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Jf" C|cdoo%efflIuntefr JT. fl.PARULCB Editor. Red Winer, May 21. 1869. Confiscation. It is conceded on all hands, that tho rebels ought to be compelled in some manner, to pay at least a portion of the expense* of the war they, themselves have brought on But how that result should be accomplished has distracted the Senate, puzzled the House and invoked the whole country in a sea orthat unsatisfactory discussion. Confiscation has been the plan generally looked to as most certain to reach the case but there were serious obstacles in the way of that plan. Only the properly of traitors ought to be confiscated. There are many Union men tn the seceded Stated, and an indiscriminate Sunday Fiultting. Those who recognize the hand of God in all things, may not be at a loss to account for the result ef many battles fought on the Sabbath da}', where, in the commencement the advantage was all on the side of the party commencing the fight, hut which end ed in their complete discomfiture. An ex change commenting on the sudden turn which the tide o' victory »ook at Pittsburgh Landing, mentions several instances, both modern and ancient American, and also of European battles fought on Sunday, every one of which ended disastrously to the at tacking party. In the present war the bat tles of Big Bethel. Bull Run and Ball's Bluff are named as the great blunders and defeats of the attacking army on the Sab bath day. Upon the ascension ol General McClellan to the command, he prohibited any attack being made on Sunday. The battle of Halls Bluff is supposed to have been brought on prematurely, and without,count-v named, since Gen. McClellan took the conr mand there has beon no Sunday battles ex-! cent those brought on by the rebels a 'ortune is owing as much to the gentrnl wickedness of thetr cause, as to the disre gard of the Lord's day. It certainly appars I to Uepeak the righteous judgment of God defeat. Current, we learn the extent of a a Public Lands, treason, or the constitution would be violat- (have no application to the case of a claimant ed. Then again, after the person should have been convicted of treason and tho con fiscation of his property declared. No pur chaser of that propem', under the confisca tion act could get a good title to it, for thecost constitution declares that "no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, (X•ept during the Vfe of the person attainted." Therefore immediately upon the di'ath of the person attainted of treason, his heirs would come in and dispossess the purchaser of the traitor's propert}-. But for these and some other constitutional ob jeetion?, unnecessary to mention here, a confiscation bill would have passed through Congress long ago. The right way, seems however to have been at last discovered. Senaton Doolittle •f Wisconsin, some time ago, introduced a bill into the Senate, which we noticed by the proceedings of Congress has passed that body, providing for the collection of thethe Federal War Tax in all the insurrectionary States and districts of the United Statos.— It provides for the appointment of commis sioners, to follow our army into the South, and then commence his duty of collecting the tax. Union men will pay the tax Traitors, as a genera' thing will not. Their property will then be s'dd/br the tax, instead of being confiscated, and thus the end will be- reached. The South will be made to contribute her share towards the expense of the war Southern Union men will not beunreasonably made to suffer for the sins of their misguid ed neighbors, out of proportion to what we of the North suffer the traitoes, in thenon-producing loss of their property (if it should be sold for taxes) will be made to feel the heavy hand of justice, while the Government, from the proceeds of the sale, will realize a material aid in her pecuniary wants. On the whole we like the bill of Senator Do© little, although except in the machinery ol! would be the result under the homestead bill, its operation, it is in subsnnce a repetition In the first place no speculator or capitalist of the tax bill that' passed Congress som time ago, the effects of which we of the North already feel. The Chicago Timn deplores the passage of the Homestead Bill, and a*yts: The public credit needs all the basis it can have to stand upon. We have always doubted the wisdom of the principal "of free lands. It is the nature of men to prize lightly that which cost them nothing, and we think it is the experience of those States that have adopted the plan of giving away theirJ*nd that it has retarded rather than advanced healthful settlement of such lands." We assent to the proposition that the public credit needs the widest possible basis to stand upon. But it is by no means clear that basis is circumscribed by bestow ing the public lands freely upon the iadus trous citizens of ihe Union, who, under some form or other must ultimately sustain the credit of the Government. The resour ces from the public lands, after all the costs and expenses have been paid, are much less than many suppose. And it is questionable whether an annual Government tax on the confiscation of all the property in those States would act injuriously to the cause of-land would not be nioVe beneficial to theeral the Government, by disaffecting those Union Government, and a surer guarantee of a full men who might suffer under the operation treasury, than the constantly diminishing of such an act. And even the property of traitors could not be summarily confiscated. but the person must first be convicted cf receipts from the sale of the land. The second proposition may also be true in some degree, hut it seems to us it can under the homestead bill. By that a per son is obliged to live on the lands a series of years before he acquires a title so, al though the land in the first instance may nothing of any importance, yet it seems to us a man will prize the home where he has spent in hard labor, weary years for the purpose of obtaining it, by no means lightly. We think the Times is certainly mistaken in the conclusion that that the experience of any State has been contrary to the wisdom of bestowing the lands in the judicious way provided by the homeste-.d bill. Firstly, because it has never, in any single instance been tried. And wc need not go on to the "secondly." If it has tot been tried, all the conclusion that can yet be reached in the premises, must be deduced from the facts that are known to exist in connection with the oppsite line of practice, and from effe-t of the bill, not as has been mani fested in its operation, but as it presents it self to the judgment and the reason of men Now what are the faces in relation to the former practice We need look only at our own county to see the result. Thou sands of valuable farms, which as many industrious men would before this have settled upon had they been vacant, are held by non-resident capitalists, caus:ng the tax on those honest, industrious men who have bren fortunate enough to get a farm, to be high, while lho?o thousands, are either drawn off to some other place to seek cheaper lands, or are included in our floating population. These lands will remain vacant, to the great detri ment of the county and the Slate, to the still greater detriment of the actual settler, until land shall gradually raise in value so that it can be sold at an enormous profit to the speculator. Now let us suppose what re the authority of Gen. McClellan. ernmeet lands, who hay* hereto.ore felt With the exception of the battle last a an now 1 they have onivetsally been disastrous to Prow»ngabout looking after them. It may be however that thoir mis- jP Government land.' •wee, •gaNiet and a ha millions the of R-presentauves from time time hear1 previous year. the triumphs of the Union armv in the Mocfcede is not effloent. W tool tho MocKsd in not eOcient W •Wall tlnwSNkj this time tho good people O fceJ^lhooiowhri., and would be gUdeoo. S ap,o fcsfiloM •adortaking. 'OOBM ipitalis would get any of the land, because it could not be bought for money—nothing but hbor could purchase it therefore whateverppr 'ion of it passed out of the hands of the Government would go into the possession of a person who was an actual \ettler there on. Secondly, all who want a home could, under that act. get it and all who have one to draw but thirty.four actually wanted apiece of land for the pur pose of a home for themselves and families in this county, could have got it for nothing, or at a moderate price. Our prairies would have been studdied with wealth producing 'arms, where now all is bl«ak, dreary and wild. Homestead Bill. The Homestead BiU passed the Senate on the 13th inst., by a vote of 32 yeas, against 7 nays. It now only remains to be signed by the President, which will no doubt be dono ir. dye time, a* that is one of the meas ures to which we understand he is already committed. This will be welcome news to not a fewlic of our readers. Hundreds of people in this living upon unentered Gov- *es too poor to pre-empt. Tkey Peace- Their land is no. dan ger of being taken out heartless a Thank thoj We should think it was about time for ,-.—•» l««le self conceited wiaeacres to ston on the profaners of His holy day, that they km^otUsMi^X\^ ET^ ere made, in almost every instance on record, r,,^:^!,, I Ways and to .offer most humiliating and a I From a copy of the New Orleans Price dolnnw J* O S S & S a & AVofrei, That we 000,000 last year. Ths exports of coflee. »««.rie« achieved by the armienof the P..u USSm mZJ%L!Z£t2 & Wit rkw^rthie, S a W I S S 3 I A O S S S I BOMTTT.—The Hoose in paying ihobowty S doetotheeeIdier«in the peeseot war 'see Pacific Railroad.' That stupendous undertaking, before which the Government has shrunk these many years while comparatively free from pecuniary embarrassments, now that the country is overwhelmed with trouble and expense, is about (to be accomplished. On the 6th inst. the Pocific Railroad bill passed tho House by a majority so larjje as to indi cate its speedy passage by the Senate. which seemed like a mountain when wo were dealing'ln pebbles, seems like a pebble, now that we are dealing in mountains. For the incalculable benefits resulting from the construction of that road, we can well af ford to bear the additional burden for the present. is a us I THE London Times accords the palm in sculpture at the World's Exhibition to Storv an American. YANCEY has been made ajtrigadier Gen in the rebel army, for his "distinguish ed ability" and eloquence while abroad in behalf of the Confederates. A son of Henry Clay fought bravely on the Federal side in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. WATER PROOFTORLEATHRR.—Take lin seed oil 1 pint, yellow wax and white tur pentii.e each 2 nzs., Burgundy pitch 1 oz. melt and color with lampblack. PATENT portable houses, cheap, neat, and convenient, are now manufactured at Burl ingt-in, Vt. Many of them are in army use. and some have even been exported to Australia. ''THE Mississippi unlocked is the tri umphant exclamation of the St. Louis Re phhlcm,'m discussing our triumph at Is land 10. The shout is a little premature, but we have got our Fooie a rainst the door and the lock is gradually yielding. GEN\ SirjEL asid staff, with" additional troops joined Gen. Halleck at Pittsburg Linding. on the 11th. Ilia namo is worth a few Regiments to our armv. THE House of Representatives on Monday passed Mr. Arnold's bi'l prohibiting slavery in the Territories, mvy ,, on public property of the United States by the vote of 85 to 50. SENATOR WILSON- has introduced import ant amendments to the fugitive slave law These establish jury trial, abolish 'he harsh or features of the pressut law, and debar rebels from recovering fugitive slaves. THERE are said to be S.OCP.OOO do«s in this country. A tax of §1 per head" will turn the cinines to a convenient and per haps useful purpose. Look out for sausages when the tax man commences his preara bulattons. A gentleman who lately had along in terview with Gen. Scott at his home in Khzabeth, N. J. says that tho veteran sol dier declares that the war will surely be virtually over bv the first of July. He *x presses the utmost confidence that by that time we will have completely subdued and driven the rebels from the field. "I repeat, said Senator Wade, lately „th»t, as no jurist has undertaken to define the limits TO which men mizht go in the do fence of his life when assailed, so no states man woirld undertake to ^mil the powsrs which the Government micht use 0 itH life when assailed by traitors." preserve PonycED UPO*.—A settlement of Qua kers in Virginia was lately pounced upon br tho rebels and its members taken to Rich mond They were offered release on condi tion of »he payment of $500 apiece in silver $22,500 ransom was in this way paid over. The unfortunates whf» eonld not raiso the money were detailed for duty among the ne gro teamsters. MR. JOSEPH BROW*, of St. Louis, has concluded a cuvract of$t00,00() (hf United States Government, to build three iron clad gunboats for our Western rivers ., inches, to be built at Pariiicah. for the Tennessee river, and tfl he finished in ninety davs. at a heavy forfeit for each day's delay of delivery in order after that time. THE Boston Po$* says a keen joker utters the sweet thought that according to the Southern "beauty and booty" idea of north ern troops, the reason for taking New Or leans must bo that more Masses are found there than at any other Southern port. THE S E or GEO F. TRAM.—Tn the Court of the Queen's Bench, in the case of an application for anew trial in behalf of Geo. P, Train, who had been convicted of a nuisance in formings street railway in London, the court refused tho application and" ruled that the defends had no right jo apportion to himself any p*rtor the pub highway. This, it is presumed, seals tor time the fate of street railroads in Lon don. GEVKRAT, HAMCCTT says ft is therrnant mous opinion that Gen. W. T. Sherman saved the fortunes of the day at Pittsburg on thefi.h,and contributed largely to the 1 0 6 7}h- l\e I evidence of his military ef W W satin and disastrout «...„„^ i*™-»*v lauoganaa-sasirou* achtcvemenU in Virginia, and the further ^nomination under fives. fact that those whose business ts to know A very delightful reunion was had Wed whether he is doing anything or nothing, nesday evening week at the Tr«4e of New Orleans. I E I W & S S S tho thickest ak- that he be mad Major General of vl unteers which request the President has complied with. S I 1 S TOA* I *«P™«Z IT IS stated that Secretary Chase declares S S S ffl "^u W He says the estimates of S ,.,,.,.., ........ Means to issue ?J W V!B «wnnns demand notes of a ofit W 1 a *****#. a W BY TELEGRAPH. A lhe nat WASHINGTON, May ,14. [Tribune'sDipatch ]—The French Min ister has received intelligence from his con sul at Richmond to the effect that tho rebel government had notified him that should it be necessary to evacuate the city, the French tobacco munt be destroyed with the rest— »"t same time Jthe rebels offer to pay for a propa.HUion riot much relished- by the Frenchman. The French.Minister discredits the ru mors of European in'ervention in, otjr affairs, and it is generally thought here thu what ever purposes may have been entertained by England and France, the news from New Orleans will cause their indefinite postpone ment. The 853 prisoners recently released from Richmond prisons will arrive here by way of the Potomac to morrow. A few who came through Baltimore arrived to-day.— They say the rebels are determined as ever, and believe that after the two great impend ing battles they will, if whipped bad. herd together in small guerilla parties and fight to the very last. They represent the treatment ofour prison ers as barberous in the extreme that our officers, who alone remain in the prisons— all the privates being set free—will not be released at all. Times Dispatch]—Gov. Spragns says our losses at Williamburg in killed and wnund ec and missing will amount to about 2,0)0, and that tho rebel loss was not less. He »a.ys the battle at West Point under Frank lin. was much more severe than reported that at least 5()0 of our men were taken prisoners—the enemy taking advantage of the landing of our troops. The gunboats cimo up in good time and saved Franklin from suffering a severe dis. aster. Gen. Burnside has very quietly'put an extinguisher on J. C. H. Foster, the gen tleman who has so long been trying to get recognized as a memoir of Congress from North Carolina. He advertised to address the citizens of Newborn a few evenings since—a thing which, as Gen. Burnside put it, he thought would he very foolish for him to allow the gentleman a permit. The Military Governor appointed by the Presi dent was to shape the policy of the Govern ment in that State, and he could not per mit anything to be done which might here after prove to be a source of embarrass ment. CUMBERLAND, VA., May 14. Gen. McClelian's headquarters were es tablished here yesterday and are now pleas anily located on the banks of Pamunkey river- The main body of the army is rap idly concentrating at the point designated by the Commaisdin}:General. A contraband who arrived from Richmond, states that be t-ween that city and Chickahominy river, a distance of some 17 miles, the enemy are encamped in large force, where thev expect to await the arrival of the army of the Po tomac. As the enemy fall back, they drive before tbem most of the cattle, sheep and hogs, leaving only such things as they can not move. Explosions were heard yesterday in lhe direction of (Jhickahominy* wnich are sup posed to have been caused by blowing up railroad bridge*. N EW YORK, May 10. Th- following is Gen. Hunter's procla mation before alluded to HEADQUARTERS DEPART.OF THE SOUTH HILTON HEAD. May 9. OBNERAL ORDER NO. 11. The States of Georgia. Florida, and South Carolina.c mprising the military Department of the South, having deliberately declared themselves no longer under the protection of the United States of America, and having taken arms against said United States, it be" came a military necessity to declare, martial law. This wa« accordingly done on the 25th dav «i April, 18G2. Slavery and mar tial law in a fres country are alto^ethrr in compatible. T'f pers -us W Stn'es, Ge '/'a. Fhridoanfl Sntth CaroHwi hereto/ 'e'd as Slates, arc t'icre'ore dc'arcl f'r\vcr free. NEW YORK. May 1 1 The celebrated Bonner team trotted two miles on the Fashion Course yesterday in five minutes and five and a quarter seconds. Bonner driving himself. Th is siid to lie seventeen and three quarter »pconds quicker than tho same distance was ever before dore. The Tim correspondence from Frank lin, via Green Spring and Baltimore, 13th says General Fremon' arr'ved here todav at the head ofhisarmv.havirisrcom«*bv forced marches to the relief of Schenk and Milroy town. The enemy decamped last night, and are retreating. In the late battle at McDowell OUT TOSS was thirty killed and about two hundred wounded—many but slightly. The troops are all in high"spirits and full of expectation. N EW YORK, May 15. The United States gunoat Catawaha The news is unimportant fie immediately reviewed the regiments) Port* *nd destined to ports opened bv the stationed here, and rode a little bevond the arrived here this morning, eighty hours from! P° el a that the total nmibwU S S S '"l™n fewrt and cargo, and the exclusion of all not beover six hundrtd millions I H„„ ''t I iwtiesron-erncd from any future orivi'ege the open? -g ceremonies at the Great Kxhib- a a The S ontonecolomnf T^ey aN,say the~de trueL,n S W »«M and Tennes- J7V»3iBie»s dispatch.]—Marvlanders smri 2 Wff&fe* The provisions" of the Homestead bill, as agreed upon by the committee of confer ence are extended to all in the military or naval service of the United States, whether naturalized or not whether 21 years of age or not. Disloyal prisoners are precluded froui availing themselve* ,«f \{.] Forty, eighty, one hundred and twenty or or.9 hundred and sixty acres can be Jocated, and the settler of a tract of 40 acres bordering on g«vernmerit land can take enough to complete his quarter section. A dispatch from FVoderickshurg says a large iron foundry .which, until the arrival of the national army at that place, was used in Casting shot and alHls and in rifling can non for the rebel*, was on Wednesday tak en possession of bv an officer of General McDowell's staff Yankee mechanics were immediately set to work in the national ser vice, and are producing the best specimens of workmanship. pallen CHICAGO, May 15. A special dispatch to the Tribune, from Cario, of'he 15'h. When Gen. Mitchell joined forces with Gen. Pope, he br night wkh him 2 GOO prisoners. They will be sent to Cario. as soon as transportation can be obtained. In the battl« of Farmington one rebel General supposed to be Bragg, was killed. Fifteen deserters came into our lines from Corinth. They report' several more regi ments mutin"d, among them the 14th Lou isana, 1st Alabama, and 2d Tennessee regi ments. NEW YORK, May 16. Among the passengers by the steamer Oriental, which sailed yesterday for Port Royol, was Capt. Jlufus Saxton, U, S. A., now Brigadier General of Volunteers, the new Milttarv Governor ef South Carolina, and the Department South, which includes the whale district of General Hunter's com mand- N EW YORK. May 16. The derail publishes an article from the Charleston Hi^iri of an extraordinary and most significant character, admi'ting the hopelessness ol the rebel cause, and acknow lediringttiat the misfortunes which have be the rebellious States, are not more than their iniquities deserve. The text, of the President's proclamation declaring an end of the blockade of certain ports, is as follows A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS By the Declamation of the 19th of April, one thousand eisrht hun-1 red and sixty one, it was rjec'ared thai the Dorts n( certain ^tates. includinj those of Beaufort, in t^e S'ate of North Carolina.— Port Roval. in the State of South Carolina, and New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana were for reasons therein spt forth, intended to be placed undor. blockade and wherea* the said ports of Beaufort, Port Horal and Xew Orleans have since been blockaded but as the hlockide of the same ports m-«v now be safely relaxed with advantage to the interests of commerce Now, therefore, be it known that T, Ahra ham Lincoln. President of the United Sfa»e« pursuant to the authority in me vested bv the fifth section of the act of Congest, „p proved on the 13th of June last, emitl?rl "An net further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes do hereby declare that the blockade of the said port of Beaufort. Port Boval and New Orleans, hal! so fir cease and determine, from and after the ist day of June next, that commercial intereonr^** with th*se prts except as to rsons an I things and infor mation contraband of war. may, from that, time he carried on, subject to the laws of the United States, and to the limitation's and in pursuance of the regulations which are prescribed by the Secretary o' th- Treas urv in his order of this datej which is ap pended to this proclnma'i'm. Tn witness whereof hove hereunto ?ct mv hand and caused1 the seal of the U. ited S'ates to be affixed. Dmc at tho City of Washington, this twelfth day of May. in thavear ofour Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty two and of the fndenendanceof the United States the eighty sixth. [i ABRAHAM LIN-COL^. By the President Wit. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. The following are the instructions of the United States Treasury Demr« ment, com nrising the regulation relating to trade with the ports thus opened TRKWURV DBPARTMEMT, May 12. First—To ves«el« clearing from foreign proclamation of the President of the Unite! States, of this date namelv: Beaufort. North Carolina: Hilton Head, in South Licenses will be granted bv the Consuls of the United States trpon satisfactory evidence hcense sh»ll he exhibited to the Collector Port Royaf. The Catawaha" has 6,982 bags P°c,,ve}y bound immediately on arrival, and of unginned cotton on hoard. required, to any o'fhir in charge of the N E W YORK, May 15. The P- afsavs advices per the Catawaha state that Gen. Hunter had issued a procla mation, freeing the slaves in his department 6 phia yesterday, in the 80th year of his *&' for any purposes whatsoever, NEW YORK, May 15. Second—To vessels of the United States Per steamer we learn graphic details of blockade, and on leaving either of said porta every vessel will be required 'o have a clear ance from the Cbl'ec+or of thp Customs a~ cording to law showing no* violation- of the conditions of the license. Any violation nf such conditions will in- I re condemnation of th ea n! niusicaf arrange a on except in regard to one A Fortress Monroe fetter of the 13th I W Uoobtem.tKnw to remove sll their store*. «*nd navy it matters noL we moot iow "f thet city eater* and defeat. 1 e^*^iwJiit?w1nt^^rH^^^ ^^^m^^^t^i^^^mSi S S ^l Hfr fc*k j«oo*lbraeery. end firm spirit of deeoSoe A loj idisteirtS end to hreo the rebe «*^»«*wd»y«e oosK tb^osjmd sUves a ™. .''«• now mothernadsr I P*«™t its ttmettmstion that waeuuion anl! exHt only in histmy Theitwo hnmllre* feet above th* .i. direct ffre upon attacking boats. corld rot use ther guns in res^onee. a 9 that the vessel so licenced will cenvev no]CUp persons, property or informatmn contraband' hy proclamation the slaves of war either to or from the *atd po.ts which Wr* daring th, war «a"w*s«. i, cens ition. The number present was 33,00" l?ptarfrn*ni. —all being season ticket holders. The! Third—In all other reaoee** the Woekade on every hand, unless the people rally to its assistance. McClellan is already moving on the torrmc. Halleck's operations in the North west are at every step successful against us. The Fedenl Army and Navy are aire dy menancing the metropolis of the Southwest, and the key to our graneries, Florida, overrun by the Northern invaders, while wherever we look we gaze upon an advanc ing army. In this trying emergency the Government appeals to the people—to the brave hearts and sturdy wills of the south. It cries awake your hands have been put to theUs plow—will you now lookback and repent your past act You have struck out nobly for independ ence, pledging your lives and fortunes to its procurement—will you submit qui-tly to in vasion and desolation of your homes, the de struction or confiscation of vour property the abandonment of your cherished institu tioH8. arise and convince the world that the boasted chivalry of the South is more than a tradition. This special is made to the country. We make this appeal to the people through the Governors of the States comprising the Con federacy, and the officers in command of our armies. To these mediums the circular is sent, with the very urgent request that its spirit and intent, if not its letter may be conveved to every citizen of our struggling Republic. First of all we ask for material aid in money or such equivalent therefor as will enable us to maintain our armv. Clothing and provisions will be accepta ble as substitutes for money when the latter connot be obtained. Srnnd—We need men. The ranks ofour army in the field are constantly being thinn ed by the casualties of battle, the slekness incident to armv life, and the expiration of enlistments We cannot close our eyes to the fact that the places of tho men are not filled so promptly as they should be. Let us see the devotion of the country to our cause by their willingness to fight its battles, and if need be pour out their blood in its support. There we need the encouragement, of the people by a more Pderal display of patriotism than has yet been shown.* The tame submission yielded to the in vader wherever ho appears, i« in striking contrast to the boast we have hitherto heard —of the rediness that pr»v:nled on every ''and to welcome the hireling-? with bonfires composed of the dwellings and property of the people. If our land is to de overrun and our peo ple subjugated, let us leave our conquero-s a smouldering wa«»o to reward them for their toils and pains. Burn everv hamlet village and citv—rjVe merJ ofifer rcR''i ft A for the ports aforesaid obtained from the Treas ^phati 1™*!** eftct as hitherto nor id it relax instrument expressly apnli»»d. (Signed) S. P. CIUSE, Secretary o' the Treasury. Cutio, Mtv 15. April 18th. 18«2. SIR It can no lon?e*- he derned thatt »hel com can no lonT he rtemed tha »he statements that the evac- prosoects of eiMeess for the Southern e»o*e» WP*&m fo—V* tbemselvos fi ^^«»teiit we ngbtin vain. UoJesowe have more dear indication T/'-w Po-Goldsboro the 'orch freely to voir cotton houses, and let the product of your f'Ml be laid waste. Fly yourselves before the invaders, where resistance shall no longer avail, and thus display a determination anl spirit in tho ean-e for which we are all enlisted that will give us encouragement to continue thestrug gle Whenever the enemy achieve a ctorv let it be a boo*lest: one, so hat their bands now led on by hopes of plunder, shall be chee-ftd by the manifestations of devotion and patriotism. Once more wcxhort you to awake, shake off the letharxr that hangs you—strike for freedom of yourselves, vour fanrlies at your homes Srrike promptly and boldly and our Confederacy mav yet befirmlyesDcccstsot tablished. Tlrs is our la«t and onlv recourse. Those who receive this order will be commissioned as agents of the Government to advance tVe purposes indicated. Full le'tars of instruc tion will be furnished. (Signed) JKFFERSOV DAVIS, President C- S. A. WASHINGTON. Nay 17. [True* Fpccid] Hunter's proclamation excites scarcely any in'erest in Washington, no one attaching any importance as to its efficiency to produce the result desired. The end of martial law is only enforced by martial power, and Hunter has no force at his command adequate to enforce thN proclamation. His declaring freedom to all the slaves in three States, when he has »o pow^r to free a single one outside of his camp, is regarded in Washington as an act of siulification highlv discreditable to any one holding the rank of a General, suppos ed to have ordinary intelligence. If military power is withdrawn from Hunter's Department and his proclamation is executed throughout tho State, it is con e'J a C,VI' in'countenance bu Caro'ina and New Orleans in fyuisiana I 1 .' raant.H P° complete and what martial law proclaimed, ,J P,ractical,J execute. res, '/ent's policy is supposed to he !,uthorita»iyely settled by his action in Fre- a a Cabinet con* »n «he rebellion. Hun- Pr0(,,'«nMtion frees tho slaves of all men in three Mates, whether they were engieed the rebellion or not, punishing loyalists well as traitors and all because he has declared maniil Uw where ho has confessed ly no ability to execute ft. It i* understood that Hunter took no specific introduction from the President in regard to tlw management of nmters in his department but was left as all other military commander* have been to his own discre tion, in his attempt to re es'abUsh the con stitution and laws in the revolted States. It is said the President will be waited on this evenins by gentlemen, ascertain wbst authority Hunter is acting on. Gen. Hunter's proclamation, it can be positively stated, was ift*ued without the knowledge of the definitely made until three members of the' Cabinet, Secretaries Seward an 1 ,n r'*d-r Xaugatuck exploded at the first fire. fSigned.] DAVID CAMPBELL. brought the first news of the fight which wos at that time coine on The R«**^Jl with itisao.uestionyettolsjsett.ed. S S S wa« no Cabinet meeting to.day, and it is n»t: manner as is required by tbs laws of the probable thatany determination wi" ill be unofficially stated that Commodore has taken possession of batteries on James river, two of which were silenced by the Galefa, while on her. way to Bich-r mond. News from North Carolina states that W Clarke has refused to•mrtm if Gov. Clarke also informed tho reliels that they could use the railroads in retreating? homewards, and that they would ran their own risk of being intercepted by a Union force in any part of the State. WANTED 100 bushels Navy Beans imme h»tely,for which cash wtll ho pai4. Q. BUNCH & CO. Ordinance Ho. 19. An Ordinance to regulate, establish and pro tect Piclewittka within the City of Bod Winf. Tie City Counclof the City of Red Wing do ordain Section 1. The width of nlf aidewaikaTd •oiouff any lots, blocks, or public'jrronnds within aaid City of Red Wing aha'l be OB all tZT W 2 ""mired feet or more fourteen Yect on all rtreets of the width of eighty feet or more and lea, than one hundred feet twelve feet on all atrcetal.a. th« eighty feet in width, ten feet *th. width of said sidewalks to he mca^red from th- ©utter lines of „aid 5treeta at right angles with- Mid hnes, toward the eentei of Section a. No person or persons shall ride. drive or lead upon any of the sidewalks cr cross walks witain said city, a can be found within said city, to rsmoteViy an J. all obstructions now upon, or hereafcr placed upon sny sidewalk adjoining any lot, or part ot tt b^*"''",j')' Welles, Attorney Butler, return, which will no be till Monday. Section S. TJoon any conviction tvr a viol* tion of auv of the pro unions of ordinaas* if Qi WASHI5GTOS, May 18. 5 7*™** where our gonboets had the E I N A 8 O EO aye lot »o occupie I or owned, snd in case such occupant, owner or agent, shsll re .iisc to remove such obstruction, or shsll BM USct to remove the same within twenty-Mr hours nft*r receiving auch notice, or in case such owner or airent cannot be found within saio. city, it sh..ll be the daty of the Marshal to remove sucii obstruetiona, snd fortk#UliV enter a complaint before tho City Justice of JJJJjSf? ,l *»in8t the person or p»r»cts so p/- Seetionfi.If any person or persons, shall si any time after this ordinance takes Hbet,.wil lingly and intentionally, or negligently end carelessly, injnre any side or cross wsjk with in said city, such person or persons shall opon convictioi thereof, be punished by fins not ex ceeding ten dollars for the use o» said city, and shall be adjudged to pay the costs of sait.- Section 7. Upon compfei nt being made to said City Justice by said City Marshal or any other person, thatany of the provttionrol this President, whom it ?aDC0 '«laied, said jastios entirely by aurprise. What will be dnnel^ X^^?L]&?™flfi*P .' aW the* active* tm a 0 Mf P* *nehas recalled North Carolina has held a convention of citizens and pronounced against giving any further aid to the rebellion, thus virtu ally rethrtirigto the t/nibn. In reply to the demand of Jeff. Davir for additional troops snd means of transpor tation for his armv to and through the*cbf ton Statss,Gov. Clarke «Md that Travis had* received all the aid from North Caroline Hut he could expect, and that hereafter no more troops would be permitted to leave the State and he has ordered all the North Carolina Slate troops home. a •'•roots and all th.se j-arts of the streets-of ui.l city lying within any of the lines afore said and also al-erose walks arc hereby de clared to be public sidewalks. The slope of all -Tlewal ks. except cross walks, irom the line of he lots upon said sidewalks to the edze of the gutter or curb stone shall be one-half inch to the loot. All cross walks shall be not less than lonr feet in width, to be built in such manner and of such materials as the Cit Cornol may direct £.J horse, horses mule or mules, ox or oxen. or any othar annual or animals whatever, neither shall any pers. nor persons, stop or'et stand, any ..uimal as aforesaid, or any carriage «T vehicle "pon niy of said side or cross walks, and every person violating any of the provisions of this section, shall. i,[„.n oonvicti-n thereof, be punished hy fine not exceeding ten dollars, and shall be adjudged to pay the costs of suit: I-KOVJDJTD, That this section shall not be so construed as to prevent any person or persons from crossme said sidewalks with any such i.mma oranm !«. can ingo or vehicle, tor the purpose of lawfully entering upon any public or pnva grounds within said city, or from -o crossing any cross walk upon the usual Una «.J travel across the same. Action 3. It shall not b« lawful for any l-er/on or pers- ns to oUti net or encumber any -t said side or cross walks within .aid city, or to place thereon any wood. st ne,earth* grifel, box. bale, hairel. I ur.dle, or in nierchandiie. I roperty or tlnne whatever, and each and every erson violating any of the provisions 0r this ection. shall, upon conviction thereof, bopun .sli«d hy fine not exceeding ten dollars tor the use snid city, aid shal be adjudged to pay nut 1'Kovim.D, how?v«t that this section shall not be so construed as to prevent tho owners or occupants ot any building or lot rom receiving or discharging merchandise, or other property up. the sidewalk udjolning such building or lot,or from placing upon such sidewalk the necessary materials tor the repair ol the same or the improvement of such Jot, or the erection or repair ot .,ny bniluing elec ted or to be erected thereon KOVIUEU, That a space of at least six feet -in width of said sidewalk ba at all times kept tiertectly lr*e and ccar of any and all obstructions or en .umnraiHes. and provided further, that said ewalkshill not be thus iccupicd, for raoie than twelve hours til ar.y one time, without a special permit irom the City Council: and provided further, that thi- section shall not ba so construed as to prevent the owner or occu pant ot any store or pl„Ce ol business witbiu -aid city trom exposing to view upon sai 1 side walk in jront ofsnchph.ee of burins** an wares or merchandize provided that said wares or merchandize shall at all times be kept withia four tect ol said storo or place of business. Section 4 It shall not be lawful for any per son persons to erect, keep, or have muy miLra awning, or any oth»r article or thing whatever' over any of the side or cross walks within said city, at a distunce less than seven teet ins perpendicular lino from said side or cross Section 5. It shall be tho duty of^hi City Marshal of said city to notify ths occupant or it there bo x.o occupart, then the owner, or ths agent of such 4wn.r, it such owner or scent mli .taU Miunesou.ol justices .of 0*a sesee, an ftrfe "t tf, offcn lc WitxiAMSBtmo, May. IS. the person or persons convicted shall maks The gunboats Galena. Monit r, Aroslook,] Xangatrjc^nl Port Koysl were S S a from rort Darling, se\en miles below Rich- .jail until such tint and v^i^re fally or mond, yesterday. A portion have returned i^ue execution wi thejv&gJuem ter theass ef to Jamestown Wand, near this olsee, hi 7 «e«enteen bodies beee si-' ,*'r^ buried, end there are oaiohers the trial of enntinsi I causes triable before said justices, except that «nd ^,id warrant shall be directed to said City ill nott be -Mar hal. sn Jane, A. I. w* mean* «Uy Faased May leth, A. D. 1S«. wr Wi«W. «BAHAH*M%ajfc w. l« WiLHsTo, City Clerk. a W. NBWfiLL, Farrier, Will attend to all disease* pertaining to Horses MUTTO, «*0 CTUKK AO A a tb Trii i»i~r* wVr. idonof the seoimer, eoanieoetnw on fteser papers were very of the rev the %Iteok I^denoe, 3 2 TosroeWp. Ooodlrae Cointy"jf *dh«« Hoose. Bed Wfear *ZfcDd ^inr^7 **eh elternese week mmmmtmmmfmmMMMMMHMM Dn. ilJlw ZSSZ I ligll •••jeaaslsr