age, and have acquired the knowledge to fit thoem for tihe duties of lieutenants. I also call your attention to an omission In.the law organizing the army, in relation to military chaplains, and recommend that provision be made for their appointloent. `s In conclusion, I congratulate you on the fact that in every portion of our coentry there has bece exhibited the most patriotic devotion to our commou cause. Truansportation companies have freoely tendered ti, nuse of their lines forhtroops nod ouppites. The >'oesidents of the Railroads of the Confederacy, in cUepany with others who con trol lines of communication with States that we hope soon to greet as sisters. assembled in conven tion in ties city, and niot only reduced largely the rates heretofore demanded for mall service and'on veyance of treopit atnd o untiuns, but voluntarily proffIred to receive their compensation at these re duced rates in the hbonds o{ the Confederacy, for the purpose of leaving all the resourcee of the Government at its disponal fer the eommon defence. tequisitions for troops have been met with such alacrity that the numbers tendering their services have in every instance greatly exceeded the de mand. ieu of the hlghest oicolal and sotiai posi tion are serving as volunteers in the ranks. The gravity of age, tie zeal of youth, rival each other in the desire to be foremost for the public defenee and though at no other point titan the one hereto fore noticed, have they been stimulated by the ex citement incident to actlual engagement, and the hope of distinction for individual achievement, they have borne, what, for new troops, is the meat severe ordeal-patient toil, coosteat vigil, and all the ex posure and disconmlrt of active service, with a re solution and fortitude such as to command the ap probation and justify the highest expectation of their condtlct wtl active valor silait be reqwired in place of steady endurance. A teeoIle ttne umlled etndl resolved cannot shbtink fromt any atcritice whlich they uay be called on to make, nor can Itlere hbe a reasonable doubt of their flol nccesd., howecer long and severe may be the test of thirl determtliatlon to mtaintain their birth. right of frcleedom td equality. as a trust whiclh it is their first duty to tranelsmit ulldlminiehed to their posterily. A bounteous Providencte cheers u with the pronm iso of tbhltdant creps. The hilds of grain which will, wit!hi a Jew, wotcl", tbe ready for the sickle. give aselrance ofl tile amplest ouJpply of food for !lt ; whlilst tile oerll, eottot and othter staple pro h:l.elites of oanr soil alrfrd ahundant proof that up t: t;ii perio.d tile Rsea-n has been propitious. We teelt that oar caiete is just and holly ; we pro test stlcllelnly, i tile face o manktind, that we desire peace alt aty eacrllioe, save that of honor and iudeletedece ; we seek no conquest, no ag grandizeloent, no concession of aly hkind from tie states with whiich we have lately confederated. All wve oask is to be let alone--that those who never, held power over us 0hall not now attempt our snub jugation by arms. 'Thiu we will, we must resist, to tioe direst extretity. The moment that this proe teneioen is abandoned, the sword will drop from our grasp, antI we sihall be ready to enter into treaties of amity and commerce that cannel but be mutually benefcicil. So lhong as this pretension is maintained, with a firm reliance on that Divine Power which.. covers with its protection tie jOust cause, we will continue to struggle for our inherent right to free dom, independence and self-government. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Mtontomery. April "J. lt6il. MEXICAN CORREI PONDENCE. Complications of Moalanoras Affairs-Afraid of Fdibsters, of lleactionists, and of Liberals--An other Rloto by the Church Parly-Mejia Success ful, so far--l aqui Indians in Revolt-b-iacina trons of Los Airericanoos-l.temns. Special to the New Orleans Grew etnt.] MlATAuoOAos.April 2i, 1861. 3Mr. 'iltor -The good people of this particular locality are sorely bothered between three fires They dread the filibusters, they do not know how long the Liberal Government will prevail, and they are threatened with the withdrawal of their privil eges as a free city. Matamoras has been, for a long time, open to the merchandise of all the world, free of duty; and the partiality thus shown has had the erthet of building up the place wonder fully. Juarez has already communicated his de sign of revoking this privilege, as it is complained of at Tampico and at other places that it gives Matamoras advantages not possessed by other places. The people here are desperately opposed to the reform, as it is called; and if they did not apprehend an attack fron the filibusters, ia the shape of assistance, the whole State of Tamaulipan would ignore and resist the central authority. We have no clhice, either, for unth parties favor the same scheme ; and, if the Church party succeeds, we are no better off. Brt the most imminent danger seems to threaten us from your side, for really we consider it almost impossible for a party el Texas troops to continune on the IRio Grande in force without committing acts which must eventuate in war. The disturb ances on your own side of the river are fomented on this side, while those on this side are fomented by your people. Desperate men and shrewd speculators are bent on involving the two coun tries in trouble for the purpose of producing the conquest of the States of Tamauoipas, Nuoes Leon and Chihuahuas. arties of Americans are even now gathering in Arizona, Mesilla, New, Mexico, Lower California, and all along the Rio, Grande, watching the favorable opportunity to pitch in and.help the row. Wealthy bat broken down Mexican politicians are favoring the same preject, as they hope to better their prospects and increase their fortunesO by introducing Americana into the beautiful, rich and healthy country now governed by faction. You are already aware, no doubt, that the Reactionary party, with Mejia and Marquez at its head, have commenced another struggle for power. At the latest dates the revolution was growing into formidabla proportions. Zacatecas has fallen already, and with it the chief strength of the Juarez Government. The Ortega family and the State of Zacatecas were the nurses and the nursery of the Liberal cause, and with the death of Gen. Ortega and the capture of its capi tal, both have gone by the board. It matters little, however, which party thrives; fevolution will be the order of the day, and Mejia in power only makes Juarez a revolutionist instead of a. President. A local revolution occurred in this State some time since for the purpose of influencing the elec- w9 tirn for Governor. Tihe row broke outin Tampico and the fortifications tell into the hands of the insurgents; but Gen. Garza came down on the rascals in short order, and, before they could turn their guns upon thern, he had them in chokey. Nine were shot on the spot, and a number sent to the chain-gang. If the same policy had been pur- sued towards Mejia and Marquez when they were captured at Taorplcr two years ago, the country would have been the better for the shooting. The Iudians in the State of Sonora have revolu tionized and set up for themselves. It is thought that they have been inoited to this course by the Americans to Arizona, for the. purpose of paving tie way to the seizure of Guaymas and all that lovely tract of c untly therreabouts. Thousanda of your people have lixed their eyes on Guaymas,. and in time they will lhave it. President Joares has lolminated a decree against all titles. We are now compelled to call each other citizen, in imitation of the Robespierrian periold of te French revolution. A host of Gene rals, Colonels, et cetera, have born thrust into the ranks of nous private and untitled citens by that decree. It is staled in private circles here that the corm manadnt at tils place nlse demanded to know of Col. Ford if the acRtivity of the Texas troops had any reference to Mexsan taf lire. I do not credit the replrt, however, fir thrigh we stay be in igno rance of all the nltvere ntsd taking place on the Am-rican side of the Rio Graude, we still feet satiosed that the outhorites in command en the Texas frontier will do all they can to preserve the peace between the two couniries. On the other hand. sam todd that ril Ford has sflicially inrormed the officer in command in Matamoras that he (Ford) will hold Matanora Ie reponhible wit his guns for any movement the unlicensed rabble of Mexico. ay makei to disturb the peace or property of the cirlzeos of Texas. Soi we go. The luneral of Si-hor Tejada has been cele brated with great pomp and circumstance through out tis section. Geo. Jesus Gion tles Ortega, of whom I have frrelurnly writtenl, died qu te recently iu Zaeate as ef typhoid f'ever. He was the head and front of the Liberal arrrmy. The uopraeedetoted dry weather of the last three months hab been iof imtrense injury to this section of the country. If we do not have-rain soon, we shall scarcely reohe fodder, not to speak of corn. I aul writing where, wsth my spy-glass, I cam see the immense howitzCers andl siege-guns with - whiol Forrd it said to have threaotened this city and I can tell you their yawning mouths look fear fully de.atrrueve. It is ifficially otated that we are to have threw thirusnd regular ctroops starined at this place sa an army of ohserlvatora rlr the Taxon forces; haut it is prnbablo the revolution of Mejia may alter the prlrasrmmeo. . Dgrtollado it said to have become a rubjeot of the lunratic asa lore. lis trierido attribute isn de-. rangennet to, p,-i-tn srtt tsr p-liicoil causes.. - ATTaNTION, VOIea.enrTts.-Mr. S. N. MoOdy, cOr neur or .'aasl and roy rl tlet, to rny ndvrti-os lareOrt morotoe artileta eqs .ltl1t, rho irotoOon or ttohealnhand onr, tor our orltant vnlun eers ti, stkatk mbtreeaahnndl e .mpaner nhtrre, crt.ron r. eck shirts. rn. t aet wd0denttmsUsdO . shies, drrsmrra mctnout aose oh-rr aedtotssmratstt*'Saf ibsit solder. Thee ood. ass off, ed ni the eve40ia r-w55s 0 dlering tn ptrehaao should aval tom-ateus itnmeeliatelt eshit s pponoiety..