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RALEIGU : SATURDAY, JAN. 11, 1862.
The reader is directed to the letter ol Major
)evereux in the present issue, in reply to Captain
Graves' article in a recent Standard, Our coiem-
jporaries who published Capt Graves' letter, will, of
course, publish Mai. Devereux's. i.very one snouw
always hear both sides of any question.
Salt.
Those who are making salt, or think of doing so,
hould not relax their efforts on the supposition
hat the demand is likely to fall off to any extent
The fishermen in the eastern part of the State
ill want many thousand bushels in March, April
and May. The ordinary daily wants ol .amines win
Irequire that enormous quantities should be pro
duced. Every family will be found quite willing,
even in the spring of the year, to. lay in a supply
for next winter. Indeed, when all the demands are
considered, it is likely that the supply will prove
insufficient Let the article then be"produced as
largely and as rapidly as possible. Let every one
o at it who can do so, and let those who are at it
jut in more hands.
At an election for field officers of the 48th regi
nent of militia, of Alamance county, on the 4th
nsu, the following were elected : W. A. Albright,
Colonel ; G. M. Lea, Lieutenant Colonel ; and A. E.
Unites Mainr.
Drowsed. Mr. A. B. Utley, formerly of Chat
iam, but residingjn Wilmington, was drowned last
veek, by falling off the wharf into Cape Fear River,
le was about 60 years of age.
Western Virginia. The Richmond Dispatch
icys, tiial in addition to other troops, one of Gen.
Hoyd's regiments had been ordered back from Ken
nedy to Western Virginia. If the news from that
Quarter is not all humbug, it certainly becomes
President Davis to act with promptness for its relief.
Col. Clakke's Regiment. We are glad to learn
rom the Petersburg Express, that this regiment of
N. C volunteers is at length comfortably quartered
pon the " Model rami," near Petersburg, in capa
ious Gildings well warmed. V,
Bask Note Engraving. For the most part since
he war iegan, the South has found much difficulty
(1 procuijng an engraver who could produce a re
sectable engraving for a Bank note or government
'Veasury hote. Treasurer Courts has succeeded in
!laininga good engraving from a New Oi leans en
aver, ii the Treasury bills authorized by the
.onventioh. The bills of $100, are really clever in
ppearancj, and highly creditable to the engraver
nd the Treasurer. We observe also an establish
lent is in operation in Richmond of the same char
ier. God bank note paper is a desideratum,
iwever, jit in the South. Indeed, we have seen
lo good w jiting paper of Southern manufacture.
iRAiLROAb Presidents. A meeting of several of
tie Railroal Presidents of Virginia and this State
lit in Riclknond a few days ago, at which Dr.
Ikwkins of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad pre
sled. The object of the meeting was to enquire in
telle cond ion of the several Roads, to ascertain
th r wantsln regard to rolling stock, iron, &&, and
th best method of supplying the Roads with the
ik essary titans of performing the immenso labor
n t thrownjupon them. A resolution was passed
a iaing a transfer of the effects of that part of the
B tiinove anf Ohio Railroad under the control of
tSouthernl Confederacy, to the Railroads of the
Sot11 Besiles this, they agreed upon some plan
foL ,u'jlhment of rolling mills, &c ,.
ST" Wc'taw Capt Wra. Lee Davidson, of Char
,n i, a few osks ago, pa br return from bis com
T 1 )',:in Hyd9,n shift iorloS,- looking very
'1 He renon eVarr . flwojt aaiat in that re-
TfaTuli tB VmftfOt freapie arafSnbounded in
iirhospitalty.' V r "J ;
Ieka CRi.z.-Tbis place, the key to Mexico, was
takei by the Slanish troops c& ilw vrc t' with
. . .V..tiii, v!i.i.-i.-.-'..i j-j
out fcsistance lonr,3Aj'tstrJ"rr0.t.t?e 1anJ toat ele
had moved lmch of their munitions to a more
defeikible poina They will make a determined re
sistance, shouldlbe allied forces of Spain, England
and franco ma h upon the uity of Mexico. A
chan A in the a ninistration is however looked for,
and it W probab the difficulty will be settled witn-
out mifch fish tit
The French fleet had arrived
at Havina.
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GreA
Britai
The death of Prince Albert in
be. deeply lamented. The Queen's
England seems u
family
Ippears
be much affected by the event
He was
kind h
kband and father, a man of intel
ligence Ad highapial and moral character; a well
he r al promt r of the happiness of the Queen's
s .? :ts-a libera patron of the arts, and a friend
1 prominent A late London limes has some
P'' c antkuggest ns in regard to the young Prince
0: V iles, lie suci ssor to the crown upon the death
C iieen ctori; The "Thunderer" very point
ed, r Yints
iat tb
young man, without an entire
Ch:
,e in h!i chaicter and course, will be a vary
accessi'
he crown of England. It calls
1 at once, whether he will change
him to
urse andmahtain the dignity of his position,
II waste lis talents and the labor bestowed
bin in frWiy and trifling. We judge the
S man is Wb one would call in this age, a
one.
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Vol. XXVIII. No. 2.
BA
The Convention Treasary Notes. : t ,
: The last Greensborough Patriot has an interest
ing article on the subject of the State Convention,
from which we make the following! extract: '
" This body of able men meets again on Monday
week, the 20th, after having mingled with their con
stitnents for more than a month. The Delegates
will re as8emble advised that muth more is expect
ed of them than tbey have yet done. The people
of this State expect and desire that provision shall
be made for the election of a Lieutenant Governor.
Past experience has clearly shown the absolute
necessity for such an officer. V
Provision should also be made, if not for annual
elections, at least for annual sessions of the General
Assembly. This we conceive experience bas also
shown to be necessary. The business of legislation
at the time the system of biennial elections and
biennial sessions was adopted, was one thing. The
necessary legislation for North-Carolino now is en
tirely another thing. We should certainly have
regular annual sessions, perhaps limited to a certain
number of days, and we will not disguise the fact
that we greatly favor annual elections. We have
become satisfied that there is more conservatism
with the people themselves, than with a majority of
the politicians, who manage to get into positions of
power, as legislators, and as civil and military offi
cers. Time has proved that the tendency of power
is to leave the many, and fall into the hands of a
few.
There is no money saved to the State by biennial
sessions ; and as we have annual elections any way,
to elect other officers, biennial elections for members
of the Legislature secures nothing to the peace and
repose of the people. So the reasons for biennial
elections are few if any, while those for annual elec
tions are many and imposing."
The Patriot also mildly censures the Convention
for its indulgence in " much speaking." . It says,
" we cannot think that so much talking and explain
ing are really necessary to enable such a Convention
of learned gentlemen to comprehend each subject
matter that is presented, before voting."
The Patriot also says it trusts the Convention
will see the error it committed in giving interest on
the last issue of Treasury notes, and correct the er
ror as soon as it assembles. It was stated at the
time, as an objection to the interest, that the Banks
and capitalists would absorb all these notes, and, in
the end, themselves realize the interest ; but now it
appears that the Banks and capitalists are the last
to take these notes, and their refusal to take them
is operating to hinder their circulation among the
people generally. This shows the difference which
sometimes exists between theory and practice. If
the Banks would take them without regard to in
terest, and pay them out in the same way espe
cially the smaller notes they would soon circulate
through all the avenues of business ; and meanwhile,
no matter what reverses might happen to our cause,
the interest, which will certainly be paid at maturi
ty, would sustain the notes at least at par. But
the Banks say their customers will not take them.
Have they tried them? Mr. Treasurer Courts, hav
ing on hand a few of the notes of the larger size,
antedated, issued them first, and charged interest
on them, as the ordinance authorized him to do.
This though no fault of his no doubt operated to
check in the outset the free circulation of the notes ;
but we are glad to learn that he is now issuing, and
has been issuing for weeks, the notes bearing date
on the day they are paid out, so that the interest
begins to run in the hands of the holder. Of course
no interest should be charged by any sub-treasurer
when be pays out these notes, for if the Treasurer
charges none, none can be due.
It is not expected that the Banks will take these
notes and hold them for the interest Such a course
would be injurious to those institutions, as these
note have no coupons, and the interest cannot be
collected until the end of four years.
We believe that if these notes could get fairly to
the people, they would cirulate rapidly without any
computation of interest ; and that, at the end of a
year or two, they would be sought for and laid by for
the interest We have as much confidence as any one
in the Banks of this State ; but we know of no cur
rency which is intrinsically so good or so safe as
treasury rotes, for the whole property of the State
is pledged for their redemption, and we have no idea
that North Carolina will disgrace herself for all gen
erations by refusing to pay her honest debts.
In reply to the suggestion of the Patriot, that the
interest should be stricken off from these notes, we
would say tLat no member voted for interest with
any other view than to render it certain that the
notes would sustain themselves in market and in
circulation. If it shall be generally though that
the notes will answer every purpose without inter
est, and that the public credit can b'-i-' .::?. with
four millions in circulation withec'' -..- h(ux my
of them, we shall be as n. t:: ,v one
to see the interest str',; ,.' (.., .. iut iiuki aodit i.,
delicate in its nature. ..-.; u alut e'. . j.,
times inflicts an injury upon it which is difficult to
be repaired. We have no gold and silver, but we
must have good paper money as long as possible ;
for if the latter should fail from "ny cause, our
efforts to achieve our independence would be serious
ly embarrassed. There are two main sinews of
war the sinews of men and the sinew of money.
We must have both. It may be that the State will
finjyj; neces
with
wi.'.llil Of
is in couim.
to increase I-
her bonu.- tight per
; - 'ied. 'Ifeere is a large
in the cou.iti j , but the difficulty
ii-Z.il. It is not expedient at present
taxes. The people will find the Con
federate tax, in May, and the State tax, in July
next, as much as they will be able to pay. The
State credit, then, must be relied on ; and this credit,
while' it should be made to cover all the millions
that may be necessary, should be prudently used,
so that we may escape, if possible, that depreciation
in paper issues which is so apt to attend or follow
all serious, and prolonged revolutionary struggles,
like the one in which the country is now engaged.
', Coin. The Richmond Enquirer denies the charge,
made, we believe, by the Examiner, that the Con
federate Treasury bad paid 40 per cent premium
for gold and silver to pay the interest on the Con
federate debt recently advertised. The Enquirer
says there was no necessity for any purchase, as
the Treasury was supplied with enough to meet the
interest then due. The Enquirer appears to speak
more directly for the government than the Exam
iner. The latter bas made other anJ more dam
aging charges against the government, especially
the Commissary Department, than that We shall
be glad to know that that is untrue also. The .E
conirojeiyt. the al ffirdewmi
41 JT'h
LEIGH. N. C. WEDNES
" Hesper, and other Poems."
We have before us a neat little volume of poems,
by Theo. H: Ililt, Esq., of this City, from the press
of Messrs. Strother & Marcom. We believe this is
the first volume of the kind published In the Con
federate States ; and it is among the first of any
kind, which has been issued since our declaration of
independence of the old government in May last
The typography is highly creditable to Messrs.
Strother & Marcom.
Mr. Hill has occasionally given his verses to the
public through the columns of the papers; but this
is his first appearance in a book. His preface is
brief and modest; and these products of his imagi
nationsome of them labored, and the result of
much thought, and others thrown off with unstu
died rapidity are dedicated to that amiable and
worthy gentleman, Jordan Woroble, Jr., whose love
of letters and knowledge of English literature alone
rendered it fit, if no other consideration bad existed,
that such a compliment should have been paid to
him. We have not the space, nor is it expected
that we should make extracts from this volume, or
review it at length ; but we will rapidly glance at its
contents, under the following heads: Hesper, An
acreonatic ; Love among the Roses ; Hope of Hea
ven ; To L. F. P. ; Clouds with Silver Linings ;
Dum Vivimus, Vivimus ; Despair ; Song of the
Butterfly ; The Star above the Manger ; Antipodes ;
St Valentine's Day ; Ode to Sleep ; Darkness ; Ban
ished Rome; Taking a Snooze; Indian Summer;
Hope; Love; Joy; Violets; Wooed, Won, For-,
saken ; Reveille ; The Shadow of the Rock ; Stella ;
Dulcamara ; The Light of the Lattice ; " My Hopes
like waning Watchfires Glow ;" " Tear down that
Flag !' together with several " earlier poems."
Several of these poems possess real merit, while one
of them" The Star above the Manger "is a gem.
"Despair" has much of the wild and woeful spirit
of Poe. It is truly the picture of " Despair." " St
Valentine's Day " is a lightsome burst of flowers
and sunshine, and birds and showers. It is one of
the best poems in the book. "Taking a Snooze"
evinces a fine perception and superior descriptive
powers; and "Tear down that Flag" is creditable
alike to the patriotism and poetic fancy of the au
thor. Mr. Hill has produced some poems which Will
compare favorably with much that has been written
by American poets ; and if he should write no more
verses, the volume before us will give him a reputa
tion as a person of genius and taste.
Tbis volume, a neat 12mo. will be forwarded free
of postage, for $1 per copy. Address the publish
ers, Messrs. Strother & Marcom, Raleigh, N. C. We
presume it may also be obtained at the bookstores
in this City.
Troops for the War.
We publish to-day, in another column, the act
recently passed by the Confederate Congress in re
lation to the enlistment of troops for the War.
This act strikes us as both liberal and just in its
provisions, and it is to be hoped it will be the means
of largely swelling the number of troops for the
war.
During the ensuing spring and summer the terms
of some twenty thousand, if not more, of the twelve
months volunteers of this State will expire. The
places of these must be filled ; and it is exceedingly
important to the service and to the Confederate
cause, that as many of these twelve months volun
teers as possible should be induced to re-enlist for
the war. If the bounty offered by the Confederate
government shquld not be found adequate, let the
State add twenty-five or fifty dollars to it It is
not expected that all of these gallant men will re
enter the service. Many of them have business and
interests at home which must be attended to; and,
indeed, the country has no right to ask any of them
to return to the service, for which they will have
suffered and done so much at the end of their terms,
without offering them not only the privilege of
choosing their own officers, but a handsome amount
in the way of bounty. The re-enlistment of the
twelve months men, or a portion of them, will, in
the first place, secure soldiers who are not only well
drilled, but inured to camp sickness of various sorts,
to hardships, and all the inconveniences of military
life; and in the second place, they will afford an in
valuable nucleus around which inexperienced vol
unteers can rally. There are thousands of these
twelve months men who are disposed to go in for
the war, but, for the most part, they have no sur
plus means, and their families really feel the need
of their presence at home. A bounty of one hun
dred dollars would enable each of them to leave a
!..: -. . kiai'fit -w mme security against
,i: f; ;-".iies,"."! v -ere away be --
i.0 i.ui uuruens of war.
We trust this subject will receive the early atten
tion of our State Convention, which will re-assemble
on the 20th instant North-Carolina will be ex
pected to keep at least forty thousand men in the
field aa long as the war lasts; and every considera
tion of economy and efficiency is in favor of troops
wno wm be allowed to choose their own officers,
and whose service shall terminate only with the war.
Cotton Seed Soap.
Put cottMi-seed into a large and strong iron pot.
in small quantities at a time, mash them well with
a wooden pestle, and then pour in a certain quanti
ty of common ley, and boil thoroughly ; strain in
an ordinary seive, and proceed in the usual way, in
drying and cutting into cakes. Since there is eve
ry probability that grease may be scarce in some
parts of the country the ensuing year, it is worthy
of trial. Let some of our domestic soap-boilers
make the experiment, and report progress, because
hereafter we shall have to wash our hands clean of
the whole Yank Keang nation, and "King-Cotton
boap is the proper article for that purpose.'
Movement of Troops. Several regiments have
been ordered at different points on the coast within
a few days. Col. Avery's regiment is quartered at
Newbern for the present, we believe. Col. Leaven
thrope's will bivouack in the neighborhood of Wil
mington. These are fine regiments, and will do
good service.'
Our Coast. The news from Norfolk of a nun
ber of; steamers and war vessels seen recently at
Hatteras, looks as if pur coast is to be attacked at
an early day. ' Is every thing ready? How are
matters at Fort Macon, Roanoke Island, tc?
. The Obterter says hat Mr. Culbreth, of Fayette
ville, killed a pig, of his own raising, twelve months
oia, wnicn weignea, woen aressea, zos pounas.
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DAT. JANUARY 15. 1862.
Western Virginia. , . , . ' :
The following letter is only one of many which
speak of the exposed condition of Western Virginia,
to the ravages of the Yankees during the present
winter. The removal of our troops from that quar
ter was the signal for the advance of the enemy.
The government, we are glad to see, is looking to
the matter, and has ordered troops to that region.
The letter is from the correspondence of the Rich
mond Dispatch :
; Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 5, 1802.
Intelligence of undoubted character, which may
possibly reach you in advance of my letter, has been
received here from the forces under Gen. Johnston,
at camp Alleghany, to the effect that that camp has
been abandoned, and that the command has retired
to Monterey. This movement was brought about
from apprehensions of being outflanked by the ene
my, who Sad appeared in the neighborhood in very
large force. The particulars of the retreat we have
not received, but have it on undoubted authority
that the the Yankees have occupied Uuntersville in
large force only a few miles distant from the camp
at Alleghany, previously held by our forces. Hun
tersville is only some thirty or forty miles from the
Virginia Central Railroad, and it Is greatly feared
that, Without prompt measures, trouble may arise
in that quarter. In this connection, it may not be
improper to allude to the threatening aspect or af
fairs the encroachments of the vandals towards the
Virginia and Tennessee road. Already have they
been in force within sixty miles of this road, while
tney are continually depredating in the counties
which have been evacuated by our forces, carrying
destruction wherever they go. A large quantity of
provisions, which was left at Peterstown by Floyd,
it is feared, has fallen into their hands, or has been
destroyed, as from latest accounts from that section
they had been within a few miles of that place.
I might mention individual instances of insult, in
jury, and robbery committed on our citizens by
these marauding parties, which have been related to
me by persons recently from that section of country,
but space forbids, and I hasten on ; but allow me to
state, defore closing on this head, that from infor
mation which reaches us every day from the section
referred to, ten days will not elapse before the Vir
ginia and Tennessee Railroad is blockaded, if a worse
fale docs not befall it Prompt measures must be
adopted by the Government, and what is done must
be done immediately, if we are to be saved not only
a vast deal of trouble, expense, and inconvenience,
but suffering as well It is true, the " timely warn
ing" has been previously sounded by the JJitpaUh
and its correspondent from this section, and what I
write on this topic may be stale, but the importance
of the subject is so great that were it a thrice-told
tale it should be repeated again, until heeded by the
authorities, and the proper measures adopted for
the defence of this most important line of communi
cation. Gen. Magrvder. Gov. Letcher, of Virginia, has
authorized Gen. Magrudcr to call out the militia of
nineteen counties, besides the militia of the city of
Richmond, in the event of the enemy's advance.
Gen. Magrudcr has called for the strength of several
regiments and requested the commandants to notify
the men that their services may be required at any
day. The call has caused much excitement, the
people expecting to be called into active service.
Events on the Peninsula look very much like it
We hope they will be ready to repel the enemy
promptly.
WAR NEWS.
Virginia. We hear nothing from the Potomac.
Our troops are still waiting for McClellan's advance.
The batteries are still playing upon the Lincoln ves
sels. No advance has been made upon Gen. Ma
gruder yet
Vigorous skirmishing took place last week above
Winchester and towards the Potomac. Several
Federal prisoners were taken, and a few were killed
and wounded on both sides.
The Virginia and Arkansas regiments were prin
cipally engaged.
Intelligence from camp Alleghany to the 5th
states that apprehensions existed of the Yankees
cutting off the supplies.
Reports were eurrent that the Federals were at
Hunters ville and Monterey, where there are large
quantities of Confederate stores.
Further intelligence is anxiously awaited.
Reports exist of a battle near Romney, and our .
taking five hundred prisoners; also, of a skirmish
near Hanging Rock, between Winchester and Rom
ney. Kentucky. A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn.,
on the 0th says: It was repotted at Bowling Green
yesterday that four thousand Federals were at
Brownsville, and that their cavalry scouts, about
three hundred, had driven in some thirty Confed
erate pickets.
Capt Eaton has deserted from Lincoln's army at
Calhoun, and reached Hopkinsville on the 31st'ult
Four other deserters report a Federal army at
Calhoun being demoralized. Desertions occur daily,
and threats of mutiny are openly and defiantly made.
Tbey state that dissatisfaction pervades the army ;
the troops will desert by thousands.
A dispatch on the 7th says: Gentlemen just from
Louisville, says the Federal army between Louis
ville and Bowling Green numbers 100,000 men,
25,000 of whom are unfit for duty. (
The Federals are pushing the work on Green
river bridge, which will be completed in a few days,
when it is probable a movement will be made to
wards Bowling Green. ,
A gentleman just here from Paducah, says it is
reported that the Federals intend concentrating a
force of 10,000 at that place.
It is reported here this evening that the Federals
are crossing Green river in considerable force.
Missouri. A dispatch from Memphis, January 1,
says: Jeff. Thompson will leave to-day for New Or
leans. '
Gen. Price is reported to be at Springfield, Mo.,
with 10,000 men.
Military movements are in operation which will,
doubtless soon clear out the Federals from Northern
Missouri.
The Southern Coast. A dispatch from Hans
boro', below Kew Orleans,) January 7, says: No
additional vessels have been added to the Federal
fleet in the sound. They seem to be doing but lit-"
tie. The firing and consternation which resulted
on the,8d inst, is reported to have been from one of
the shots having seriously injured a French vessel
off Ship Island. ,
The, Latest Kews.
The following dispatch from Norfolk dated the 8th
inst, is made to the Richmond Dispatch of the 9th :
An officer just returned from Roanoke Inlets
brings news from Hatteras.
The Curlew came up from Roanoke Island yester
day. She saw twenty-four steamers anchored off
Hatteras among the usual inen-of-wrr. This is sup
posed to be the destination of Burnside's expedition,
-which has caused so much speculation. .
Four men were drowned a day or two ago by the
upsetting of a boat while crossing from the Eastern
Shore. '
The Yankees have several camps in Accomac and
Northampton.
A report was in circulation in Richmond that the
Yankees have burnt HuntersvQle, in Pocahontas
County, Va. .
Dispatches brought by Mr. Bisbee, of Norfolk,
from Messrs. Yancey and Mann, represent the feel
ing in England and France, very favorable to the
Southern Confederacy, prior to the arrest of Mason
andSlidelL r-.
The proceedings of Congress at Richmond are
kept unusually quiet as well as secret Nothing
has transpired for several days.
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Whole Number 1398,
From the London Times, Dee. 17.
. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
The style of the American President bas fallen
with the fortunes of the Republic. , Instead of the
jolly, rollicking periods of former days, each of which
seemed to suggest at its close a stave of " Hail Co
lumbia," we have now got a discursive and colloquial
essay, ill-arranged and worse expressed. Nor does
the matter redeem the style. It is really wonderful,
when we consider the present state of the American
Republic, how any one placed in the position of Mr.
Lincoln could have taken the trouble to produce so
strange a medley, so incomposite a rhapsody. There
are several sut jects on which we earnestly desire
information, and on no one is it afforded. Above
all things, we want to know what view the Ameri
can Cabinet takes of the affair of the Trent, what
advice it has received from its legal counselors, and
with what feelings it approaches the coming con
troversy. On this point there is not a word Then,
we should like to hear a little of the financial mea
sures by which the equilibrium between revenue
and expenditure is to be preserved in the face of so
vast an outlay.
We should like to know what measures the Presi
dent proposes to adopt with regard to the slave pop
ulation of the Southern States ; whether, with one
half of bis Cabinet, he is for emancipation, or, with
the other half of his Cabinet, for a maintenance of
the rights of the slave-owner. On all these points
our oracle is silent But, if he tells us very little
that we want to know, he amply indemnifies us by
telling us a great many things in which we have no
interest He has a plan for re-adjusting the circuits
of the judges and for the codification of the statute
law. He is very minute on the receipts and dis
bursements of the Post-Office. He is anxious to
extend the District of Columbia into Virginia. He
has something to say on the Exhibition of 1862.
He has, in common with most of his predecessors,
a plan for getting rid of free negroes by a system of
colonization, and has room for an argument to show,
not, as he wishes that labor is independent of cap
ital, how little progress of the most ordinary doc
trines of political economy have made in the higher
circles of American politicians.
It is not easy to see why Mr. Seward should have
omitted from his speech all notice of the case of
the Trent If be means to give up the persons il
legally seized, one would have thought it no unwise
precaution to prepare the public mind for such a
decision. If he means to keep them, we cannot
understand why he does not grasp at all the popu
larity that is to be had in exchange for present
war and future ruin, instead of allowing it to be
picked up by obscure Members of Congress embark
ing in a contest whether the transcendent merits of
Com. ilkes would be best rewarded by thanks or
by a gold medal Possibly the simple solution may
be that the President has as yet arrived at no solu
tion at all, and that, perplexed by the divisions of
nis cabinet, be has been content to let the matter
alone till events shall determine for him that which
he is unable or unwilling to determine for himself.
He will not have long to wait Each successive
mail brings us the report of some instance in which
the American nation is, step by step, committing
itself to a war policy with England. tilL when chal
lenged for its final decision, it will probably find
that it has gone too far to have any power of retrac
tion. The Government has received the Admirality,
has thanked Commodore Wilkes, and Congress has
now given the seaf of its approbation to a proceed
ing so deeply offensive to Great Britain. It is hardly
possible to imagine a Government sunk so far below
its duties and responsibilities as to allow all this to
go on and make no sign either of assent or dissent
The President is bound to lend his aid in guiding
the Legislature to a true decision on a matter so
nearly touching the duties and the character of the
Executive. He ought to set before it the principles
involved in the question, and to give it every oppor
tunity in his power of arriving at a conclusion con
formidable to the real interests of the country. But
be has done nothing of all this, and has abandoned
the vessel of the State to drift helpless before the
gale ot popular clamor.
The President has given us, instead of the inform'
ation we desire, his opinions on the real cause of
this present war. The North, he says, are fighting
for the integrity of the Union that is, as Lord
Russell said, lor empire, to compel the south, by
force of arms, to live under a government which
they detest The South, on the other hand, are
fighting against the rights of the people that is,
against the rights of the people ol the North to gov
ern them against their own consent This descrip
tion ought to put an end to the statement so often
repeated, that slavery is the main matter in dispute.
But the South have done still worse, and not con
tent with-questioning the right of the North to
govern them, they have even gone to the extent of
questioning the wisdom of certain A or them institu
tions, lhus persons are actually found who wish
for a restriction of the suffrage; to contend in spite
of the evidence afforded by the North of the purity
of election, and the high moral and intellectual qual
ities secured by such a process, that it is better
elections should be confined to legislators, and not
extended to magistrates ; and some nave even been
beard to pronounce the bumble name of " Mon
aiehy."
No wonder that Mr. Lincoln, luxuriating in the
Paradise to which the will of an unbridled democra
cy has introduced him, and looking forward to a
desperate struggle with England, brought about ap
parently by the same cause, should feel a pious hor
ror of those who venture to think such experience
not conclusive, and the existing Constitution of the
United States a little short of perfection! Wehave
nothing to say for slavery, but if Mr. Lincoln's de
scrip tion of the South is indeed true, if she is fight
ing to emancipate herself from the blind tyranny of
a degraded mob, Irom the elective Judges ana elec
tive Governors, he has given bis antagonists a bet
ter title to European sympathy than they have
hitherto possessed, and thrown upon his govern
ment the stigma of lighting to impose upon outers
institutions, which have already brought it to the
verge of ruin. .
But the most remarkable part of Mr. Lincoln's
' speech is that in which' he touches the relations of
his government with foreign countries. The fact
seems, on his showing, to be that all foreign coun
tries have hitherto preserved a strict neutrality;
that they have resisted all applications from the
South to make common cause with it against the
North; and that they have quietly submitted to
blockade which grieviously injures their commerce
and manufactures. These facts would have called
forth from the chief of any other government in the
world. Republican or Monarchical, a gracious "and
courteous acknowldgement of the respect and for
bearance with which a nation, not remarkable for
carrying either of these qualities to excess, has been
treated by all other nations in its hour of trial
Nothing can be more ungracious, more contrary to
the usual conditions of international courtesy, than
the language with which President Lincoln repays
the consideration extended to him: "These na
tions." he says, "appear as yet not to have seen
their objects " that is, the restoration of commerce
" more directly or clearly through the destruction
than through the preservation of the Union."
This is a broad insinuation that, foreign nations
are actuated by the meanest and most selfish mo
tives, and Mr. Lincoln is content as he cannot deny
that we have hitherto done right, to express a sus
picion that we did so for reasons we cannot avow
without shame. , Is it not wonderful that a notice
of foreign relations begun in tbis spirit should end
in the exhortation with which we are already famil
iar in the circular of Mr. Seward, to fortify the sea
coast the great lakes and rivers. After all, says
Mr. Lincoln, " the safety and stability of the Re
public depend, not on foreign nations but upon our-'
selves." That is perfectly true at this moment, be
cause foreign nations earnestly desire peace and to
avoid all occasion of quarrel, but it will cease to be
true the moment that America has forced us into a
war, for one of tbe nanV tvilii of war is that a naV
tion is deprived by it of flfo control of its own dee-
owft wBL butbytbadeciaione? war Matt : "
Trb Rmviw ftm T.. k t1..
arrived in the city yesterday, direct from Springfield
vn,, i , uiat ucn. Ance reacoea were aooac
even dava ion tfttit, r i q arm .it
J (J" . MIWV Wl A,WV MIVU, M4 VI
whom had bean mustered mto tho Confederate ser
vice, uur last accounts of him from the St Louis
Flsra ui uie x i in uil. reported Dim vent days
previous at Hermansville, pvlk county, which is pro-
" more uian arty or sixty mm irom Bprmg
field. JfempAt Appeal, ithivti.
GEUfEBAIi NEWS.
It is stated Col Colston, commandant of a Vir
ginia regiment, has been appointed Brigadier Gen
eral of the Brigade near SmlthflshL Va.. recentlv
commanded by Gen. Pemberton. He is said to ba.
a good officer.
The wbiskev sellers at SmirtifUI.1. V
been troublesome in tha flnlHiprc nni4ttl ft a i .
there. CoL Prvor in mmmanrl ffav naalaBi tantAna
j - j - h wvawua vmw muvivud VIHWU
stance, bas bad the whiskey barrels emptied,
Cant G. W. Havs. aava the Western flaroliniML '
was at Franklin, N. C, a few days ago, addressed .
iuo peopie ana rooiea we dius contracted lor by nun
for the State. The Cantain will soon he at hia nost
AE-AbRBST OF PARSAH TtnnwKf.nwTh Kiurr.
ville Register, of the 27th ult, says : ; : f
crown low was arrested and remanded to prison
by CoL Monsarrat, Commandant of this post, imme
diately on his discharge by the civil authorities. '
Counterfeits- Tli a Savannah XVmA7uuhi
the public against Confederate Treasury bills. The
signatures of T. Ellett, for Register and H. H. Good-
loe, for Treasurer, were badly executed. The dis- .
covery was made at the State Bank of Georgia.
The Ashevilla Nhi innnniiMi tha iloatK nf -To
W. Patton, Esq., of that place, on the 26th ult He '
was one of the oldest and best citizens of that place.
Hogs. Thn AohvillA TVTVtna damV. sf T.nnucu
hogs passing through that place for South-Carolina,
... ....una mo ingui, auuut uie scarcity p uacon
wm evaporate oeiore spring.
Mr. Bisbee. of Norfolk Va vhn ina cant a faar
months ago with dispatches to Europe from our
government bas returned home with dispatches for
President Davis.: .
Gen. McClellan in nnApratnnA tn hava mult tho
most urgent representations to the Preisdent in fa- '
vor oi a regular and systematic exchange of pris
oners. The people of Fannin conntr. Texas, are tannin
leather, perfecting it in three days, by a process ac
cidentally discovered.
A large warehouse on the plantation of John
Wright, Esq., of Goldsboro', was burned on the
night of the Sd inst, and nearly all its contents con
sumed. The house contained 46,000 pounds of seed
cotton, upwards of 150 barrels of corn, 75 bushels
of peas, and the farming utensils, 4c.
Gen. Wigfall, it is said, with a Texan regiment, :
crossed the Occoquan some days ago to reconnoitre, ,
and meeting up with a large body of Federal soldiers,
they scampered after the Bull Run sort, before he
fired a gun. About 70 guns, haversacks, knapsacks,
&c, were left
Slaves continue to run off to the Yankees in Vir
ginia, but when they get a chance to leave they at
once return to their masters and declare their dis
gust at Yankee freedom.
Much of the commissary stores collected at Nash-
ville, Tenn., were recently destroyed by fire. It is "
said the Confederate government loss was about l
$2,000,000.
The Examiner says that the Confederate govern
ment has secured 300,000 hogs for the army, which
with the beef packed, will bo ample provision for ;
the army the ensuing year. If so, there is a chance
for high prices of pork to come down.
The Choctaw nation, which has already ten regi
ments in active service, has tendered another to the
President, who has ordered it to report for active
service in Floyd's brigade.
Gen. Henry A. Wise has been assigned to duty
on the Currituck N. O. coast, contiguous to Gen.
Huger's command. He is on a reconnoitering tour.
A Mrs. Baxley of Baltimore, was recently in Rich
mond and was returning borne by way of Old Point
under a flag of truce, when she was arrested after
leaving Old Point and sent to Washington City as a
prisoner.
The ladies of Louisville, Winston county, Missis
sippi, hare spun, wore, and mode up full suits far r
the Winston Guards, now in Virginia.
The South' Carolina Legislature adjourned sin
die on the 21st ult Tbey passed forty-six bills, -among
them one authorizing the banks to issue ,
small notes.
Secretary Chase said recently, in reply to a toast,
that the blackest negro in South Carolina is, in his
eyes, whiter than the whitest rebel.
A nntittAn from flfiiA Ia iniuuiit framAnt T Ta
tenant General of the Federal forces, has been pre
sented in the Federal Senate. . 1
The Postmaster General has decided that only
the letters of soldiers in the Confederate army can
be transmitted without the postage being pre-paid. .
vice of the-State.
The Legislative council of Kentuckv has elected
Henry C. Burnett and W. E. Sumey as Confederate i
Senators.
Missionaries Mubdered. Information has been
received at Richmond, Vs., of the murder of Rev..
Mr. Holmes, of Virginia, a Baptist missionary to
China, and the Rev. Mr. Parker, an Episcopal min- ;
ister, at Yeutai, China, in October last, by the CmV "
nese insurgents. . ,
Generosity. Jaxes Henry Haixosd, of Red- '
cliff, S. C, has distributed a considerable quantity of
salt to his indigent neighbors of EJgefield, and has
also sold four or five hundred bushels to consumers,
at only forty cents a busheL ,
Gen. Williams, of Kara, is erecting fortification,
to command Detroit
The London Times is highly indignant at the .
stone blockade, and calls it an act of hostility to the '
whole human race. . v
The English and French press criticize the late
T , .
message m Juincoin severely. . . , . . -
The Federal steamer reported at Newborn to be '
ashore on our coast off Cedar Island, turns out to
be a British brig which got aground, but would get -
off safely.
EsT" The late Greensboro' Timet bas changed its ;
name, and now appears under the name of "The '
Way of the World." It is published at Greens-.
vuiv, wr. v. if. Aiungut, av aa per Jwu, gn a -
small sheet ' ; fr
Thos. H. Tnu!GHA8T, of Fayetteville, is now
manufacturing envelopes, in "quantity, well made .
and cheap. Mr. Pokekot has been making them .
also, for several months past, strong and durable, of
drab paper, sold at bis Book-Store, on FayetteviUa
street, Raleigh. , ---'
Hon. Alfred Ely, the late Confederate prisoner,
seems deliarhted at bis ralaaaa. and aeknowtedoBB '.
that his treatment while in Richmond was kind and "k -
agreeable.. .
Promoted. Col. Edward Johnson, of Alleghany ' . -Mountain
fame, has been promoted to Brigadier
General, and Capt James Dashler prassoted to Ool
nnpl nf tha 19th fianriria. in nl.rr nf Can.' Johnson. '
a use oi iruee irom via jroiat nraw we avr-r
a. . . . .... .ft ' v . i
ioik Jjay hook. v . - - r
; From it we learn that the New York mividot
we oa January, aaya wat naeun mm oiiuui bimw,- -in
the Rinaldo from Provideiicetovov On tbA of lV'
January, in a perfect bume.fs;&---y.fr'$
rm .1 i r tt ,if.r. . - .v,ii; .... r j
urea iuuusiuu irwus iui apumv. hwmui j.
sailed in the Constitution on the M Jaawf.
Gens. McClellan and Ustef iri'bttter.-"
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