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•*.U' .Anavwliatsa War Ma »►••***
AfcH«4.
frea ih. Lotdoj Ilc.i, S.v. 13.
I a£ MONROE POJrRINE A^ REutBDEi) BY ENG
LlND AND SPAIN.
. S>C3 ■tm.’We batween Spii i and hat r*h*!linut
W» i. : JhvV.y <! J Out, no n"*»p' Ah turn mode to
bv Tf f rf- ih* > pitn - 'p rf tkt Od W<*!4
* o. r tA,'y V Worm, all of u«, to toy the troth, mom or
!>.« conre.-t t<* 1 \n d»urine of • mtuilsnt destiny." A
JC „ If .. M h»: -.e.-c called into existence to redrew the
hi!: ice of iho O i, aud *o the Old had, not unnaturally,
f. ; f War. * d iron an* a'.wmot to redrew tae
b dine i of me New. Tae e dwstl power of the United
^ .-ve, eve-shadowing Cauada on the the North and
M 'tea aeW lie Stati* of tho Gulf oc th? South, io
< iw.ieofto ifu’f the d'epjai.ioa of all matter*
0 . the con'i.-ieal of Aeienct th.t it *e*tn«d useises to
1 .i rrSwre with c-wumuniitee drs-iaed, sooner or Utar, to
p i*n in the va*s and growing Rrpubbo. If we
I*.'..! a convincing proaf that the tide had turned, and
that we are cutnriog on a eourwe of new and uuioreeeea
• rctiee, •• fiud in the Act that the three Powera
w is piaeeee the eaast of Europe imm'diittly oppo_
«i a to America here entered ioto a convention which
b da them t> it cut aud vend a joint expedition
f .r . o uurpoj* «f deuanding from the republic of
Mutico m-»? vdi-acino* pr .t-ciion for tbo peraoni
and i-ropoe ks ot their kWbj c a, as well a* the ful
1" i.'tit of ill obl'gitiaus cjotitcted towards th.ra —
lauowiu* iH» very uuii ed resources of which iheauihor
me R-p ! bo of M tics can dispose, the chrome
oa-.-eby w ilo't has so Hag suited that uuhappy country,
t it a! ter aw loo* of pluud'r which have we»tt?Ubs wealth,
aud the txnording'T precanoui positions of whichever
f,o:i ... may lor ih? mo n>nt be predominant, we d» no,
belivve that t nan , ,:Uo meet any very form.dubl
crebstmam ojiposiiioti. We do not as pro', that the Ab
Pcs are a!, ul to ac over again the exploits of lieruan
*’ w ««, and ti >d aoc"- .lidated empire to confront them;
. ..i the U lift l aufiorities know that in case of resist
u te<?, they are bat the precursors of a force which would
■ ei<Wr resh-’auce absurd. We cannot doubt that the
droops of the three nations go to dictate their own
terms, and th.it wtiaiever those terms may be, they must
of nec -sai'.v bscampU-d with. Tne mai i difficulty may
very uomihlt be found to oonsist in Anding a govern
uimt with wulc’i to ricgo’iite, and whioh w U remain in
pov- f I >. g enough to perforin the articles of the treaty.
i; i ,do*d wu were to apply ti*« principle wuich is urg
. d o-\ b. 1,Uf of th* Dai.ed Staten that w? liave no right
»? .ilni t'xt Nexioo should treat ns better thin she
fes-s .erself, we shou' i b ? without ant louse tor our
«x>' lit on fr' • eu government has nuito.mly rrpu da
u . ' • icu ol i s predec -sor, a-d f-o peacctul cuix.-n
!'.< * *t *3 Ai ernmel? tne rio iin ot t>oiu.
* Mite «oMinot »• »
^trr to h* ?ov»*rae4 by fuo * * critcii'm. Mfi co h\*
yfiuti •'>* ma i.i -3 i^ie trcA* h r «*wa ciul'ttB,
re.1 can j^o4*ib!» on of b^r * e wjot in v caa •
U!SJttiD< mov.ua tae pnvi;e^« • o» vi. iWS ^oillCtbi g
idore t mii the pr’.Ti!wf tae mo*»t tie* rod utuuQ, lur
? . ^ x:c)4;: •^o c iu ctmtwt ai‘b ter bnnd-* of re
xoo a .tis* ro.V*€ii *re plo^iiireti nuidercU al.kt.
... a K —ill Hi > -H'.
ti33 w: to t 4 IT.-rent fe Log*. Spain will naturally
r.-en uaacj.-a ual proof that she iarapi lly regaining
ti*» al.C' • 4 oeci cc.upi-d in the front rank amid thi
P.e.reoiK- STe :s adoist'ed *s a confederate by
two .*t s mi oi aspire to control the de-tini s ot the
wo-Id She mist alio fed a peculiar pleasure in bchold
i g tbepoduoi of tue colony which ling ott its alle
ci .jOs to h.r Tor y years ago, and eoaipiring it with
lie o~x Tue Sp'amh nalivn seems aluio-i to renew its
rou h, while Lie aupsreut y vigorous and prosperous
• - v has fiiien into m»re ihan servile decrepitude.—
"neSauwol the American L’uion oa the O'her hand,
• a inn bat view the presence of the troops of England,
i i -e and Soar i on the continent of North America
wi f—li-i ps of muftifloatioo and distraat. England, so
,,n ,.{ •)»! wi-h tue Monroe doctrine, and Spain,
,. , ,. . fmreat poaee-'sion In the new world Amelias has
ip In •loit'l 39 as about to bioome her own, harean
n t t J the intention of doing themstlveajustice by arm
0 1 rutci r itioa, witnout stilting the arpro&atioa ot the
IT i'i'stei It ii true that tas Convention reserves
t i •' r L'ult. d S a-.es ths liberty of j lining with the thrto
. ,r .pun piwcrs a id that a sort ot apology is eflrrtd
Ur t a c'.urs- by the s-igers ion that if the Conrentiou
, >re ao" iiuiu.’d:.!--*fy concluded, its ohjsct might f il
t ran »'i d ia ». Still it can h »rdly be concealed that torn
s-he disnrJiM and wasting iu matasl dee ruction
tliar strength which oner was consolidated ia support of
11 r feriegn policy. tie Pnited State* occupy a Use im
v .r ml poeirion thsu in tha lava of their uoiue and their
» - IT> ungenerous adr visage has breo or will be
tsaen iti Us:1, b rt it is impassible not to fee! ' hat a great
r iiiiu la seek rrg to»ffic* iteeil, and thxt considi-ri:g the
e j. u;e *a »' time which has elapsed and the email amount
o' uiooilih.-i which it hw undergone, its endeavors have
,)Hi tp;®4a d »ifli a very i* »u« amount <M *uc
Uil BANK* STANHOPE, V. P ON DEHOCRACY
in America.
Vrcm its L oa n. >’o‘t, R..V, *».
TLe ts 1«(H of fie Alford Atfritu tnral Sucie’v owe
thsir tveuty t ird annivorsarr on Friday night
t • a dhi.i i i fb» Tim Exching", under tho presidencr
of • T*'*’t II n -t O N Bsm'lton, fenn-rlr one of
t' i te:.-: - i i fo* tV e«s*n'» of Line-do. Ther were aho
p-< «•••—pi ts 8 suhope, M. P., Caotain Dtlias
Ta ke, M- C |»q idy, 4a.
■ r S.u-ih 'i>-* aid . w i of the moct ?!t.al impo'tattoo
thi w •ler’-i see ci»-r:» what demoerrey was when it
wts h‘il or. a' a., example for our imitation, Wc ought
• r . oh at i:s reful.% aid be prepared to msst an v ot
t a- ce-i. cica> -.nderralaiug tf our co istitution which
m' -lit f- vo tnaet dim* roue. (Cheers) lie did cot
ii-m-eat tobea rr-it Mucriin, but be d d no*, know of
. mining inmolc-r. bistorr sx esraordiuary a* th
S ' h -rn Sta'cs d-pir:ir:g from the Northern. Ar-d
•whit WAS it all about? Cer'.iiu'y C#t ott account of the
1 xv-r-r qu*s ion, tor th-re iu no intention on the pert
. ’, to set the negro free. The pro
cewdings of the Northern Elites were precisely what we
blamed in R ttei i tud An'-ria. Sowhere were persons
more completely coerced ihan in ths Northern States,
sod whan niesspip'r editors «lar»d to raprrsa an opinion
in t-ror of “roe.ssio.-i they ran the riak of being urred
and fca'hsred, aid when our e»n gorerneieut remon
--•rued asr-.t-s-. the ireitwicut which had been eiperier
c’d by a Uriiish subjeci, all the redress was an imperti
n- it r»p'y from the American au'horitira He wonM
«tk was there antU-rg worse on ike pa t of any aiwo
, ,tc gat uaiSDt ilaau tho e acts wMsh were now com
asitte-l by th* frees', na'ioa in the world? When detuoc
jrd v is trviafbraMd into aa absolute government auil
* it(Ht«rf t a'Jon.
■HTvEdFOED HOPE, V. P, OS THE INDEPENDENCE
OE THE SOl’Tii.
gr:m tie Londva Carotids, Jtov. 4>).
4 Isetnee w*v delivered by A. 1. B. B -reefnrd Hope,
K ■» the m nb'rv of the Ki'odown Library, oa tbe
»aVjei” of the civil w»r in America.
Afar rerieving the history of the 8trn4*le, Mr. Mop?
ail -Three hundred years ago, Holland aohicrrd its
. i‘prudence ot Spain agsinst ereti greater odds than
vh « 1 l.« to conterd wltb; r.nd thocgh th-re are
twenty insl-io: a In the North against ten tnilioes in the
i -• >" ye1 the nioalene** of purpose with which the lit
„r •eemv to ac\ givt • them great advantage over Cppo
nr h who#* crxinwlo ere divided. It woe at one uinii
—I thn a'avrrv wool d be an element of wesknefa
t. • c Sou h.hut vo I ir from the slaves riving in a ser
■efj • ioaa r oJcn. they a-e actually a right arm of
» '-»:T to tv - ow r \ and tnuci M wo may worder
a ir they acem to oa woilrl ghard fx-tho very mea
trKn";l'. w. nppos-d ’ ey would bs the 3’at to
ta v 1.- r al*. Fjr tho e abbirg which tbe P.-ci
Jr ■ t t»c Fremont in th ’ nitt, r ot his proclamation do
le:’ >he cr ■ teij.*■ i in of ti.vce, I p*ai»e Lincoln, for
ti* orrors< i » jr would b: inorti;’J - ihnusund lold
we-t * BOTT’i • it 1«'ll• a lev’., r il. But vrhat will be the
end of the errugrit?
(.1 .« thi g appeu ’ p:rfec ly cs-’aiu—the Kerb can
vi ■ . > q « «•. . • it They may difastatu it, tbay
r v Ft r fici million: of treasure and host of men, but
/ w i - perx.ut. t’y su! jugate the South acair*t
i.s • . Tho stru:.,le, in fact at prevent is, to dec d <
w eth r tie border a ts shall hereafter belong to :Ln
Hvrhrrt. ht .Soe’.h If ttu look atthemip.it ap
n.aranu ob tho ce .oof Pronlvae# that the country
. *e 0 rl fe.1 i-. o tho hr? crest dirivinna whu-h I
i t"ts c: . bifo.-o. A„d this d.rsoa woo’d l* wrll for
X i Aw ruti.ve’f. At prison it is eousoi- is not ol
g.h but of : u nher*, and the Ci ited State* hee'ored
Mil n .1* otoer Puwets because it hid nobody to k««p
i; in order, lie oolr nrighbors are Cicada in the North,
av> tb“ weak reponlie of ■•-ico in tbe Fouth. Once
div'd ’>1 into a number of States, each wonld be a check
up >o the o'hcr, ard eaeh would fvii Into tbe pavilion of
at European nation. E ich would have to inaiuiaio its
ffomiers, to keep ap a Branding army, to hare a watch
e ■! Foreign Ofh re. Well and good. Would that be any
gf.-at hsrvi ih pT Eravy other country in the world dor*
• bo I * and it U t-ma that aur bumptiouv couiiua, now
that they hare become men and acquired bone and «n
•w, rbou.J aasuma tbe responsibilities of life, and na
lootj-r u. ji»y that childish peiulate? which may hare
be • ici -hie in the young dayigf the re public.
Such a division wonid be good, to#, for the bli^a
th ' veirrs, b otute Vie tiara owners, uafattered by the
la r gate ot a luge party playing fait and loose with the
q i ■* ion, nnd tuothiriaalltr party preaching immedeto
r aa ci pat loo, a'.otbar name I or immedia'a etarraion,
wenid, for tbeie «va hIi interest, make each arrango
n n.s aa weuU l «d to ihe graiaal ebeliii## af alavery.
' We uSvinot bsiy awing that the Haetk, wi* atl la airai
uetiuu, the hotbed ol anarthf, Mid that the Booth, lu
spile of the d«» b.ui wbiob elates tuseou cheon, is light
ing with oa« heart and mmd for it* indtpecdoocc Irons a
b* aV. thraldom. ffe cannot help awing that, while
A -rabax Lii coln U an tucap«b'.« pretender Jtfforson Da
vU is a bold, daring and ye: politic ratesraau. Wo may
wieU tc see the Amcriom Sutra pstcefu'Jy separated in
to the great il virions marked hy nature ; wo may wish
to cee bloodshed oe**c sad peaoe restored ; hot I con
tend—ini.' I know the m jorily of tbioking men in this
0 >uitrv ag es with nto though they are too me ly mouth
ed to ray so—that the beat and readiest method towards
that co J wo aid be the acknowledgment as soon as possible
of the comp ete independence of the Confederate Utatee.
(Loud cheers.) The lecture was lieteucd to with the
gre»ie*t interest, and the iiudienceexoreeced thsir appro
val of the sentiments expressed by Irtqueut applause.
Tne Bishop of Libuau, iu proposing a vote of thaoks
to Mr. B-resfard Hope for his instructive and interesting
lecture, sail he was sure all present would feel deeply
grateful that their lot was cast in cli Eugland, and
that this government was no tossed about upon the tur
bulent so* of demo tracy,which knew no stability and no
rest. (Hear, hear.)
fioai tit; Toronto I.eader, Dee. A
THE CANADIAN VIEW OF THE REBELLION OF
THE UNITED STATES.
The Now York Times savs truly that ths military
movements undertaken iu Canada are another “symp
tom of the growing alienation between the two coun
tries.” The ootuui- nta of our cotemporary, appended
to the letter of its Q tebeo comsprodent, are not calcu
lated to arrest this fori ng or to develop Canadian faith
in the friendllnew of our Northern neighbors. If those
who proless to rebuke misobiof-maker* themselves sfiir
crory occasion to misrepr sent and ridicule all that per
tatus to Osnvla, the ceriairtv l» that the alienation com
plained of will go ou at an accelerated pact, and that the
“mutual distrust and dislike” will be greater than ever.
T.-e s-ieers of the New York journal at the gallant and
heroic Williams and hiu compeer*, como with a bad
grace from a country whose “grand army” h*s lor
months been cooped within the capital by the Southern
forces, and "host geceralr and brigadier geoerals, and
all aorta of generals, are the drollest compound ol mem
a-d imposture ever known in a civilixed couutry.—
Equally unwemlv are the attacks af our oot-mporary
uiun the gallantry of the Canadian militia. A remem
brance of the past, if no higher motive, should hive
•.night the Timt* the vinuo of silence upon this sabj-et
T ie despised indicia of Canada once succeeded in drvirg
.VMeric tit invaders, defeated and humiliated, from Brit
ir!t soil aud they will not shiink from their latk if duty
»«rtin call them into service. The d-et raters of Bull
I’, in should be among the last to depreciate British pluok
or soldietlv cun-.city.
t’ne Times adopts the noMon of it* Quebec friend, that
•he New fork Herald is the main promoter of mischief
between tree two oountr es. A certain class of tho Nor th
ern people arduously eodcsvor to produce the same im
prwsulon. Bat this version ot the affair is inadmissible.
In the first p'ace, the Times is the original miscalel' ma
rt. re. k..i. .. Vi it did its feeble utmost to ex
ci-.a national animosity ; abusing tho course of the Btit
-b government, and p&ndericg to tho m-antst ptsriors
theNewYotk mob. As matters stand, we regard
t •> Herald a* the eola exponent of the opioion wlr'ch
t, I,.* in the Northern States. One fact alma establishes
t * The Herald is prospering, whilst the Times, Tri
bu leand World are languishing beyond measure. I'a
et'coU'.ion is larger than ever, aud ot the four prpers we
ha.-o namtd, it is the o. !y one whose advertising retains
it* old dimeDslou*. From this circnmsuna* we draw no
ui.rca'onable inference. Tho Herald is anti-British and
■.uuCxnadivi; bu in avsumiug this position it gives
form and expression to the oominant aatlpaih:** of the
people amongst whom it circulate!.
from the New York Herald of the Mb.
THE rLof*Unkl> DHMKMEERMENT AND PARTI
TION OF REBEL VIRGINIA.
Tho 8'cretnry of War suggests a novel and effective
mode of punishing rebel States. He proposes to try his
experiment first upon V trgiaia. I)is plan is to dismem
ber the rebel portions oi that State, and to partition tip
its territory, alter the manner of Poland, among the
States that have remaintd loyal to the Union. F.ret be
reengoiass the already sece led portion Of it—Western
Virginia—as an existing d* fac o Suto. Ita eastern
bouodtry i« at present fix <d by tbo Blue Ridge. This,
-Secretary Cameron proposes to have fixed an the eastern
bv.tudarv of the State ot Virginia. In other worsV the
mlv Virginia State to be rero. n*z*l at ill. is the newly
constituelo e or Wretr-ru V.rglui*. Ita area i« to be it -
creat’d by throwing iu the two Maryland counties of Al
I ebany and Wsahwgton. All east of the Blue Rt’ge to
Chesapeake Bit, including the cities of Richmoad, Fred
erickebutg, Potcrsbutg, at.d Norfolk, is to be annexed to
U Hyland ; while the two peninsular counties of North
himpton avil Accomac are to be ceded to Delaware.
All this Mr. Caiiicron calmly propose!, not by way of
punishment to tho rebel fttxie of Virginia—though, of
c :ur«e, that N the overpowering motive and sufficient
excuse -but simply as a proper and expedient re-con
»-ite-on of the biundariea of the 8'atesof Delaware,
Vi iry’and and Virginia, so as to place tho seat of the
naiiooal government lor all tint3 to come, beyond rea
- .-.able darger of seizure by enemies within, or foea
from without.
Tae new lines preposeff are, he saya, great natural
Inurdartrs, which for all time to coma would serve to
mark the limits of these Stales. Any coassitu'ional dif
P 'ul ies in the war may b* obviated, h* think-, by the
n^oeat of the States eoiccrned, (regardless, of oocrae,
of rebel Virgioia.) and Congress.
Wo tjoubt not that tbit plan—the details of which will
he belt' r understood by ralerence to the map and es
p amatory article which we pnbiieh iu ocnnectlon with it
—will be p-’nu'ar among the great mass of the loyal peo
ple of the North.
It Cingrcs* takes up the subject, the plan mty under
go great modification, a .d Virginia may cot be so coni
.'elely dismotnber d as Ur, Cameron propetr*. But that
rime each retributive justice should bo meted out to her,
a 1 a pupishtueat for her 3 bar a iu this infamous rebellion,
end ss a memorable warulcg for othor State* In all time
to come, there will be f«w to gslneav ordieput*. It will,
a'ro, if carried Cut, haw* the rlfjct of dispelling, to a larg*
extent, that tbitvdly rediculons dogma of Biate sovtr
1 iguty, which has been the strongest slement to this se
c *siou tnovetr-i*, and will teauh State's right* men, as
t ey cail themselves, that State.* are merely enlarged mu
t. eipaltue3, having cts'iacuve leu native erstem* tor tbs
take of convenience, bo: subordinsi# in all material na
tional matter* to the republic, cs and indiviaihls. It it
will that the lesson should first be imptrted te Virginia.
From Ktw Orlean* DelU e( tht 6th.
Tni Lats ExiMwimer in mi Soi’sn —W* are in
i’-bted loan otii *r ea tho Confederate gunboat Oregon
fo* tho following in relation to the late naval eog*ge>
n.en on Mississippi Sound:
•‘December 4th, at 7 A. II, got under wav at Grant’*
Pt«e. in company with tho Confederate States st/amer
Kbrida, and stood for Horn Island Pars. At 8 o’clock
saw a largo F.drra’ eteamor stindin* in for Horn Island
!’»**. Put for her. At 9 30, the Florida opened upon
her wl h one gu t, npou which she put back and ran out
t :■> Pa's, both the Oreeon and Florida in pursuit. After
getting well out, the Federal steamer hauled op and
comm meed firing, which opened a general sugigement
bitween the three, lasting an hour and a half, at the
c: J of which ihe Federal steamer put out to sea, and
•<vd to me westward. Vo me was hurt on our sld».—
At 14 80, pass'd Ship I*Uud There were four Fede
ral war steamers inside tie Fort, three echooner*, one
smack, and thecipturcd steimbu's Anna aud Liwli,
tbs Utter beini; uvd in traniporiiog from the war
foamerj to the Fort,"
The Ka-hville Binwer is r.-poueible for the following
•'good ’uu”:
A gentleman told ns an amcs'ng storv the other dav of
a Yankee Colonel, who w»» wounded in the brickbat
fight at Bil lmnre which initlited the present war, awiy
| • nk last ApiiL The soldier was conveyed over to
I Washington, where he wm lodged In the hoepital.
I **hen well enough to ts’k ne proved to be quite oom
| .unicativr, and convera d fieelv with bis physioian. A
nmnj of er thing* be mid, wm the following •'Doctor,
I am going horn*. I don’t mean to fight any mote for
,-,n n* geo b*cin<w it's all a cheat and a ewiodln. I don’t
... i-v in fuff/, Doctor, I am cured, thank God, of my
onion, M well a* mv woun I. I always was in favour <
t freedom Doctor. I was a member of the R-publi-'
. -l puty from the start. I came down hereto fight this
war fo* the oppress'd and down-troien Bat count me
* at from this forwv-t, if you pi •**«, for it was a great
d— d buck nigger that hit me ever the bead with a dray
pin i"
Mimishwass Ralltiso —The Mitt»>e'ppi»u# are
rushing to »rms with an ttzernesJ not RorpasieJ even at
t '• opealug of tiui war. Oar exchanges. Iron evory sec
tion of tho Stale, speak of a general rallying in respnnse
to tho call for sixty day troops. The Jackson Mississippi
an soys.
Th* youog BoD, whom circumstance have btretofore
cot fiosd to th'lr home./, tre hasfls siitiog their arms
and ru'hioc to thecotfi t. Hen of middle age, and mar
ried men, food of the serenity that gilds their Southern
hemes, yet fonder of the proud Earn* we bear, arc buck
ling on thsir armor and girding thalr Ulna for the cim
1 f theck. Men of a*I ages and classes bav* caught the
f Ter, ond are pouring In one coatiaaouscoUan Into tie
aopointed eeiampatent*. They tre soldiers for the
wo king day, and wo* to th* sosuy whom tbsyr shall so
TO COBHEsraUBBin.
letleri on business must be addressed to the " tamer cf
' 'hrtMee wrltUn on both tides qf the paper wlU notbe pubiieh.
ll. Thie (a a rule of bng etandtng, ought to b* tnoeon to alt,
mdeoiU In no oast I t departed from. Obituary notices emceed
mj eight lines ore charged for aiuJcerUsementt.
ygj* We canard underb/he to return reieded rnmmutsicaMeas
cam is ADtraNoa.
The strlrfency of tbo Ilia lmpulny the neceielty cf pajtnx
ea*b for erer ih ng i eedrul for the puelle«Uon of a utwipap. r
1 pellet ui, emoe umttluc.-, tow owe* that In no ea»e would
we intar a labicrtbs-'e aame on - nr book* uklete Iheorder for the
paper wu accompanied by the money to pay for the tame. A lit
tle experience ot the lime* hu not on y confirmed uiln thle deter
mlatilou, hut oomptlle ue to wnounce to a'l the labictberati
the Whig a rea iy on onr hooka, that n -earthy force* u« to adopt
theaami rale In retard to them, all.ait until the Umea w IJuetl
fy a d Herein oouraa. To thl* end we will forthwith commence be
work o aenrtlae oat our bll ■ from the ofBea, mode oat In tucb
am on i a* w II, when paid, place each eabtcrlber to adv ace on
a *o turn of tuberiiptlon; and thl a will be d >re eo at to placa each
•ubicrlber'a bill aefo-e b m whhla tba next three monlhe On the
l*t of -larch, l»<a, the name* of ail wh.-. hare not paid acoordlui
lo lb oie term* wll be crated from our books and rental ly there
after timely no <ea will be tent to oar eubacrlben of the expiration
of their cubicrlptloa year and a like courre adopt) d with all, nnlee*
piymen- u mad >. Self prererratlua compile th e coure* or alee It
would not be adopted
Yankee Veroclly.
While the cowardly Yankees are hesitating to strike,
they exhibit all the meanness of theirnaiurrs by indulg
ing diabolical threats. They will strip the Ribels of
all their property—they will seixs their negroes and
time port them to some other dime—the lands and
lumsee, which they canuot appropriate to tkeir own use,
they will devastate and burr; they are determined to
wage a war of extermination. Kone other will satisfy
thi ir rsge—and they are mighty mad—the Yuukees are
— sod nothing but blood aud tbuudcr wi.l content them.
To add a dtrker hue to the horrible co'-d ct, Gen. Hal
lrck has announced to tho people of Missouri, that he
will treat no ciplives as prisoners of war—hot shoot or
otherwise riniah them as he mar choose.
Judging us by their own cowardly hearts, they its
agiue that these bloody threats will scare the Robe's into
fi *. They dont see, wbat all the reel of the world sera,
| that they are evidences of weaknets We know their
eagerness to steal, to plundr r, to murder—we did not
nted to be told of it—we know they are only restrain
ed from the perpetration of every conceivable abomina
tion by their cowardice, or tbeir inability to accomplish
it Their telling us, therefore, whet they intend to
do, neither alarms nor surprises us. But thoy must con
quer the country and get possession of tbs property be
fore they cm either steal or destroy it. They must
overrun tho Lnd by force of arms, before they can dis
pose ol the lives of iu dtizsoa. But this is e task of la
bor and courage—and Tarkee valor is a subtle end fu
gacious substance. It oczes from the palm of their
hands In spue of the*), and it is only at very “long
Uv," that they are terrible Bre-eaters.
In seeking to become warrior.*, they have mistake*
their vocation. The London 7im*i, some months ago,
with e sharp inuendo at their money-getting propensi
ties, admonished them, that the war in their bands did
not pay in a business way; and so far as glory is c:n
ccrued, it is s much mors s:gnal failure. They had bet
ter quit; they hav'nt one ami ibis w»i: of character, nor
oue friend in the worlJ; aud when they have spent their
money, which alone has given them any consideration,
they will be as contemptible as they are detectable.
Two <|* ea one.
The Legislature has for several days bed under con
sideration two very perp'calng questions : I. The regu
lation of tho priow c( articles of food ; and 1! A repre
sentation of the Northwestern counsel, now bald by the
Y ankees.
There are great dlffioul ies attending both. A general
regulation of prices, if possibl*, would work frdnite mis
chief, and derange every man's private afftira. Tbe tin
gle artkls of salt, frasa its absolute necessity to human
life, might possibly be suhj reted to soma legal safe
guards. But that is even doubtful; for, I* takirg cere
of tbs supply hand, it might operate to prevent any
supplies in the future, Perhaps tbe enly remedy is to
invoke curst.-; st every meal, instead of bltmings on the
heeds of the ea’.ortjonsrs.
As to the other question: sleeting, or authorizing
outsiders to elect members from tbs Northwest, that
cinnot bs jus'.iSsd on any principle. Tbs House has no
right to do it, and it baa no right to vest the authority
iu anybody slss._
Thy AsrtaCtd lt»l (oavlltwtlea
Is to be submitted to a vote of the people on the eccond
Thursday in March, 18tS4, We have already published the
Constitution ia full, end |iveu » synopsis of tb* pro
posed changes. Tbs sbtoiats necrsiiit of tb* proposed
ovenge in tb* slsotion of sheriff, in order to secure the
revenue, will carry with it all lha other change*. Tb*
question of altering the elective franchise is tb* only
one presented in tbe alternative to th* popular vote. It
is for the people to sir whether a man shall psy texee
for th* support of government before he cin exercise
the right of voting. The other changes most bx adopt
ed or rrj.'cted In the nitre; rid if they were not in
themselves good, tb* fact that the revenue ie el stake
weald coerce the adoption of tb* whole.
The schedule provide* that th* persons now ia ofleo
■bell eoctinu* in office until th* esplratioa of their re
•pectiee terms, unless eooner removed pursuant to law ;
and that the first election of members' of tb* Oeoeral As
sembly under this Constitution aka 1 lake place an tbe
fourth Thursday of May, 1803.
BaaslltesU She Volunteer*.
The Quartermaster’* Department, iu this city, has re
ceived, and forwarded tw the gallant patriots for whose
comfort they were so liberally contributed, on* hundred
and thirty-four trtieles of olothing, tb* free-cff.ring of
Mn K. W. Hubbard, of Buckingham, to Ospt. T. R.
Buckner's Company, of the tf.h Virginia Regiment, end
dipt. Oamra Pttteson's Company, 36 b Virginia Regi
ment. The following it a list of them To Cupt. Buck
ner’s command—16 fiicnel shirts; 16 lineey shirts; 8
cilieo shirts; 10 pair cf drawrri; 3 pair socks. To
Ctpt. Patteson’s command—16 dimel shirts; IT lioerj
shirts ; 14 calico shirts ; 30 pair of drawers.
Mrs Thoe. M. Roodurant, of Buckingham, haa recent
ly contribu’td 100 piirs of sock', for the Kentucky regi
ment at Manassas—having previously arm 30 pair* to
the Maryland volunt*<rs.
F«ret;s ■elation*.
Wo mty expect daily to hear of the kind of recrp’ion
winch England gives to the seixure of Slid -U and Maro”.
Seward's friends give out ihit tbe gltd tidings to which
be referred *'. the serenade was the expected receipt of
Kng'ind’n acquiescence. Lird Lyons, they say, has in
limited, that hi* government will maintain neutrality on
buard their vessels sod everywhere rise.
This mar prove to be tb* case; bat tbe ministry which
timely submits tw this indignity will dm long retain of
fije in England.
Tbe New York JW« supplies the fallowing informa
tion in relation to th# feeling* ef foreign nation* Inward*
tb* Yankee":
Iron the Bal lsore Ktwj Iktel
OCR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Tbe Weshiagtioo correspondent of the New York
Tim** give* ia lb* following condensed form, tbe pilb
of tbe foreign correspondence with tbe Stale Depart
HBsgaaanm
meat, from wukk copious si tree M have already boon
published s
England setertuns or at leaat oiprcsase *o tyaipetby
for us, but rather tba reverie.
France baa net bees cordial, but baa baen laaa offta
eive than England.
Austria has bee i friendly, and from the outsit baa de
clared that the would not reeogaize the Southern Con
federacy.
Pruetia and all the German States base been cqaally
oordial.
Ramie has been friendly, but aniloua for the war to
and.
Sweden and Norway hare baen friendly from the be
ginning.
Belgium is undecided, but peseive.
Holland ia disposed to follow the lead of Ragland at
a respectful distance.
Italy is full of warm sympathy for our government
and for freadout.
Spain, though not sgrreaeive, had an evident leaning
towards theJtff DavisRepublic.
Domestic to friendly.
The Pops, though ba announces that hto government
to not of this world, but that he to ooooerned with ipiiit
ual things, yet if be were to eiprem an opinion, he, as a
good Christian, will always be on the side of law and
order. _
Tke Militia.
The ordinance of theConveucion in relation to the
militia has given rise to many complaints. A writer in
the Fredericksburg .Vewt, thus turns up the otjsctioce to
it—which seem worthy the consideration of the Legisla
ture:
The Ordinance lately adopted by the Convention to
reorganise the militia of the State, to, we think, liable to
many objections. Ilia urjust to s portion of the militia,
at d onght not to receive mu sanction of the Ltgislatnre.
The whole burden of service falls npon young men be
tween the ages of 21 and 21, and especially thoey under
26 Men of this age, we acknowledge, can do the fight
ing as wall as other?, but they ere not te well adapted to
endura labor, fatigut and npjsure <qual to those of ma
tura years.
2. When the enrollment to being made, there will be
few men who will not be either under 21, or over 81, at
leaat they will say to. In Spotsylvania, lor Instance, there
would no: be a full company of the right age, if wa leave
out those ia the volunteer eervice.
8. According to the law, men would have to come
from several counties to some other couuty to do their
mustering.
4. Officers of the militia are required to mska the en
rollment without compensation, in fact to break them
selves of their commissions, without being thanked for
the service, and in case of tbeir refusal to do this, the
Governor is empowered to seud other persons to perform
It, k>iih compensation. We would uk, Mr. Editor, why
ia this thing done, In the teeth of the good behavior of
the militia of King George under militia officers, and of
tba militia at Harper’s Ferry, Romney, and etoewhere,
un ler their officer*.
5 This plan virtua'ly relieves all not included between
21 and 2!, from all military service whatever.
t). Sec. 6. Is it just, as this law stem* to implr.tocom
pt i uujh uuui-r io( auu u. u ujt-u u»c* lu irrTO u m
men.
riec. 7. According to this provision, as loss of msn
will certainly ccour either in battle, by disease, or other
casualty of war, tbs cffloers, no milter how well qual
fled for the station, lose their commission, and are re
duced to tbe ranks.
According to my reading of section 11, tbe gallsnt
volunuseaa who responded to the call of their country
last spring, are to be forced into tbo rank*, no matter
what their age may be, whik those militia not included
In the active class, are to remain at hotqe out of dan
If a man goes into service at tbe age of 80, has he to
serve 2 years, or at the expiration of on# year, does ba
re ire, and become one of tbe reserv. *
Tbo Ordinance is liable to other objections, whsch we
have not room to notice, and we have yet to see the first
m in that approves of it
The organisation of the military force of the State
properly belongs to the ordinarv Legislature.
MOTTS."
Catlllei He roes.
The Kew Orleans GVriernl pays a warm tribute to tbs
heroism of James Keelan, the brave TenneeMan, who,
a abort time ago, in tbe dead of night, alone and unaid
ed, fonght sixteen men who had come to burn one of
the bridges lo F.aet Tenner... s. He fought until the six
lien men retired, when be felt, his body pierced with
bullote, and hacked and gashed with knives. Bat he
saved the bridgr; tnd, when found, bis weeds were thou*
oft Heaven in>pired hero They have killed me,' said
he, ‘'but I have weed the bridge !'*
Tbe Orescent compares tbe set of Kstlen to that of He*
rathis Codes in defending thu bridge of Tiber, and adds:
Meanwhile, s grateful people should not forget that he
was a poor man with a large family. Perhaps the pit.
lance that was paid him for watching the bridge was all
that he earned tor the support of his wife and little ehil
dren. Horatius Coda* had a statue ralsid to him by the
Slate, and at much land aa ba could plough around in
one day. Though there was a famine at that time in
K^me, everybody crown id around him with gifts of pro
visions. Let us not be leas liberal and pateful to tbe
brave Keelan.
There ia too much disposition to overlook the great
and indispensable service* in tb* present war of untitled
pitriotism and unstarred prows*; in vi«w af which the
Orescent justly remarks.
Sueb man aa Keelan and Jaoksen of Alexandria are
true heroes, and will live aa such is history. A cau*
cnnncratsd by deeda like their* cen sever fail Their
high and holy heroism which braved certain death, but
aevsr yielded, reflects aa much lustre upon our cau* a*
the gaining of a great batik. There are * pliant spirits
in bumble life a* there are at the head of our artaks —
Let tbe ifractionate gratitude of tbe South for euch *r
•icee, and her generous appreciation of them, be exhibit
ed in a substantial manner worthy of our people.
War la Iba Mar Went.
Tbo following itama from Arkanaei papers give aa in
tUaliaa rJt an awitorlififtn ■kiA Maw ha attaaiai .Uk
no small rtaulta:
Thi Waa in Kansas.—The Lillie Bock Journal
says;
To* Indian and Teiaa regiments, undor Golf. Cooper,
Stood Wotie, Young and Whitfield, are advancing and
cleaning out Kansas as they go. The towns of Tort
Scott, Mound City, Lecompton, Topeko end Lswrooo*
are in aahsa. This ii fighting the devil with fir*. Verily,
the way oi the transgressor le hard. Tha whale popale
tion of Northern Kanes* i* represented as in o whole
sale etampede, and Sewing to Iowa aud Nebraska in lor
ror.
SxiiMtgH WITH TNI Kashas Jatiawiiu.—The Tort
Smith Nee* of tho .3Oik ult., uyt;
Yos'orday on esprea* arrirod from Tort Oibocn, bring
leg diipe'chis from the quartermaster U> Gen. Clerk, of
(hit poet, from which w* obtained the following eitraet:
Colonel Cooprr has had a fight with Opothleyoholo'e
force* and Kauaaa jayhawkers, aud hilled some silty si
'ham. four of Col Cooper's command were killed.—
The fight look plica oo Red fork; it eommenood at
dark ; tha prairie waa on fi-o. Oo aril day about sixty
I ndiana and j tybawkors were found killed. The body of
a brother of John W. Taylor, merchant of the Oretk
Nation, woa found among them. Sevan I* so wagoos
were taken, oUh^tMJ*. sugar, eeff-o, etc.
Trrrlhle Wig* to ChorlawOwm
The telegraph bring! ua tidings of an Ippaliog char
acter from our abler city of Charleston. At dawn yes
terday mornit g not lees thou one-fourth of that beauti
ful city was in ashes, and the destroyer still sweeping
forward with desolatir g fury. By this dreadful calamity
thousands h*T* been rendered honsrin and penniless,
m-.ryof thea, too, with their condition all the more
pi’iobte from the Absence, id defence of tb* coantry, of
those to whom in such an hour they might look for pro
tection and support. Under such circumstances, Rich*
mond has a duty to perform—a dn'y which, we doubt
n 4, ah* will meet promptly, eheerfouliy, and gen*reu-ly.
An immediate and liberal contribution should be mad*
f >r the relief of ths sufferer*. W* suggest that the
Mayor call a meeting of eitixen* at once, that roccor
mty bo as prompt a* the disaster waa sudden. Other
cities end towns in the State will, no doubt, a*t in o aiioi
Ur eplrit. ___
Srarn Sixain.—Mosers. Wm. H. Trexier, J. 8. Me
Nutt, Jaa. M. Mamie aud da*. B Dorman, all of Rock
bridge county, are candidates for the Senate from that
d etrlot, to fill the vacancy occasioned by tbo roetgna
tion of Ja*. G. Paxton, Kaq. _____ , k
Tha lowar Housa of tbo Alabimo L-gialotor* hoe paee
ad x bill to incorporate tb# Southern StU Company,
(-with a capital of om million of dollar*,) »Uh privilege
to iaorta** U to five million*.
Tbs old rule of rnttiog o price upon the hood of on
ooemy, ban boon reversed by tbo Southern Confederacy,
who have eoto Price upon abobeoh of tbo same.
PllttSI.
Wo sre very glad to hear tin. one eel of f peculator*
here 'caught it” Some sixty Java ago, tha p rot pec t
vu very prombinr that leather wc :M bo aoaiw and
shoes high. Tha Govcvcmect, it vis known, mast hsvo
shoes far the soldiers, and it was supposed, it would be
obliged to submit to toy exactions that ararios wight
impose. Tha spacuUtora were vary busy, snatching op
all the leather and shoes they coaid ley their bends on
In ell directions. They got a rary Urge supply—and
thanks to the Lord, they still hare them. Tha Govern
ment agents bought their non leather, and have now
00,000 pair of shoes ware than there is any present
need for. Negro brogues of the beet quality way be
beagfat for |2.50 to $3 Oti-awd shoes are ratbar a drug.
CENEBAL AME1ILT.
SENATE.
Thcmuat, Dec, 11,1861.
The Senate met at 12 o'clock, puindent to adjourn
ment, Mr. Claihomx in the Chur.
IBS BALT UU18T10B.
A communication fr< m the Houso of Delegate*, was
read, informing the Senate of tho parage of resolutions
proposing the appointment of joint committe-s to ask
tor the release of a portion o( the salt low held for the
use of the army; and to currispoud with the leasees of
the Washington and Sinythe sail works relative to an in
crease of the product of salt. The resolutions ware
adopted.
rsismsrr rao tsu.
On motion of Mr. DiCKENSON, of Prlnee Elwardi
the Senate proceeded to the election of a Preddest pro
(ciu.
Mr. DICKENSON nominated Mr. Joassos, of Bedford,
and no other nomination being m tda, tha roll was sail
ed, and Mr Joassos, was unaniaaously elected.
Mr. JOHNSON, an taking the Onair, expressed hU
thar.ki for the honor, and promised to discharge tha
dutiaa of the office with impartiality, ate.
■lsctio* to fill vxcasct.
Mr. SPITLER ribmitted tbs following resolution
which after some opposition, was adapted.
Rttolted, that the Pr- a.den! of the Senate be direeted
to inaue a writ of cl-ction to the counties composing the
82 i Senatorial District to supply a vacancy existing in tha
(tenets ot Virginia from said di-triet, aid that by publi
cation of proper notice, bs bx Thursday, tha 26th day of
the present month as Ibe div for holding said section.
msclctions or ISutllKT. .
Tbs appropriate committees ware instructed to inquire
into sundry propositions, vii:
By Mr. NEE SUN—Of reporting bill No. 47, of last
sc.MOo, with any modifications deemed proper.
By the same—Of amending the law reap- ciog tales of
real estate under execution in faror of tha Uommoc
wealth.
By Mr. MASSIE—Of icfundiog taxes or licensee
pt:U by persons in the military service.
By Mr. COUliiLL— Of amending the ordinance pass
* 1 , ■«» •• •»
aulhonzi volunteers for twelve mun'hs, who, et tl e ez
pi.aiion of their tei iu of service, (hall rv-eolisl or volun
teer, to reorgamz • tLemtelvea into comptniee and elect
thi ir company ctli .ere, w„h power to organiis a^ld com
panies into battalions or regimen s, and elect ih ir ofti
ocrs in tbe manner p:<\-cribcd by the 4 h auction of eo
act paesed br the t'-oogress of me Goninl-rate Stalls,
wbioh is inapplicable to the volunteers of Virginia, be
cause of an exception therein contained.
On motion ef Mr. NKWLON, the Senate adjourned.
HOlcK OF DKLF.OATE.ri.
TnraanaT, Doo. 12, lfltil.
Tha Douse mot at 12 M. Prayer by the lev. Mr.
Bennett.
A message frost the Donate was received, asking tbe
concurrence of tbe Douse in a bill ordering tbe pnblica
rion of the permanent Constitution ef the Coafederate
States, along with the acta of tbs prsscut asstion of lbs
General Assembly.
Tha House gave ita concurrence.
Tbe SPEiKEB announced a corns tin nation from ths
fisvernorof t*.e Gcmmoswealtb, enclosing s lif from
ths Navy Department of tbe Oenfederr.u 8:ntos, furnish
ing the iDferinalioa cr,Ued for by a revolatbn of the
H rose, which was laid ee the table and ordered to bo
printed.
It A memorial was presented, signed by C. W. lueeell
snd others, clsitrfrg tbe right of rep.-eventetien for
Northwestern Virginia T meuorlil covers twelve
pages of oloeely-wrt'eu to ,p. Our space will oaa
hie us to give but a vevy brie' summary of,Ht It argues
that the ordiaaorc "ensd by the la'e Ooursation au
thorizing the two Hcu-« " tbe General Assembly to
fi i vacancies in the i.- rcsp-cl e bodies is valid ; other
wise all the ordin»~C‘» cn»te -g the organic lav of tbe
State (here the and o-Otnenu-o ms rtc.ted) are void.—
Toe memorial gore on to euu ncrite 'he benefits tbit
will eocrue to tbe people cf the N rthwest end the
Oommouweelth feudally, and the evils that will be
avoided should the General Assembly at once proceed to
act on the uid ordinate*.
Tbs reading of the memorial consumed rather over
twentj-fivs uinqiej.
saw iiyia.
The bill appropriatiog f.'io.OOO to Improve the aavigi
lijn of New Kiver wot called up id ita third reading.
Mr. WILSON, of Isle of Wight cfT.-red a rider to
the bill. Tbe rider provide* that the bill should not ge
into effect until the lev River Navigation Company
should htveran'fmcdsll their privileges,frond.is w,etc.,
■ o tb - Baird of P .blio Works of Virgiaie, and that the
Baord of Public Works he smpowed to receive all such <
privilege,’, franchieer, k\
Mr. Wilson raid—The Legislature were, under tbe
plea of military aietatily, inaugurating a system which
would drain an aluo* depleted trc. eu,y. It might op- 1
propriste which eight prove to be but thorn
tering wedge of eiprndituro on this work. The war
may be corcluded before tbe oomplution ef the work —
11* eonfesxd bins If ignorant as to the probable tim j
it wo rid take, snd the nmount ef money neceosery to
cman rle the wotk. Ue was confident the Board of Pub
lie W(.rka were in p's‘e»»ion of *11 the inform*.mb the
Hou« dm led on tbe ru'jcot, and be, l her .'fere, begged I
tbe House to vtit until they could get *uoh information,
5. Wilson offered * resolution, which was adopted, i
at oa Ibp Board of Public Work* tofurtieh tbo Houao j
•i * information •• to tbo probable cost cf making the <
1 •[ ro 'entente in New river, provided for by the bill en
der coueKleration.
A motion to ley the rider on tbo tabi* wit rejected.
After eon* debate, oa motion, Hr. WIU90N1) rjdor
mi rjee ed; nod, on further metis*, the bill wee laid
area tha table.
On motion of Hr. WOOLfOLK, the following fwooia
tioa woe adopted:
That tbo Governor’* proclamation of the )8thJ*lv
lout, eiomp'ittg overseen and otben from service in tbe
army as militia, be referred to the Committee o* HillUry
Aff tin, with ini ructions that aoid committee icquiio into
tbo tapediency of reporting o bill repealing tbo erdi
naoci of the Souveutioe giving tbo Governor mob 4
power.
SILT.
Hr. IdSKRVIT.L offered n bill, reported by tie ape
rial Committee on Belt, otnboraing tbo Oororoor to
make • ipreial requisition on tbe proprietors or tbe Balt
Works ot WashinaiAo and Smyths for 100,000 barbels
of salt, to be distributed to the people of this Suite on
their [ oeing for tbe seme at cos*.
Hr. BOA AN eflVred a resolution which was adopted
that the Committee on B mbs bo instructed to require tu,
to tbo eiprdioDey of anlherixipg tbo Stem to lotwe ffl,
000 OOu in small unto*, to uke the place of tbo shlnpiao- .
ter eurrorcr nnw Utoding tbe oountry. *
Hr. BA'KERViLL moved to uke np and OMsIder the
bill authorising tbo cor uoetioa of tbo rallrotda la tbe '
citie* of Richmond end P*torsburg.
Mr. COLLIN oei I, if tbe motion of tbo gentlemen prt- '
rolls, this b It wdl be read a etcaodtioM. He wanted to
are s' printed All. and bore an opportunity to amend it. 1
Hr. BASKRRVILL rjeved the bill bo ordered to its \
oceood reading. (
At quarter to two o’clock, on motion, tbe House ad- i
jonrnrd. I
On Hater’.ay list tiw* House of D legates adopted tbe
following resolution, ou motion of Mr. Wooltou., wbleb 1
rceoiation was omitted in pablfebing tbe proceedings of I
tbe Hons*. The reflation li dt.iignnd eposiallr to a rike
at tbe etcret organintion known to eriet in the North
wee*, in the country near Alexandria.
RuolrU, That the Committee for Court* of Juotiea bo
inatructod to enquire into theexpediency of reporting e
bill or bile making it felony for any man or oat of mao
to impooo opon any chii-n of Virgirii o tax—by what
ever name etch tax or contribution may b* nail'd—for
any purpaot other than lor the support Of tbe Govern
ment of Virginia or that of tbo Government of the Con
federate Bmirw; for say person to assess property or to
demand aw orient rev acne tax for such purpoov, wo lees
provided lav by the laws of tbie State or tbo Confederate
Ststoi. Abo, Puking it felony for any peer on to admin
ister an oath, affirmation or other obligation, to any
citiaen of Virginia, oitber in this or any other tibia, to
rapport any governmon*, or pretended government, other
than tbe Government of Virginia or that of Ike Oeedod
or it a Staten; to oMeed any secret paiilbni meeting,
when tbo po'tieo ore bound to noth, ofti1 metis*, or any '
other obligation wbotooor to *«nreoy, or hr owy pom* I
to admtwbOor or tobo tbo ootb, riBrmntlM or Wtil^tin*.
OUR OOVERKMilST must B£ DBYAKKBEuRD.
To tko Editor of tka Whig.
I wish you a hearty God-speed la your effort to win
oar people from the thraldom of Yankee Matoc*, end
in your deelfe to eea oar Government disenthraled Ircm
the dominion of trickery and meanneae, which bee of
laic characterised “ tbe old BepobJIo.” Permit me at
the tame time to oall your attention to an abuse from
which we formerly Buffered, and which, if engrafted up
on ear present system, will make oar government a fail- ,
nre. Formerly, our Congress was regarded a* a sink of
corruption, and the misses held that our Congrestm-u
•ought rather to enriob themaelrce than to benefit the
public. Thia feeling was intensified and fixed in tbe pub
lic mind by the infamous swindle of Cor grew, at the close
of e session, voting its members $3,000 per year, In lieu
of the per diem eliowaoee for which they bed agreed to
serve.
The question now presents Itself, will our preeent Con
greee of Scutheru gentlemen take advantage of “ this
mean Yankee trick,” to enriob themselves, at tbe public
expense f
Bifora this swindle wee pirpetrited,oat Oorgreeamen
received a per diem allowance amply (officiant for their
honorable maintenance. Will not thj* aliowaoee suffice
those whom straggling patriots hsvj selected as rfceir
councilors and guidea in patriotic duty f Our pnblic
men, those who give tone and character to e nation,
ihoeld be tbe first to make personal sacrifice for tbe
common-good. If ths people of our Southern land shill
ise their national couiaellore yielding up into tbe com
mon treasury the surplus salary we have referred to,
they will submit more willingly to their guidance, end
be obedient to thsir counsels, for (ktn they can believe
that such mau have sought publio position for tbe public
good, and not mtiuly for their private emolumrnt.
Every thinking min must feel that, in tlm a like the
present, tbe pey of our Congressmen Is exorbitant, and
an extortion upon tbe tax paying misses. If we wputd
establish a permanent and prosperous government, it
mnst have for Its chief corner stone* public men ir M u
•need more by a de-ire to promote tbe good of tbe peo
ple than to accomplish any private aim. Ho<* w* a nth <
[f not, in throwing off our allegiance to the ‘old Re
public," we change alone our masters. I would sumbfi,
then, this aalary question aa a teat iaaue to our present
Congress. M.
[Our correspondent seems not to be swsre ths: onr
Representative* have discarded tbe salary system, end
fallen back on the old par diem V $3.]
BOUNTY AND FUUCOL'OUfl.
The following bill, providing for tbeprint'ugofBoun.
iy and Furloughs to privates acd cod commlssiored effi
nem In the Provisional A-inv. has b en Duai-d h, Itn.
grew and approved by tbe President:
1. The Von gnu of the Ctnfedera'e State» of A mtrir,/
da enact, Tnat a bounty of fifty dollar* be, and toe aaiuo
i* hereby, granted to all privates, mu-i. ia * and r.o*.
commissioned officer* in the Provisional Army who shall
serve continuously for three year* or 'nr t'-e w»r, to be
paid at the following timet, to wit: To all now m tbe
service for twelve months to be paid at t'e lime of vol
unteering or enlifiirg for the next two matting years isb
sequent to the expiration of their present term of service.
To all now In tbe service for three veer* or lor the war
to be paid at the txpirtfon of their first year’* service.
To all who may hereafter volunteer or etniv. for three
year* or foe tbe war, to be paid at tbe time of tniry Into
serve*.
2. And be it further enacted, That furloughs, not ex
eaediog sixty dxy*. with transportation home and b.rk,
ahall bs granted to all twelve months men now in vervlca
who shall, prior to the ex pi ation of their [ resent u- m
of service, volunteer or enlist lor the next two etuting
years subsequent to th*> expiration of their present uua
of service ar for three yesis or the war; raid furloughs
to be Issued sfcsuch tlmrs and in such number* at tbe
Secretary of War may deem most compatible with thb
public interest; the length of each furlough bring regu
lated with referei.oe to the distano-i of each volnt leer
from hit home : Provided, That in iiru of a fu>lough tbe
commutation value io money of tbe tranaportatio" here
to above granted shall he paid to each pura'e, muaiciaa
or non oommiMioned officer, who may elect to reci-lre if,
a*, rush time as the furlough itself would others be be
granted.
3. Tbi* act shall spp'y to all troop* who hive vdan
leered or enlisted for a term of twelve mon'f s or more
io the service of auy State, who ere now in tbe fcrviee
»f tbe said State end who mey hereafter volants- r or <n
list la tbe service of tbe Confederate Slates under the
provision* of tbe present Act.
4. And be it further tnarted. That all trnoo* re-vol
unteering or re enlisting shill at the expiration of tteir
prevent term of service have the power to re-organ'**
themselves into companies and elect their company tu
tors, and said companies rball have tbe power to organ
ise themaefree imp battalion* or regiments and elect
their field-olBcers , and alter the first election all vaein
:iet ahall be filled by promotion from the oempiny. bat
talion or regiment in whioh such vacancies may occur:
Provided, That whenever a vacancy shill occur, wheth
»r by promotioo or otherwise, in the lowest grade of cm
nitsioned officers of a cumptny, said vaeiuoy shall al- ’
say* b* fi led by f lectiou: And provided further, That
n the case of troops which have been regu'arly eoliatid
nto tbe service of any particular S ate prior to the form-*
Aiwa of the Confederacy and which have by ageh State
>**• turned over to tbe Confederate Q veromrnt, tbe
ificert ahall not be elected bu. appointed and promoted
n the same manner «ad by the same authority as they
tar* heretofore hjeo appointed and promoted.
Fr vo the larktnjhaw Kagtatcr.
IATTLE AT THE DRY FORK OF CHEAT RIV
KB.
Fsaxxux, PtSDiSTOa co., V*. v
December 3d, 1841 j
IfcajlL FnTTOBS:—The foll^wina ta an an.-nnn I i f a
little sometime since fouth; lithe monnuii*, and
rhicb hat never yet been pablihied. By givitgita
ilsce In your column* you will cooler an act ot r'tuple
citica upon the email but pitrioii: band of true South*
iroerr, who ao nobly and triumphantly resisted a great*
y superior force of wel'-armed Yetit-ca.
Oo tbe U'.b day of September last tha Yarkecs at*
wmpted ta paa* through Dry York of Cheat r.var, ao aa
« psnetrate Into tba County of Pendleton, They bad
to idea tbit a law hunters, living in the faatneaa's of the
lugged All*ghani. a, would dire to interrupt or molest
them. One hundrid aud nloetj-two picked men tell
liverly and marched to John Taylor's on the 18th of
bat month. On the m iming of the 14th they marched
>o the Laurel York, a branch of the Dry Fork of Cheat.
if the time that tbe Yankee* had arrived at the Liurtl
rork, Capt. Samson E z.r bad oolkctei 21 moo together,
rbo, at oi ce, determined to give them battle—nothing
launted oo account of the tearful odds arrayed ageit.it *
bam.
They awaited ibe approach of tha enemy with steady,
Irm carves, and when wlttla proper dlrUnee, the rbarp
iraok of 20 ritlei b>oke tbe deep and soli-mu silence ot
ha Valley of Dry Fork. Seventeen men fell de id *nd
hree weru mortally wonuged. Panic-s'ricke-1, they at*
empted to retreat. A youth, by the nime of Hmidriok,
rbo bad found a musket lost by the lira Georgia regi*
amt, oo their r*t real from “Laurel Hi I," cad load d hit
DUtkei with SO r H • ballj, and *9 the foe cini* re*bh g by
kit youthful hero fired into th-ir oil da t, wounding seven
Bore. Som • o' tbe Yankees broke cu1. into a tlrckri of
lural. and tha rest ran 9 miles b-fore earning (o a halt.
Such la tbe victory won by tweatyooe brave mountain*
era, and one ot tbim, otlr aye nth. These mm weiesa la*
iail with fighting for their cououy aud driving back L'n
olo’* cohort* witheut boasting of tbeir deed*, or asking
or rtmuoerat'un from the Oocftd, ram G it, rnm*cl. They
ought in deletes of their bumble c*Hn«, in the bl-tk, a
Ireary A i ghany, in dsfence of thiir liberty, and their ’
ouitry’a rights. Tba good malt of that hull# did i ot
top there. Tbe enomy hat never created the Ailegha
ly at that point, though they have frequently come In
arge force within nice mile* of the ha vie field ; bur the
Iread of the nnsrrlng and deadly rfl < In tba hand* of
hose true hearted “huutfM of" Virginia, deters ihrtn
rom approaching any furtbrr.
The«* brave mm have been under arms aver lire*
heir victory of the 14th of 8 pt, furnishing ifceir own
immuoillon and rations. But little da the people of Pm*
lie ton, and, indeed, tha people of the Valley koow how* _
uueh they are indebted to Capl Silt's Company—the
On Fork Tigers—for checking tbe advance of the Van
laia to dewerato their *oii and plunder them ot tbt ir
yrwparty.
_6F-NECA.
The number of Amtr cans arriving in Canada to ee*
'ape from pahtical persecution in th* Northern Suita,
>r beosnsa of their inability to pia* from ibuir purruna
a the N oi til to Mead* in tho South, is dally augmented.
Ms larger relatively in Qiebec and Monti, al than in
Pemato, bat even bera it la considerable, and a'.the
lartainty of increase Already, since tbe commence*
mM of the war, large tddllioac have be a made to the
weetadal population from the reeks of British torn
mhjfctn long residents la the Northern end Western
■woe, who now return to tbeir allegiance io leak new
Maas k Oaaada.—Toronto (Canada) Mr,