The Bedford gazette., February 24, 1865, Image 2

BEDFOKC GAZETTE '£
B . F. MEYERS, EDITOR. *
yR/DAY t s ; FEBRUARY 24, 1865. ti
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The Sacrament or the Lofb's Sitter, will be i
a-tnninisteml in the Prekoyteriar. church, cn next 1
'Sabbalh. The Rev. John W. Wbiie, of Milroy, ; *
Kill assist the pastor. :
DEMOCRATS, ATTENTION! '
Tiie D nnocrats of Bedford borough, are re
quested to meet in the Court Boom, on Satur
day evening next, for the purpose of placing in
nomination a ticket to be supported at the ap
proaohing Spring tlection. A full attendance
is requested. i
By order of the Vigilance Committee. j
Who is Responsible ?
The recent conference between Messrs. Lin
coin and Seward, f the on' part, and Messrs.
Stephens, Ilunter and Campbell, of the other j
part, on the subject of the restoration ot peace, f
ended, as our ree Jere are aware, in smoke. The
hopes of the people, wrought up by the Admin
istration press, to au intensity th.t caused ihc
whole machinery cf business to stand still, verc
suddenly dashed into the depths <>f drepair. by .
the announcement that the confer :arc was ;i
failure. The cheers of the two erode; thai
greeted the Souther .i coumii?Moners as they ; e- .
cti on their way to Fortress Monroe, we. e hu-!.-
cuj the Icngimr eves of f Ue -nidier'-j wife at. •
children, gazing into the future for his return,
closed ir.te.usof bitter disappointment; lheela.~p- j
ed hands ot the prisoner pisying in his dw.iy
cell, for deliverance from his living death, illi
their attitude of supplication and d" ; peJ
nerveless by h T s side, as he hoard the sou rut of
renewed preparation for war. A M was sadness,
save in the tinselled parlors of army contrac
tors and the blood-painted studios r.f crazy ai - i
oliti' nists, and in these there was revelry such
as could characterize only the intermingled or
gies of low bred speculators, monomaniac lev
titers of the races, and soulless demagogues who
ride th skeleton Lobby of Southern extermi
nation. These are merry ever the unhappy is
sue, es the carrion cow is merry cv?i (f tiead
carcass which it scents afar oil These "r.q.ii v
not why petme was not obt fned; *.! icy are
i.-ned to know tuat the effort to obtain it. has
failed. But ti .we, the sufiering heroes or :1 -
banks of the James and the Conga roe—
i r,, o irp it, the iiands o the pow
men whose lives .no > - jv - g
in uivi! ii'mc —the poorer classes -vim
cannot eubstifu'e other men's lives fur their own
and who dream of the Conscription, as the Pa
risians in the days of the French Revolution,
dr><rthf-d of the Guillotine: • hose would like to
iu- vhy 11.- peace co> O'-ence was a failure
r.d who is responsible fur :hs continuance of
the war. Their inquiry is answered in the ac
coast given by Messrs. Lincoln am. Sewar.i of
ttie.r intcri it w- v, iij. -.n* Soiith ro Commission
era. { ur:i v.*e to it and examine:
Three commissioners Messrs Stephens, Hun
ter and Campbell, are *ent by Jefferson Dnvis
to comer with Mr. Lincoln, or such persons an
he might designate, upon the subject of peace.
These men are well known as conservatives
and in favor of re-construction. Their selec
tion showed n sincere desire, on the part of the
Southern chief, foi the restoration of peace.
On this point we find Gen. Giant, in his de
spatch to the Secretary of War, dated Fel.ru
a,-y I, 18<>5, usicg the following language:
"N w tbs' the interview between M jorEekert, <
vede. U3 written instructions, -<i Vr. Stephens
er.a party has ended, I vill s'ate confidentially, Lmt
no: officially, to bpcomo a matter o! record, that I
•m convinced, upo: conversation with Messrs. Ste
ppers slid Hunter, ttm their iiitentioi.s ar- soo-i end :
taeir desi.-e litem to mtsrt peace cad Halts."
Mr. Lincoln says th: t the Southern coin mis- !
Stoners did not say w better they would or wou'd
r.ot consent io rc-ari p. but "seemed to desire
thi postptnr.u-. Nt of ihat o nest ion and ihc ndop
tion of some other coo* -e brat, ..nuh, a.isorae
of thera Feein- ito argue, .might, or might net
ieud to re-u.ii r." Secretary iecwnrd, in ffq
despatch to Minister Ad ims, gives tbc follow- ,
i.ig statement cuucrnirg the propositions of;
tie Sant!.Ta c ...afss'.ov.tr.-:
•'Whit tne rl ( .jr!v sr-rrurd cciefly 'o i\~ ,
voi was a j.os'porie.rjf nt cf the jjim of s gura- '
tiot. 13,-ion whirb the war w.i naged and a mufual ;
directicn t the pflnrts of the gav- nmeot is w fr '| :
"hose of the insurgents to some extraneous pcti- e
ry or echeroe for a season, during which |ias-i -ns -
might ke expected to saand" and the armit i be re
duced, ar.d trade ar.d nitercoors*" between tje jeo- i 1
pie of both sections . e resumed. !t was suggf s;< d t
by tbem that tbrougc such postponement .se uisant
now have .nitned.ete pea-e, with ioine, no, veiy '
certain, prospect or an ultimate sari.factor, a ijjsr- t
ment of political relit.on I t ve,. rhe §ov:nmrnt
.ar.d the States, tection or people now engaged in '
•x-.tfl *t with it." 1 I
Now, here we have Gen. Grant, Mr. Lincoln <
and Mr. Seward as witnesses that the Southern r
cotnoaiseioners did not insiet upou sew alivn t as v
the only condition of peace. Gen. Grant savs ;ji
be is "convinced that their intentions were good ' f
aud their desire sincere to restore neace and ! T
1.*.u0u." Mr. Lincoln is constrained to say tbat 1 a
tk&y favored a policy which they "seemed tour- | tl
gje" might lead to re-nnion, and Mr. Seward ; a
describes tbat policy to be a postponement of a
the question of separation, aud a mutual diree- • t
Uon of the efforts of both parties to 6ome ex- t
traacous scheme for a season, during which pas- j oi
sioas might b# expected to subside, the armies ' J
reduced and trade and intercourse bctwoca in
he people of both sections be resumed. This ei
vould have been an effectual restoration of the ai
Jnion. The bad blood between the two sec- |tl
ions cooled, the armies disbanded, the liga- . h
nerds of trade, the strongest ties of nations, w
finding tlie people together,—-there could no : p
onger be any resistance to the authority of the ! p
Federal Constitution, or to the laws made in ; f<
pursuance thereof. This would bo the restora- 1
t;on of the Union—nothing more, nothing '.ess. j p
But Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward are clearly | n
not satisfied with a simple restoration of the o
Union. The alternative they presented to the j 1
Southern commissioners, was unconditional sub- t
mi.-siou to the Federal authority, on the part > •
of the people cf the South, the breaking up of "
their social system and the surrender of the bulk t
of their property, or war, even unto externa- 1
nation. In proof of this, we cite tlie proposi- 1
tiens which Mr. Lincoln declares, in his ac
count of the conference, ivere "stated and m- '
silted upon" by himself and Mr. Seward. They '
are as follows : s !
"Fiist. The restoration of the national authority j i
throughout ill the States.
S-r.-ird. A'o needing by the. Executive of the Uoi- j
ltd Statet on the slavery question from the position ; 1
assumed ther-on in the late annual message to Con
gress and iu preceding documents.
Third. Ao c-ssation of hostilities short of an end
of the at and the disbanding of all the forces hos
tile to the goYtri.mert."
Hence, according to Mr. Lincoln's own tes
! thorny, *t appear* that b "insi te-,1 upon" tlie .
| a'ito'ition of slavery, as a condition precedent |
'to the restoration of peace. This the Southern j
commissioners, however much they may have |
i oeen disposed to enter into arrangements for re- [
; union, would rot agree to. It was the great I
i stuuJ'iing-binek in the way of negotiation aivl'
neither party would overstep it. Her. U in-,
■ ter< hnnpe of views must end. Here tk o'd ;
; ffc'iieg of i.atrci spiings up again. Here is J
l .rk nnd bit >d gri uad and o.ie party brooks
; not the sound cf lie ether"? footstep U3 it fai's j
upon it. The world knows who placed this j
; impassable barrier between the AiOeii- poo
! p!e and the rcttordticn of p ace, : nd lia-im-y
, wti , one day, when its qui'l is once :t> >re pluck
' e-1 from the wing of Freedom's eag'le, mstt . 1 ot
i lieing picked up where ib foul lc'?zsrd k p?
\ lis disgusting feast, record in lines of bla.'kt |
. infamy, the na* ic of tbat man who in the !n ur .
of pr'T.if ' d rcconcili tin n, dared to cost a noiqi
this t JO nngdi idod people, tae fire-bra nd witict
Las re-ki the devouring faruee of section
ai hatred.
The St. Clair Kurlltr Oase.
Th ■* deliberate, colJ-hluodvd murder of Trcd
er:.,., C. Tor!:, a i --peetab!? citizen M Sr
("sir tovrasliip, as ho wa? on 1 i? ** av heme
ft-Ct.i the tie- io:;, or the right of the emvenl!i
of O- tobtr, last, I; .s e\<-' th ;-i?t in ligrta
tio.t of t'.j p jple of county f c such a J l -'
.zrec that iuc* acquittal of Sir Trco (at the ;
recent r-sji or of Court) who was i v'ictvd a-'
• wuw i<- u..-3.*tiaieun. i; seems ttint '
Tiout, who was in a sor.tflo with Rime other I
pnit= c .T, Iniag'i wd that Mock Had struck him,
which M -ck tinnizl and niheis standing by Lin:
at tue tun.-, ai=o declared. Lad o*it I-seti the
case. Notwithstanding it •- denial cn n,- p.-rt
01 ~fot : J.I ' : is fnends, Tr nt shortly .-iter- ;
wards ori-wed a party of ar?nJ soldiers who
w .., e present, to - arrest Moth, aud if he rem- I
o:d to shoi.-t .-its ————l i-o-k ' >r.rf out of him
' ■>' so ct. t not bctii;' .. >- to 'iit'i .ti-..;k, re- t
tum"d. bet were: o •' red bv tho S r-'tant com
manding them, to t tr-u-! M< k. who was I'lcn
or: his way home, and to bring him back. They i
were recompaam 1 by rr.wt's younger brother |
who acted as guide. They overtook Mock ?ome|
distance from 1 is house, compelled him to rc
•.•."•n with then and when ? oout cn --sing a small
, Pireatn near A!.:rn Ban!:, stiot i-i • fie era'-1-
ed some distance along tho back of the stream,
and died. These are substantially the fact*
connected with this atrocious deed. The do
'cr.ee in tlie trial < i Front relied cl.i-.3y upon
two things, 1. Par?-am appeals to the jury
2 ILe point, tLat the tf ohiier.-, having returned
after Trout had ordered them to arrest Mock
and shoot hirr, if he resisted, were not finally 1
sent after Mock by Trout, Liit bv order of tho
Seigeant. Ihe pai.el having; Iwn exhausted,;
no jury couU I- hr.-.L except oy calling j
' be .S!ict; ,i l>eing or eot the persons who made j
imVmat'oc Bga'as- Trcut, was not penniUcd ,
io name the talesmen. This threw the ad van- j
tage into the tt:..vi3 of the defence, who v.-- re :
determiiiwl to make a political case out of it, |
ar.J, therefore, rannagau 'heir cards so as to get ' '
a jury which s'oid utng licp'obiicrt::.? to three i
Deauicrats. Having secured this jury, every ' i
pou.t whi 'i possibly could foncli the political (
r of tiie jury was made by thee 'tinsel ■ |
f>r the defence. The speech of Mr. Cessna j
wis nothing Lot a political harangue from be - ! f
ginning to on !. But. however this pot' Tagging
on the part -f the defence, may hnv-: affected
the vetdi<"t, ii jifT.ir.i-. -1 excellent opportunity t
to J i;_ iv.mn'C-1!, cite <t the connsel foe tho j.
prosecution, to administer a complete 3 lying j j
to ti. zojil . - convert to abolitim. -m, who, in '
order to obtain Letter standing among hia new- ;
ly found political associates, carried his politics I
even into the jury box. The like ;>f th< sktn-i '
itiog which the fellow got at the Judge's hands, | 1
was never heard of before. Wo couldn't hc-ip ,
pitying him. The speech of Mr. Spang, fori®
the prosecution, was also very able and eloquent. I
rite charge ot Judge Ling to the jury was clear ' '
and irnpiarual. We congratulate the people ot '
this Judicial District, on the fact that wo have
a Judge, w!k>, in an important ease, which was 1
made to assume a political aspect, hasboea able ! 1
to divest his judgment of all partizan bias and •
to expound the law as iti3, "without fear, favor j i
ir affection-" During the course of his charge, 1
fudge Kiog declared that tidier*, ia a Ltrdy, i J
■■■ HI ir, i—„ 1,. I „ - ,nn , Mill I —ll
md no business at election polis, that their pres
nce there was clearly an infraction of live law, 1
md that he hoped they would never be found !
here again. He also declared that the Sheriff 1
ind a perfect right to issue the proclamation
which he did issue, calling upon the people to
prevent armed violence at the polls. Too much
praise cannot be bestowed upon Judge King
for making these declarations. They will go
further toward preserving order among the peo
ple, than the presence of "an army with ban
ners." We are sorry that we have not a copy
of the Judge's charge, as we should like to pub
lish it entire.—ln conclusion we would say,
that whilst there is much ground for clemency
-,vh: ie a sudden burst of passion seeuis to have
actuated the party accused of crime, as seems
to have been the case with Trout, there should
be no hesitation on the part of any jury called
to ivy the men who shot down Mock in cold
blood, to convict those men of murder in the
first degree. The outraged law cries out for
its vindication. The good order of society de
mands the arrest, trial and conviction of those
men. Let the officers of the law do their duty.
Let them not rest day, nor night, till the mur
derers of Ftue.iek C. Mock are brought to
justice.
Charleston Evacuated.
T'na Confederate forces have evacuated Charles
ton. Sherman".! advance to Columbia, render
ed Charleston useless to them and h nice the a
baodonmeni of that city. It is n*p<>rted%that a
gieat portion of the city was destroyed by fire.
This c urse on the part of the enemy, will eer- j
tainly have an important influence upon the j
war. .Some sanguine p .-sons seem to think
that the end of the war, is ck.se at han l. We j
hope most earnestly that they may not be di- 1
,'pr.it'ir'. Itut every city evacuated by tbe
| Ccafcderai.s and oceui.ied by ike Federals,
-Ircngtii n- -the armies in the fi. id, cf the former,
ami weaken* t! use of tiie latter. Hence we may
I !o kfm wi. fiercely fought battles, in the in
terior, b r ' re t . • war wi'l come to an end.
'1 1.1 T ' r . Vv'e call the attention of jur
ip in v d i• - to tin- d\iilisenjcnt of tbe
I . *' 7 "•*) 1 an, ; übli-bed in ot;r paper by the
iag nt, Mr. dav Cook -. As all credits are now
f _.. l -n Government securities, the invest
ment o. money in the sevrn-tbirti s moot bens
-■ IJF-N any th'ii can b 1 * made. ihe inloic. t
• on this loan k veiyhbernl. being one and thrv
--u-r-hs per rent. t;>ore than Lie g p i rial rate.
j It is also convertible inin a si* P°r cent, g.r 1-
i b at ing bond ; that- is, at i!ic i-."-| 0
rears the bolder tias the option of S-'' : A in o
payment in full or cf funding his noD? ' l
ix per cent, gold ir-tcrest 1 aid. I lie loft..'
,-xorapt from State or municipal taxation and
thus offers a:.other advantage a? a permanent
i .vestment over other securities. For particu
: !ars. see advertisement.
i he draft i s:nd to have come off" ves'y-,
i.ay i I hur day). Ou haw- nr' heen Informed
who sirs the victims in this county.
e R'b 1 Brigadier Gene al Winder is
dead He has tcound uji at latt.
; rcsr h>w to prevent grain from becoming
Mi: <ia -'i- —gSe the Duller his iiuo.
irr i y are the Mormons a warlike. le ?
I Because they are more ia arms than any
#3rThc gre itrst novelty on the Hi oklyn ska
• 'nS po.us is .i i proruonaue on ti.e ice.
CrAn lAciiar.gc Ins the following truthful
; aud beaut'..'.;! sentiment.- "War is murd-.r set
to UUsiC.
*> i'hc lilincis Legislature has pi s* B a !,|H
ipprop." iiitii.g ?'25,0<t0 tor the purehnse of the
burial place of the late Stephen A. Douglas.
O"'1 lie Springfield JT/mbSri \ welcomes the
draft, as it wiil give the Provost Marshal's
guard in that city .iome other occupation be
side, getting drunk.
C-3rA few day s ngn a Massachusetts negro
lawyer was admitted to practice in the Suprerr..-
Court of the United States. lie is, doubtless,
looking after 1. s friend, Dred Scott.
SrA late foreign paper says a brother of ri *
rebel Genera! Hrc. kenridgc is working in Gree
nock, Scotland, as a journeyman engineer. He
is named Archibald BretkeiuiJge.
C* At Camp Dotlglai, Chicago, foui tcyi, hun- j
dreJ rebel prisoners are on the sick list, with
•in average number ot interments of six per ;
day.
"
C?*Tu!k about the s'svo trade, —there is now j
a bn \ traffic in y. ting Indian girls in Oregon j
fi ile.! by frccuoin-tiiriekers') at sio to £(/ per
bead.
A - insects shine in the glare of the PUIS, J
BO swindler*, thieves and murderers TOOK bright j
in the beams of fortune. Greenbacks "cover i
a multitude < f sins."
S. Scymou. is the D *mocratic nom
inee for Governor of kit nnecticut. May he '
be the origin of u new regime in the politics of;
toe . * ii*.Hi g h.:i ,e.
c
Qjf ry : If Lincoln's emancipation proc
laamtioii struck the death-blow to tbo rebellion,
by setting tree the slaves of rebels, what use is i
there in amending tbo Constitution to do the :
same thing 1
Si-Stolen—by our exchanges generally, from j
the columns of the Tied ford Gazette, a litt'a \
"pome," entitled "lie Voted for the Draft." j
Receivers of this stolen property will please
l ell their friends wiiero they got it, when they
use it.
CirThe Delaware Legislature has rejected the
abolition amendment to the Constitution, by a
largo majority in both branches. The Blue
Hen's ebjeken lays "sound eggs." •
Tnr—
CrTbo Democrats of Martinsbnrg and Wood- . S
lorry township, Blair county, made a clean
nveep at the recent elections in those districts.
They are the right kind of men and are bound
io succeed.
C3*The Supreme Court of Michigan have de
cided Ibe Soldiers' Voting Law in tlsat State
unconstitutional. These Abolition judges are
positively as great copperheads as Judge W cod- p
vard.
Glorious news ' Gen. Butler is trying
to secure the appointment of a r.cgro boy as l r j
cadet to West Fuiet! Clap your hands for joy
and shout aloud, oh ye lovers of the sweet
scented African! t
jg-Tlie loyal citizens of th.e sixth ward of ; 1
tbe loyal city of Cincinnati, head a late call |
for a meeting to devise ways and means to clear :
their ward of draft, "Jfur</cr* / Watch!! Mar- |
der!!!" Rather appropriate. 1
girA dash was made into Cumberland, Md., j
on Monday night last, by a body ot about one
hundred rebel cavalry, resulting in the capture {
of Generals Kelly and Crooks, with some of i
their stall and a number of hor. *. The bold- j 1
ness of this exploit can be imagined when it is j
knov.m that some 12,0i)H Federal soldiers are j,
stationed at and near Cumberland.
&rAr IIOMS. —Capt. T. 11. Lyons, of the i
army of the Shenandoah, i 3 at present on a >
visit to his old home. Capt. Lyon? has many !
warm frien : s in th.is place, who appreciate his !
gallantry and faithfulness as a soldier.
43"A SWARM OK BEES. —An ill veteran, on i
hearing of the fniluri of the first attack upon j
j Fort Fisher, exclaimed, "It i-> j.ist as Bad as
' Ben Butler's Blasted Blunder at the Bloody ,
1 Battle of Big Bethel."
i *T*Rpsrr,NHo.— Dr. F. C. Reamer, late Sur
geon in !b< IT. S. Arn.y, has - .-tg-m 1 ! i? com- j
i mission and is now r.t homo with hi? family, in J
| this place. Dr. Learner's old rieiui in tLi<
i vi Iritv, v.lll be ul-id to hear of iiD return. j
F/ 'Ti'icK-;. —Dr. A. Crane, of •
I Now VTork city, the ci' dirated physic*an for i
J Consumption and all chronic disease has srriv- ;
> 1 uu in Bedford and in' n roo>aa at tbe Was!;-
. in v t"n Hotel, where ii can be cons u'.rd b\ i
uie afflicted Dt. Cr.iac i® '.veil known t* ith
-1 out oar cmntry ar.'i Euioj a , and has a hi h 1
n rntati. n for ,;,, i- , ::idie at iin iert ie 1 ' '1 ir ,
Sr* .
j ; trcntif.2 Cousu.np'ioti and all chrorue ni- asvs
I* • was the first t > introduce into car c.• t-e
-i
the Brornpfon trialnient i<>r Scroim.-, t u -at
and lung dl.- "isc-s, and lues the log ..t .-.'iino
nials of his ability an suci 'S3.
l)r. Crf.r.c will give a scries _>f lectures in
°i cr tow Aon tbe L rvs of II J!;! 1 , the 1 rut ! 'I i
s 1
fi'.saphy of Man, and Ins own system o. Irenf
;,-a uis -ases. The Doctor will rive his ititro-
I . "*c ' .
i tnr" lecture at tiie Court H vise, ; ils i'hurs-
CU' 1
1 j Jav cvtS'i'g. y,ul at r ' 3 snmo
morrow cvet.'ng. lecture to conmamce at .
j o'cioek. Ladies ni'C c-'Rftialiy invited to attend,
in Europ- and America we bav? Jm dou!it bin
*! what all will be highly iuDrcslu''* * ' - ' vCi '
this evening will be free.
The rrc::cb Bams s Sea Under Bcbel
Colors.
• ; It is believed by many that there are now
j two formidable nun clad -dips at -c;, and .■>!
; their way across the AtUtdic to striite a l it w
for the rebel cruse, (' it ii,< f • >re-jHiiideiit,
undei date of Jr.::nary 27. g.;v u-i : -
-1 slauti.il account cf tie • • shy *, their r. .i
--.! ilc'n.'u? or. the coast of ! ■ ;nc. and of ti, n
, ~uipo'.e to leave th" K i;x;-i"in wmers atuet fi ■
ii:!; instant. Mr Dudley, our Goc-sai at I.iv
ctp.'oh furr.i-iicd gov -nmeiit with ti • same
li'.tel.igcnce under 'b<)dt tl s one date, an 5 with
I j ■ iic r.d ii ionat tact that nun ihip.ped to in ri
these vessels had felt Liverpool.
' ; Tiiesc ships are the same Frcncii runs" "f
| iv id. h our renders li ice heart before, tn J <v!ii< h
.: the Kmperorotic "dulaiavrl," while one of tUciu
, I was yet on il;e st.-ckv. They were built fur
; the rclK'ls origiuui!.;, ; but it was found imp is-4
! ril.le to get them out cf France ami in "a tie- j
• b ?•!• m dircody without the knowlc-igo of our j
! government, so they were gotten out by inemia j
, : ot a bogus sale to ihe Dam s and the i'rtsKsiar.i j
1 engineer d as simiiar matters have been in Hug
land, in the case of the Ahbama ;.nd ot'a.r ;
' cruisers. We. give to-day .1 poitiait if the •; 0 1
tf those vefSiiaki.O'V.i in Europe as L. ink vox
! she ii a fori licDbie ship, but not, r.s Las l.een
j ;ois.'ity said, the mcit Ibm dat lc alle r. Her i
"tigii <> are of three hundrt i and titty horse!
; power, .ir.d her ram la thirty-live feet to length, j
; .'-die has two tUriels pi ixx l c-.'.eclivc'y for e- J
' * a guns, vi i plated v ith ir-n four inches j
land three-eigbtbe it* tbie&oess. Her i.idl is)
• plated with four-iaeh plates. It is the opinion j
■ lit good judges who have examined the ship j
i that .'.or sriri r w ill not r si *. ttie prijectid
i thrown by the In-iu, !• gana at use in our navv. ;
I ft ii very pr:!.able ttiUt the. paint will ®...u j
, 1-c hcnqgpt ;o the test. Our correspond, ut in- |
| f umsi.s thai 'l;c de;:in:;tivn of t 10 VCSJJS is I
i this city. It is the plae at which, perlmps,
! they could strike their roost effective blew.— 1
! They might go np the to strike at Grant; j.
' nut .ho ease wiin which he could <.;> en 11 new |
line by the Weidon ncwl would then nullify j
j their effort in that quarter, i'bey could nil I]
n -opc-n Wilmington any more tuaa i'orter a- j<
i '.one could 1 lose it ii. I letter ship:'-. ""'a-y ! .
; wffl doubtless, there iff ty .1 mors desperate } 1
| gnino. By this means the; 1 hope to make a great ■
j rcare al the North, end a:so, no doubt, to re- ,
vivo the drooping sj iri's cf the Scuth.
Hut the remedy i in cur own hands, and it t
iis for the Navy Department to use it properly. 1
The timely and judicious distribution 01 our !
. large icon clad navy at all threatened points on j i
; the coast, and especially a: the greater harbors, t
i wiil be tiie only proper provision ag inst the i 1
j Stonewall and Hie Rapid nn. Our number lets ! !
j swift blockaders should be already scouring tin-, i
j sea to give timely intimation of the approach ! <
• cf the enemy, and our iron dads should already 11
be en route to their various positions. Then ! 1
we can welcome the new comers as additions '!
to our own navy, for a repulse anywhere is c
equivalent to their capture, inasmuch as they !
have only enough coal to cross the Atlantic, f
and without coal will be mere hclule<*B masses a
of metal— N. F. Usmtd. * I
Una nm^np l " m —•
SOUTHERN ACCOUNT OF THE PEACE
CONFERENCE. h
Message of Jefferson Davis, j[ t
Report of tbe Commissioners. j I
WASHINOTOS, Feb 9. C
The Richmond Why of February 7th pub- >f
lishes the following t _ )j.
DKKICIAI. REKORT OF THE CONFEDER VTK COM- V
MISIONEK. -
The following important documents were laid j
before Congress this fornoon ; i
'[o the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Con j tier >ie States of America . i f
Having recently received a written uotifica* j •
lion which satisfied ma that the President ofj 5
the United Htatc? was .iiquised to confer ,
formally with unofficial agents that might be: (
-ent by me with a view to th* restor ilion ot i .
peace. I requested the H<n- •" J I. Stephens, ,
lion. R. M. T Hunter and Hon J. A. Camp- j {
bell to proceed through our lines and to hold a . (
conference witli Mr. Lincoln or such persona as i .
ho might depute to represent iiim. 1
1 herewith submit, for the information of Co::- |
gr n ss, the renort of the eminent citizens above j
named, showing that the enemy red used to cn-;
ter into negotiations with the Confedt ra.e States, ,
or an\ one of them separately, or to give to j
our people any other terms or guarantees than j
those which a conqueior may grant, or to per- {
niit. ns to have ponce an any other basis than j
our unconditional submission to their role, con- i
pled with the acceptance of their recent legida- i
tittn, incl'idii'g an amvnduseut to the Constitu
tion fcr tiie emancipation of all negro slaves, and j
with the 1 Hit 011 :h ■ part of the Fedcial Congress 1
io Ii cislateon tbesubject of the re'a; ions bet ween
the whi.e and black population of each State.
Such is, as I understand, the effect of the a
' inendinrnt to the Constitution which has been
; adopted by the Coi.g.ess of tbe United State?.
(Signed) JEI KEUSON DAVIS.
i Lxi' uii'ie Office, liichmon.l, Feb. f, 1 iSi'o. !
Ru HMnxt), Feb. 5.
To the president of toe Confederate Stales: I
Sits —I' .ler vour Utter o' appointment '*(
1 jgij, u i!.. vo r-ocued' Ito scok an informn!
1 conference with Lincoln, President p. I
' the r ited ;S! .cs, u;o n the sulyoct menliooed J
I 'm y tr i ttcr.
i Ti. ;• ueronce was g'anted, and took pD.ee
on.tbe JOttt tilt-, cn board a steaimr anc:ireu ;
!hi Ila.np' n i'Dads, where wo met I Ve.-ideci
; J.-'r,coin'and the Hon W. 11. Seward, Secretary
of Hmu ot 1 .it United States.
1 It t: .ioc ic-d tor several hour-, and wa? *... :
' f ill ~:-.d eApliut. Vl!eirnf.,l from them that
; ; j,;. 1 i.?-age < f Fivsidrnt Linco.n to the LniJcu
1 ,ate- < '■! _ vss, in DeceiToti h stexplai.v# c!ei -
i iv and iisti; ml;' his seiitiuier/s as to the .eras,
c*:..."U i'.-us and :neil.odo t " proceeding by which
' pca.-e can be secured to the p opto, and we w re.:
not iiifornied that tliey vottkl bt BwdiSfid or w*
lertd t > obtain that end.
i We uinli .-tund from him that no term? or
uf i.i v treaty u' acrcemeiit. Io .ag ,
t i 1: 1 tin. mile .--.ill meat, would beentei'tamed
or mad.* by- him with the authorities 01 lite
Confederate States, bcc: use that would bo a
1 -c. _ .i'icu of |'Hr exi-denoe a*asepar tc p-r.v
--ei. which, under r.o circumstances, would b>.
il iii . -m<'. to like rcast ns, that no such t-.-rrns
vou'i I b t-incrfiiined by him i'rutn States ?p
--ai'aii Iv ; thai, IK ■ xtended truce or f*i tntsiico,
as at present adv"C.te.l, would be granted oral
i Itvarfid without ass pumceju a-'.va> •<>: trre coni
-I<v ii-—anii' i. s.l if.a f -ttt ..100 ;n*' laws
of fhe 1 i *tcd S f ates overall places within th..
Shit, > of Hie FotKcucra-'y.
t '1 ..at a 1 r..' v, 1 c .1. •p. r.'-e rnay follow from
• *•* c-rst:.l ii !.r: n of t' at • ; th. rity pi >-t : e
1' ; J'.tit : ' ic!L idipi's. e .hi. et 10 pai •?
add f.ena under tee Kws of the D. f*t •>-,
! might rely rn X -'T liberal n-e of th** power
' oonfided t'. hint to r.D-uxt -!* v IK pains uud penal
*. .. p iCC N r
Daritig the conference, #tu proposed nmend
n.encs io the CoH-iitu'ioii of ft.2 t. ' 1 *'ia!(s
te■! by Congress u.t tbe were
bruudht to our nniieo.
. • - '.mi.i!.tir.P!ii! pr>> 1- Hi t neither *i.T*
•■ry • . v,.* lMl ''y ?.r. itudn, r c.'ppt for crira.?, -
khuiih) exist v.id.i; slit United r-i.<us, or any !
rr vitfiinibeir juris i ".i.n,nnd that Congress
1 hivi- power to en tor ce ! ii* amend meat bv ■
. rpprep-iatc FghUuion. i
' Uf all the eurrespondniee that preceded tiie i
, ■
■*ont-. renc • hurein i. ationeu ami l*nu!i>g to luc .
same, you have heretofore been in finned.
\ ••y\ respectfully, your obedient servants, ;
AI.EX. il. STEPHENS, I
j It. fit. T. I! LMUI,
J. A. CAMKBEIX.
THE WAR? j
We have recivel .S.-uthetn reports of the,
F< Icral advance near Charleston. Gen. liar- 1
.ice, who is a- Charleston, makes an official re-1
nort Ait lie thinks th.; movement merely a j
'.int. I'he Fedora! ir.mps drove in the 'ion- '
federate picket , near Grimball'a, but the line i
I i is bean re- Btabli bed. There is now a Fed- j
: e.-ai fere ', tiir.-.e t'iousaml strong, intrenched i
1 on J.mes I-i.amt, about three raiiea sout;ic i
if Charleston. A detacaui-nt tl these troops
!on last Frid.v r.ight, attacked a Cor.Uderate
work or. the. Stono river, called Battery llop
kn.s. 'jury were repulsed, ii..wn\er. A la p,i e
vtiuforcenen.' made 10 the Federal fleet off i
Cnarlcat-j. . n Sgtur. ir. fj'g! *ee 1 rfea ners J
aii new arrivals, were counted off the bar.
It s. e.ns to be tiie general impression that j
Bcaure-iiid, who 1.; now in person il command j
of the troops opposed to .Vaernan, wIU make!
ihcCongaree river Lis line of defense. This
river fi '\v e a southwestern course. Columbia
stands 11?; r it. For many miles below Colum
bia ii pa-st'S tliroi'gh extensive swamps. To
a'i. k Oc'Siim da, ol.errnan will have to place
Ins army in ilu.-e swamp?, 011 c wing on tb/>
soutii ari l the other on the north side of f i !t ,
river. Or a: geburg, where Sherman's advance
was on fCnnclay last, ij about t wf #ltv m ,j e9
so ah of the Congaree at
vi.D is twenty miles Boofhc- st 0 f Columbia. 0
General Kilpatrick'scAvahy force that start-1
ed some time ainco HardeeviUe, to march
up tiie Savannah yWcr and make a derronstra- j
t;on upon Augusta, has at length been heard
L'om. after marching a long dis
tance trt, the Savannah river, turned northward
towards Biackviile. The capture of Blackvide
by the cavalry wan announced. Kilpatrick
then inarched westward along the railroad to
wards Augusta. lie advanced twenty eihi i
L.;iies and reached Aiken, a station on the rail
road twenty miles from Augusta, on Monday
last. Here Wheeler, with the Confederate
cavalry, attacked him. An obstinate battle
was fought, but Kilpatrick was finally corn
pi lied to retire. Ho withdrew to Johnson's
station, seven miles east of Aiken. There has •
been no news sine® froa* (hat quarter ~Ap. •
LATER.
tie ncr<u Shtrmun's advance h< entered Co
nn i bin, till! cap'it;il of South Cnrolina. 'I J.a
Jun'.'ederatc? yielded the town without any ccn*
l si. U:i TiUfrfay last. Gen. Sliuinm'ji ad*
r?nce wi at Oranguburg, tsghtcett tuilc° north
of the F.ii-to river. lUs troup* were being
concent ruled at that j" >ico, and wc-t of it.
General Howard. with the right flank f hi*
onus was ut Orangeburg on Wedwwday, and
?•>!'-with the left flank, wa tweite miles
west of Orangeburg. Kilpatriek was west of
Slocum, with the Federal cavairy. Hie entire
line moved forward on Wednesday to a|Utck
ih-anregnrd. who was poSte 1 behind the f'-vamps
of the (Jongar.e river. On Thur-dar the Fed
era! troops reached, the river opposite Columbia.
There are no swamps ?.t that point and tliey
succeeded in throwing several siiciU across the
river, into the city. As there was no oppor
tunity fur defense, Beauregard determined to
abandon Columbia. On Thursday night a large
amount of stores was burned. But n small
force of Confederates was in the town, it being
on the extreme western flank of Beauregard'#
army. During Thursday a large body of Fed
eral" troops marched up the Ciwgatw, north
west of Columbia; crossed the Salmi i and
Broad rivers, and several other shallow streams
forming their head waters, and before .laylight
were <n the northern bank of the Congaree,
but a few miles from Columbia. At daylight
they marched down to the city- I tie Confed
erate garrison retreated out of it before tnem
and wail; scarcely a shot fired the town changed
its possessors. Columbia being captured, com
munication was at once opened with '.tie Fed
eral troops on the opposite side of the Conga
ree. The Confederate garrison retreated oaC
niong the river bu..k, unl joined the main body.
; Beauregard's headquarters are supposed t> b*
i at Kittg-'ville, on'the north side of the Coug
' ree, twenty taihs cast of Ceiund'ia. It '8 tl.s
I point where the raiiroad frura Branchvillo to
| Columl 1:1 crosses the river.
AM the railroads connecting Charleston with
' tb- inter t of Sooth C;iioiir.a being now •:
— a ; oi.de line -niy remaining in Confederate
mo--.up; t! i" * n n:i"g *o h v-T.ee and
• ], r rii.ward —Clint!<•s >n ceases :o hv of
much mi'i:;u". r iutparlance, ami may be eva-a
--: ated at :-v tic e; *••:* it would be foolishness
to fight a ba.'tla for possession. lint it will
• ; at be evil anted -m/ii the Federal tro r* reach
i'• gate- arui demand surrender Everything
i of value 'o the Confederacy ifl ob joubtnaor*
•<:. f. >m Clmi eeton !v this rime, but a garrison
-iill I'm.eair.? f'leiv. that will not learn until
th- Frdera! movements force th'-m do so.
> No ritv i- ever voluntarily abandoned by if.?
;i ,-se?-ors u.iti! capture tn .• them n ihei'ace.
Lincck's Isaugiiratioa- Bali.
Z'ov.'s HeraM (Meiiiorpsi) expostulates earn
e • siv against the proposed inauguration br.M at
VVashing ton, to te gttW in -i - i'atcr.t-Oilice
' \ti ' ' 1 I f*£\ S
'• v\• i'" we regard it as n pin at any time—
on jo, li an oee->r.i.n, for the nation's oilrtary
,o euro h-pcenil to fueh le*. ty n to ;>tt*. J and
sanction a gran 1 hail, we shall look upon it e.i
this imc as a flagrant insult both to O d a-d
ia n. We therefore hope thai c: a! sen?'" and
batter jo. -lament witi j rev nil at Washington,
and that, if t>-r no other reason, out of respect
to the iiieiii-ry of tiusc ••• ho have <l: d far the
country. out of sympathy fir thousands who
stilt weep en 1 mourn, and out of a decent regnrd
• - Phnitian IwntimMitS rtP fh* !r:<leaf |m
. ci • ts ! n p.'t the irti. t. there wii! be nu prcciJsn
; 'i d inauguration ball this year."
14BIIIEB
, LfTZINGEIt —RUSH—-At tin ruidrncs
0. ti.e ' ?e*g{fi!h r. in this borough, on Wedr.cs
'] day moruing, Feb. iG'od, by ths Lev. Kjuher
,11. ■ ii. J. D. Liizing.-r, of lu iiona co., i'a.,
j to All r EttiPy S- Rush, of this pl.trs,
I CSTI us r.ewip nvariiru couple have our best
w ishea for tfwsi and prosperity. Mr.
1.: / -.--r carries j'roia r ;r midst, one of tha
-.v -i ot .- nmj.Lrs. ITnvirgocee
? --n "l tvp ■, he is, of cours?-. wcrthv of the
I rizd h> i |H! hoftf rr.ay tliey live to biers
, the day tbfki their happy hearts in one.
, pi, M;; —l> .N • rKI-.K' —ll t'.o reaidenen
. f the bride's father, Oil th® 24-th iotk, bv the.
IMv. II- lli.Mt, sir. iucufpson i'i.K-r. *f*
■ i • ill"!;-; vsiiurg. Mid yi'taf Jsiin E- Dannaker, oC
I this courty,
j
; FLACKIiI'FN. At fho refidcncc of O.K.
•, Shaniion, iu lis.- fier i, on (lie Yth itist.. Mrs.
I .liiic Blackburn, in the yenr of her age.
i i.e decea.-cd was a native of England and em--
:grated to ;ii- Country, with several ut her
j brothers and si.-trrs, sixteen years ago. For
■ the lnt ten ears °be was an inmate of the
j n.mny of Mr. Shannon. SV.e v;;- an intelti
! gent christian of the J.jhu School. Sba
I apneared to retain th* pvritv of tin first faith
i oharnotoriwd and feno vn that name, and hs
; a member ot society w 4 5 an example to all
| around her.
Tu " I? E ,x
I OX TBR VoAT A QT,AKA L. TOHSLS,.
j A J<ztionGU(,j n e . : , t i ef t /„ ittr potest -
She'* f r e „ s tfce lev!it Clan,
Ber f'o - ir.g chefk if }
Death ha.s slaimsd another
( Ji the happy Jitt'o ioid.
-fler eye? are closed fartver,
Their loving light ha fad,
So wot' th.-j'li beam with p!a*o.
Nor nearly tear-drops shed.
iter bttl" feaiCs are folded,
Abcm her puiiele* h.-eat,
Tl.ej, -!;r not now with rsotioo.
But lie Silently at rest.
Her fairy form liee silent
In tt~e cold npd gloomy grave,
And flowers will bloom above hrr^
The grasj will sigh and wave.
But her spirit, angels bos* it
To a bright celestial boms.
Where all is light and beautj
And sorrow cannot cor*>.
We ki.ow kbe'.s with the angela.
Around the hoavenly throne.
And the gentle, lovely Clara
( -Wjis the seraph's pearly cro-e
Then, stuve to meet your darlis^
In that glorious borne above j
To live with her forever
In bappines* and lovy,
Tebruary, 186A. rRTJi>