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9nlY hamiredr ._ 4
RAW of their lirestat,
'Chalet llaairdaenly • '
Burried te death--; '
-Ow*, Pad. battlii-add;
Drenohed lU.thett eats, Thveeratreeethed feally
o Week -
ThereWtheLt regiment - 1 r
Where airmen ttruidered.
There lay the murdered. mon,
Only seven hundred!
09k, hive AA fealties
Mbded in teen—
tett them Joeporretin .
sorrow atid fun,
dFeeridote and otpriene
Belk their ;
Thant • !Ad tubthets
Bowe for their ions, '
Bifthatiotaatninn ball'
They have been sundered,
Lit the dead sleep—they ore
Only seven hundred.'
Thousands end Mouser:Outrank
Out to the fray;
Mansards on thousands fell
:13kacethe Brit day.
There, have been streams of blood
Soured - hut like rain;
Figuresazbaust themselves
elawritinetko akin,
In such a loss fide
It thing to be wondered?'
Wlly_nrake a count of Om?
Only seven hundred I
Arm's Intinmabity
Makes tholumnds mourn',"
how long shall the sqfrage fire
In bL heart burn I
War hardens the feelings, •
Pats love under ban,
And rouses up all of • • •
The devil in man
Till all show of pity
Ns seems to have plundered,
And over crowds of the murdered cries,
"ONLY seven hundred."
"THE TEARS OF THE LADY THAT
LOVED HIM.
Ile is dead on tho field of honor,
And many will weep for his fall;
Dot the tears of the lad that loved hint
And polkas of triumph may comfort
Theland of her &Ilea son,
But the tam of the lady that loved him
Willi= though the battle be you.
Shell be weeping beeanei of the sunlight
Theta turned into shadow and pall; ...-
Shell be calling thro' tears, but the eddfnt rw
Will steep and be deaf to her call.
Shell seelt hint with team in her dreaming
When the midnight le dark on the plain,
With the rising of dawn on the mountain ,
Her toare will be fatting again.
Oh ! thereit hearing- for , the grief that-{r -itorteety
In the coining no going of years,
lint the good that is in the future
le hereto discover through tears:
PRESIDENT . DAVIS' MESSAGE.
To the Semite and House of Representatives
of the Cotrederate States of America: .
It_is with satisfaction that I, woloomo
your presence at an earlier day than nails/
for your session, and with confidence that I
invoke the aid of your counsel at a time of
such public; exigency. The campaign which
was commenced almost si-nultarreously with
your session in kiay last, and which was
still in progress af;your o.djoarnrnont in the
middle of June, has not yet reached Sits
close. ft has been prosecuted on a smite.
41nd with an energy heretofore uncounted.
When we revert to the condition of ou
country at the inception of the operations,
'of the. present year, to the magnitude of the
preparations made by the enemy, the num
ber of his forces,' the accumulation of his
warlike supplies, and the prodigality with
which his'Vast resources have been lavished
In the attempt to reader success assured ;
when we contrast the numbers and metins
at our disposal for resistancl when we
contemplate the results of alltruggle appa
rently so uneguade we, eaopt ,ail, while
rendering the full hued of deserved praise
to our generale and soldides, to perceive
that a Power higher than man has willed
our deliverance, and gratefullyia recognize
the protection of a kind Providence in on.
abling us successfully to withstand th.
utmost efforts of the enemy for eur subju-
gatitiii. ---
At the beginning of the year the State of
Texas was partially in the possession of, the
enemy, and large portion , ' of Louisiana and
Arkansas lay „apparently defenceless. Oft
the Federal soldiers who invaded Texas, 1
none are known. to remain, except as pris
oners of war. In north - western Louisiana,.
a large and well appointed army, aided b 1
a powerful fleet, was repeatedly defentedt
and deemed itself fortunate id finally ee
°aping with a lose of one-third'of its num
bers, a large part of its military,trains, and
many transports and gunboats. The
enemy's occupation of that State m re
dewed to the narrow distriatoommantharti
the guns of his fleet. Arkantliiiiras been
recovered, with tlAo_extGiftion of a few for
tified poste...wag our foroee have penetrated
into-Ca - tral Missouri, affording to our op
preseed brethren in that Slate an oppor—
tunity, of which many have availed
kthem
selves, of strikin for liberation from the
tyranny to which ey have been subjected.
On the east o • e Mississippi, in spite
of
, some reverses, we have mug' cause for
gratulatien. The enemy hoped to effect,
during thkpFesent year,' by concentration
OWorees, the conquest ho had previously
fa lad to Recompile]; by more extended ope
rations. Compelled, therefore, to with
draw, or serionfily to weaken the strength
of the ` r arraies of ,ocoupation at different
point,so be has offeivd•us the opportunity of
recovering possession of extensive districts
Of oar , twitory. Nearlj the whole of
northern and western hliebissippl, of north
eh' Alabama, of western Tennessee are
again l,n our possession ; and ail attempts
tAsenetrate from the ooastline into the in
ter of die Atlanfrio and Gulf States have
been baffied." On the entire ooean and gulf
coast of the Confederacy, the whole success
.0 the enemy, with the enormous naval
FNpurces at his command, hes been limited
to the capture of the outer defences of
Mobile Bay. t
it we now turn to the resulte-tooom
.
plished by the two great armies, so Confi
dently relied on by the invaders as suffi
cient to , secure the subversion of oar
Government and the subjeotion of our
people tb foreign domibatiou, we Lave etiu
greater cause for devout gratitude to
Divine Power. In enuthwestern
.611P 04 18140. °Andes which threatened. the
capture of L,rnohburg and Saltville tine
bra rova end driven out of the oountry;.
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and a portion of *astern Tennessee recon
quered by our troops; in .northern
ginia, extensive district! formerly oeoupiest
by the enemy an utr free from their pre
Tenet. In the brief 'valley, their general,
rendered desperate by hie inability to
maintain a hostile occupation, has resorted
tO the infamous expedient of converting el
frnitfui land into a desert, by burning its
mills, granaries, and homesteads, and. de
stroying the food, standlagetromlive stick,
and agricultural' implements of peaceful
non-oornbatante. The main army/after a
series of defeats, in which its losses have
been enormous; after attempts b$ raiding
particato break up our railroad Gemini:id
cations, 'which have resulted - in the de
struction of a large part of the cavalry en
gaged in the work ; after constant repulse
of repeated assaults on our defensive lines,
is, with the aid of heavy reinforcements,
but with, it is •hoped, waning prospects of
future progress in tha design, still engaged
in an effort, commenced more than four
months age, to capture the town of Peters
bare.
The army of General Sherman, although
euoceedin 1 at the end of the Bummer in
obtaining possession of Atlanta, has ,ern
unable to secure any ultimate advantage
from thie success. The same general who,
In February last, marched a large army
from.F.inkahurg te_Neridian with no other
result than being forced to march book
again, was able, by the aid of greatly In
creased numbers, and after muoh delay, to
force a passage from Chattanooga to Atlanta,
only to be for the second time compelled -to
Withdraw on the lino of his advance, with
out obtaining control of a single mile of
territory beyond the narrow track of his
march, and without gaining aught beyond
the predarious possession of a few fortified
points in which ho is compelled to maintain
heavy. garrisons, and which are menaced
with recapture.
The lessons afforded by the history cif
this war are fraught with instruction and
encouragement. Repeatedly during the war
have formidable expeditions been directed
by the enemy against points ignorantlx
Supposed to be of vital importance to the
Confederacy. Some of, these expeditions
have, at immense coat, been successful, but
in no instance have the promised fruits
been reaped. Again, in the present cam
paign, was tbo delusion fondly cherished
that the capture of Atlanta and Richthond .
would, if effected, end the war by the over
throw of our Government and the submis
sion of our peoplett We can now judge by
experience hOw Liimportant lathe influence
of the former event upon our capacity for
defence, upon the courage and spirit of the
people, and the stability of the Government.
We may, in like manner, judge that if the
campaign against Richmond had resulted
in success instead of Nauru if the • valor
of the army under theadlirship of its
accomplished commander, h$ resisted in
vain the overwhelming masse which were,
on the contrary ,
. decisively refinsed ; if we
had been compelled to cvaoubie Richmond
as well as Atlanta, the Confedera would
have remained as erect an ant as ever.
Nothing could have been tinged in the
purpose of its Government,ln the indomi
table valor of its troops, or iArthe tlYr.
quenchable spirit of its people. `The bar
fled and disappointed foe would in vain have
scanned the report of your proceedings, at
some new legislative seat, for any indication
.that progress had seen made in his gigantic
task of conquering a free people. The
try& so patent- to us must. ere long be
reread upon the reluctant Northern mind.
There are no vital points on the Oreeerva
lion of which the continued existenue-erthe
Confederacy depends. Thera IS no military
SUOMI' of the estemy - which can accomplish
its destruelien: — Not the fall of Richmond,
nor- Wilmington, nor Charleston, oar Sa
vannah, nor Mobile, nor of all combined,
can save the enemy from the constant and
exhaustive drain of 'blood and treasure,
which must continue until he shall diseeter
that no peace is attainable unless based on
the recognition of our indefeasible rights.
Before leaving this subject it fa-gratifying
to assure you that the ;unitary supplies
essentially requisite for military defence
will be found, as heretofore, adequate to
our needs; and that abundant crops have
rewarded the labor of the firmer, and ren
dered abortive the inhuman attempt of the
enemy to produce by devastation, famine
among thb peoplit.o
t . is not in my power to aunonnee any
change in the conduct of foreign powers.
No such action has been taken by. the Cluis ,
tian nations of;rope as might] ustly have
been expected m their history, irom the
duties imposed by International law. and
(rota the claims of humanity. is chari
table to attribute 'their conduct to no worse
motive than indifference to the consequences
which shake only thpl.epublioan portion .of
the Ameriean continent ; and not to ascribe
to design a course calculated to insure the
prolongation of hostilities.
Nd luitanoe in history is remembered by
me in which a nation pretending to exercise
dominion over another, mutating its Inde
pendence. No case eel be recalled t 4 my
mind in which neutral poWors have failed to
sot the example of roof, sing the indopend;
enoe of a natio*, when satisfied of the ins-1
biUty of its enmity to =intut its Eiovern- 1
ment ; and 'thinned, fit inihe whore the ;re l
vione relation between the contending
ties . had been onfitatedly enth - of entfiltilr,
country and,dependent colony . ; not, ,Its Vol
'our . cue, t hat of co - squat States united
peilialtrennktottfi :l 4 , l4* apex ; been con.{ s IV` •
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didered the proper function and duty op
neutral powers to perform the office of judg
ing whether in point of fact the nation as
serting dominion isrible to make geed its
pretensions by force of. arms, and if cc' by
recognition of the resisting to discountennn co,
toe further oontinuffeme alike contest. And
Ole reeson why this duty is 'ruminant on
rhentral powers is plainly apparent, when we
reflect that the, pride and, passion which
blind the judgment of .the parties to the
conflict, cause the continuance (ff active war
fare, and consequent useless slaughter, long
after the inevitable result has become ap
parent to all not engaged , in the strrgzle.
fk, long, therefore, cs neutral nations fail by
recognition of our independence to announce
that, in their judgment, the United States I
are unable to reduce tie Confederacy ta,fat,
mission, their cbudeet will be recopied y
onr enemies ea t tacit encouragement to oet...
tinuf their efforts, asides an imp:Jed assur—
ance thatbellerii entertained by neutral
nations in the success oC their design. A.
direct stimulus, whether intentional or not,
is thus applied to securing a continuanee of
the carnage and devastation which desolate
this continent., and which they profe's deep-
ly o ep ore.
The disregard of this jest, humane and
Christian pdbile duty by the nations of
Europe is the more remarkable from the feet
thateuthaatic expression.has long sinc) been
given by the government of hoth Premed and
England to the oon,viction that the United
States ale unable to conquer the Confedera
cy. It tenon more than two yeas
the Government .of France thlftließantdofk*
ally to the Cabinda of London and Et.
Petersburg its own eon:lesion that the
United States were unable to achieve any
decisive military suceese. In the er - fiiiiier
sent by those vowels no intimation of a
contrar,yopinion lies conveyed ; and it is
notoriest that the speeches, both in and out
of Parlliment, the members of Per Britannic
Majesty's Government have zot hesitated to
express the conviction in r.nquelified terms.
The denial of our right utiler theme eireum•
stances is co obviously unjust, and discrim
inates so unfairly in favor of the limited
States, that neutrals beve eozglit to palliate
the wrong of which they' are n°118(.10114 by
professing to consider, in oppo-itten to ne ,
torioue truth and to the flown belief of both
belligerents, that the recognition of our in
dependence would be valueless with their
further intervention in the struggle ; an
intervention of which we disclaim the desire
and mistrust the advantage.
Wo seek no favor, we wish no interVen
lion, we know ourselves fully competent to
maintain our own rights and independence
against the invaders x our county;', and we
feel justified in asacrtinZ, that with - art the
aid derived , from reeruith.g their armies
from foreign countries, the invaders would,
ere this, have !Men driven froth cur ^oil.
Wh u the recognition of the Confederacy etas
refused by Great Britain, in the fall of 1862,
the refusal was excused on the ground that
any action of Her Majesty's Government
would have the effect of inflaming the pas
aiona of the belligerents, and of prevepting
the return of pekoe. It is assumed that
this opinion wee einoeroly entertained, but
the experlenoi of two years of unequal oar
nap, allows that it was erroneous, and that
the result waithe Ferree of what the Brit
ish ininist?y humanely desired. A contrary
policy, a policy jtist to us, a pellet inverg.
ins from so unvarying course 'of ooneettelen
to.all the demands of our enemiettris still
within tho power of ileilidajirety's Govern
ment, and would,-itlefafr to presume, be
producfiscrollionacquences the Opposite to
therwcwhich have unfortunately followed its
whale course of conduct from the tomoknee
meat of the war to the present time. In a
word, peace is impossible without independ
ence, and it is not to be expected that the
enemy will anticipate neutrals' in the recog
nition of that independence. When the
history of this wax shall be fully disclosed,
the calm judgment of the impartial publicist
will, for these reasons, be unable to absolve
the neutral mittens of Europe from a share
in the moral responsibility for the myriads
of human lives that have been unnecessarily
sacrificed during its progress.
Therenewc7r instanoes in which foreign
powiershave given us just cause of com
plaint need not here be detailed. The ex
treats from the oorrespondenee of the State
Department, which accompany this messag e
will afford such further t information ks can
be given without detriment to the public
Interest, and we must reserve for the future
such aotione as may then be deemed advisa
ble to sours redress.
Er=2l
The oondition'of the various branches of
the military i servioe is stated in the accurst
ponying report of the Eleoretary of War.—
Among the suggestions mfule for legisla
tive action With irview to add to the num-,
bars aad ellielency of the :tiny, all of which
will moire your coludderation. There are
some prominent tapionwhieh merit speotp
notice. itv.e
The exemption from military duty now
scoorded by law to all persons engaged in
certain speellied puranits or predations, is
cpkewn by,experiatoe to be unwise, nor le it
'bred te , ho defensible In theory.
defence of home, family and country is not ,
venially recognised melte perstnonn . C. et,
ow duty Qr °nal tuotolior of 000iei oak,
in storm of governinent3ikeVolui.
mph citizen enjoys ais, egnalitylof rights eidl
Privileges. nothing ..don be :niord•itividiono
thotiliti equal distpbytiOit 4f,.4048
tigatiOni, ) NO pursuit AST Po)iii4Ou 444 .
*ion ons ono, who in Milo satio4
duty, from tanollatenCin the itros)s' =AM
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his Inactions or terviceertro more useful to
the defence of his conuttir In another
sphcie. But it is manifest that this cannot
,be the case with ti Art
n entire classes. A
telegraph operators, Workmen in mines,
professors, tesahers, engineers, editors, And
employees 6f newspapers, journeymen prin:
tars, shoemakers, tanners, brick-smiths,
millers, physiAlans, and'the numerous oth
er °lasses mentioned in'Aliclaws, cannot, bX
the Made of things, be either equally ne
cessary in their several professions, nor dim
tributad thoroughont the country in snob
proportions that only the exact numbers,
reqUired are found in eaoh lovably; nor can
it he everywhere impossible to replace &nee
within the coLscript's . 13, by men older and
less capable of naive Geld service. A, dis
cretion should be vested in the militery.au
thdrities, to thats stlffteiepenumber orthose
numbs' to the public service might be re
tailed to continue the exercise of their par
snits or pr'ofessions, but. the exemption
from service of the entire classes should b o
wholly abandoned. It. o'rerrs great !krill
ty for abused, offers the temptation as well
as the ready means of eohmping service by
rand I:nt devices and ie ono of the .rin-
cipal obstauct!ono to the efficient operation
of the coneript
- A general inilitmly law in needful in the
interest: of the public deforce. the Con
p_titutien, by vesting the power inConcrese,
imposin on it the duty of providing "far
organi'ing, arming and aicipliiiing ohs
Militia and fox,governin,-; such part of them
as Lay be employed in the iisn:Le of the
confederate fat's," Tho greet .liversitz.
ht the legislation of tho several States on
'thin subject, ned thc- abeyance of any pro
claim: eetabliahing an exact method for
calling lha failitis into Cron fed - eilifi - Wallet;
era satin:tee of embnrasement which ought
tie loryer to , be suffered to impede dafoneive
111C2aUrell.
The logislett.in in Yalatioa to the cavalry
(linseeds change. The policy of requiring
thiamin - to furnish their own horses hae pro
ven. petniorous In Inert] roe:meta:. It inter
feres with dicipifne, impairs efficiency, mad
Is the cause of frequent and prolonged lab•
tenon troth appropridts duty. The sub-
Act ie fr.lly trcated in the Secretary's re•
port, with suggestions as to t h e proper
meseuree for reforming that branch of the
service.
The recommendation hitherto often made
is again renewed, that some measures be
adopted for the re-organization and omsol
idation of companies end regiments when eo
far redaoed in numbers as to seriously im
pair their ofhistoy. It is the more nooses
sary plat this should 1 e done, as
.110 ab
sentia of the legislation on the subject has
forced floncrais In the field to resort to var
ious expedients for approximating the de
sired mid. It is surely ma evil that a oom
mending officer chould bG placed in a poet-•
tier, which forces Twin him the choice of al
lowing the efficiency of his command to be
seriously impaired, or of attempting to sup
ply, by the exercise of doubtful authority,
the want of proper legal provision. The
red for the sensibility of offioere who
have heretofore served with credit, and
which to believed to be trio controlli..
tire that has hitherto obstrno egieltuion
on title subject, ho honorable and
proper,,may iod to a point which Be
rton " Imes the public good, and if this be
-.5 case, it ozn soareoly be questioned which
of the two conaiderationa should be &awed
paramount. •
The Secretary's teroommendations on the
aubiegt of faelliating_the acquisition cf the
iron requL•ed for maintaining the - efficien
cy of maraud communication on l the im
portant 'military lines are recommonddlti to
your favor. no necessity for the operation
is 101 l rigor of such lines is too apparent to
need comment.
The question in dispute between the two
Governments relative to the exchange of
prisoners of war; has been frequently pre
sented in formes messages and reports, and
is fully treated by the Eisoretary. The idiot
tude for the'relief of out captive fellow citi
zens hag known no abatement, bat ban, on the
: watery, been still mote deeply evoked.- by
the additional sufferings to which they have
been wantonly subjected, by deprivation Of
adequate food, clothing - and fuel wliioh- they
were not even permitted to purehase from
the prison antlers. Finding that the ene
my attempted to excuse . their barbarous
trestment by the unfounded allegation that
it was retaliatory forlike conduct on our•parf.
an offer was made by us, with a view of en
ding all pretext for snob' recriminations or
pretended retaliation.
The offer has been aooepteni, and each
Government is hereafter, to be allowed to
provide necessary comforts to , its qwn
eiti
sena held captive by the other. AMU°
efforts are in progress for the immediate
°location of its vurreemen,, and it is hoped
that but few days will elapse before Washell
be relieved from• the distressing thought
that painful physical. suffering 1a endur
ed by so many of der fellow citizens, whose
fortitude in captivity Illustrates the nation
al character as Nlly as did their ralor in
'Masi conflict.
1111FLOrIrrr 07 OliATlrs
he employment of slaves-for mils* with
the army as teamsters, or Gooks, of In the
way of work upon fortifications,- or in the
ilovernment:workikops, aq ih hospitals, and
Am. similar dig*, Wm mitholdeed 14 the
Act of 17th Febrnsry last, and provision'
woe made for diet: linpireilanenty kl a nint-',
IStit;not
" exceottlng tWeitti
4,u 4 d 44ikatIo A lte 4 9 ,440 1 1
them by contract with the 4ltneei64.
law ;tontentplattd 4111 oa4r of IMO
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of theft slaves, and imposed en the Govern
:bent the liability to pay for lb° value of
Ilitoh as might be lost .to the owners froth
easualties resulting• !rota their being 'em
ployed in the service.,
This not hr.' produced lass 'result than
was anticipated, and further provision is
required to render it efficacious. But my
piesent purioie is to ideite your considers
litato the propriety - bf a radical modifies
tion in the theory of the lam,.
Viewed m erely as property, and therefore
as the subject of imprisonment, the service
or labor of the slave has been frequently
claimed for effort peitiodo, in the eanstruo
lion of defensive Works. The Piero, how-
Vier, bears another:relation to 'the State—
that of a pqrson. The law of last eobruery
contemplates the relation of the slave to the
master,. and limits the impfeesment to
tertian term of sorriee But for the pur
poses enumerated in the act, inetruotiou in
the manna- ^f encamping, marching, and
pecking trains is needful, so taint even in
this limited employment, length of service
adds greatly to the valtio of tue negro's
labor. linseed is also cncotmtend in all
the positions to which negroes can be
"-ned fr -Fri, .Ith the and
atorikned for ~ e r- 7 11- e ei wk. ~.to army, ttr.d the
duties require• l of them dethand loyalty and
seal.
I In this aspect the relation of person pro
dominates to far as tp render It doubtful
whellae the private right o[ property c u t
oorniisinntly and beneficially be continued,
and it would seem proper tq acquire for the
public service the entire property in the
_tither of the shire, and to . pay therefor due
corepensatien, rather than to imprees his
labor for short terms ; and this the more
especially ea the effect of the present law
would rest this entire r roperty In all cases
!here the slave might be recaptetred after
. isornronsation for his loss' bad Sion paid to
the private owner. Whelever the entire
property in the service of a slave is thus
acquired. by the llotertuuent, the question
is thus prardted, by What Intim he should
bo held. Should be be rolaL-ed in oervitude,
or should his emancipation be held out. to
him as a reward for faithful aerviins.; and if
emancipated, what action should be taken
to secure for the freed man the permission
of the State from v,iich he was drawn to
reside within its limits after the close of hie
public service. The permission would_
doubtless be more readily accorded as a
reward for past faith! ierviee ; ant%
double motive for zoalens discharge of4fity
would thus be offered to those employed by
the Government, their rreedom, and pie
'gratification of the local attachment 'W eh
Is so worked a cluirrcteristio of the negro,
tad flays so powerful an incentive to his
action. The Jolley of engaging, to liberate
the negro on his discharge after service
faithfully rendered, seems to rip preferable
to th..t of granting immediate manurnitaion,
should be augmented to forty thousand.
Beyond this limit and these omploymenta
it does not seem to m 0 desirable to go. A
broad moral distinetion exists between the
use of slaves as soldiers In the defenco of
our homes,,and the incitement of the same
persens to lean:cc:Aloe azainst their maw.
tore. The one is justifiable if upcountry,
the: other is ini.plitous and Unworthy of a
civilised people; and, such is the judgment
of all writers on put lio litii;att well as that
expressed and insisted on by our enemies in
all ware prior to that now waged against
us. By none have the practfoes of which
d i 3
troy are.i,m guilt y r been denounced lath
greats; ear than by thee :selves In the
two wave wi abut 'Britain in the lest and
present °ear,' ; and In the Declaration. of
Independence of; 1776, when enulnoration
was made of the wrongs which Platided the
revolt from Great Britain, the climax At
atrocity *Fps deemed to be rettobed only
when the English monarch was denounced
as having nexollted dot)tt UP insurrection
among ne."
The .abject is to be viewed by no, there
fore, solely in the light of policy and our
/social economy. When so regarded, I must
dissent from-those who advise a general levy
and arming of the slaves for the duty of
soldiers. Until our white population shall
provninentleient for the-armies we!equire
and min afford to keep in the field, to employ
as a soldier the negro who his been trained
merely to thbor, nit4les a laborer , the white
man, aeolustomsd Mini his youth to the use
of fire-erms, would scarcely be deemed Vrith
or advantaiiious by any ; kid this is the
question now before es. tint should the
alternative ever be presented of subjugation
dr of the employment -of , the are as a
soldier, there seems no ressouto thinbt What
should then be our deeieiom ighether our
view embrace! what Would, in se extreme a
ease, be the sum of misery 'entailed 'by. the
dominion of the enemy, or be restrbtted
solely to the effect upon the. welfare , and'
happiness 'flf (he negro- peolthitiewithent.
selves, the resale would be the eante.4 .The
appalling detuonthisation, soffuring. disease,
and death which have been liadsed by par
substituting the brmandersYitam • ,
pates fdr the land relations preetimitdob--
slotting between, thq watiktrmiCufamik,lloo4',l
.18,1 1 s ittldnobrith dentoushmatiet litatlatetsl;,
iSafert444 . l l l44oll l 4 ll .oo4olifilt Atimmit4o!
Oliva*/ 01V 0 41 4 4 1 T0, tff(ligi 41 1 34- ait 1
Ots.sitiblefAitiVehimillti BFLste,
gati*PO& ;AI sift OW -
• ikilnlArealoOked4 .brtlarr •
:t s''*#;ll.!4'
4 =xi ei4; you kumL
No. 46.
have been each as to permit - -no-doubt of
their readinestrto surrender every possession
in order tb secure their independenoe. But
the serial and yotitieal queethen ',thigh is
exclusively under_ the control:4th' several
Staten; has 6 far wiser• and more enduring
importance than tkot of pecuniary 'thereat.
In its manifold phases it kanbronts the-nn
billty oftlrePublican institutions, resting on
the actual political equality of all its eiti4
'setts, and ineludeithelulfilment of ;he task
so happily begun—that of -Christianising
and Improving the qondition,of the Africans
who have, by' the will of Providence, boon
placed in our charge_ Comparing the re
sults of our experienes 'with those of the
experiment's of °then Tito have borne sled
, tar relation to the African race, the people
of the severed States of the Confederacy
hirelf-abnndani reason to be satisfied with
the past, and to use the greatest (dream
spec lion in determining their course. These
considerations, however, are rather ttppli
eabl• to the improbable contingency of oar
need of resorting to this element of resist
ance than to ctur present condition. ' If the
recommendations above made, for the train
ing of forty thousand negroes for the eer
ie* indicated " meet yen?' i; it
vi. in. lea eat I meet . your approval;
ill certain that even this limited nutnbor, by
their preparatory training in interlitediate
duties, would form a mote Valuable reserve
force in ease of urgency, than three-fold
it
labor; while a 'fresh levy could, to a certain
extent, supply their plaoas in the special
service for whleh they are now employed.
I=
The regular annual reports of tho Attor
ney-General, the Secretary of the navy and
the Postmaster General are amended, and
give ample information relative to the eon
itien of their reapeietive departments. They
contain entggestioni for legislative provi
sions required to , rimed, such defeats in
the existing lavi . e as have been dienlosed by
experience, bukreene of so general or Im;
portant a oharseder as to require that r
shoold do more than reeemznend them to
yottr tamable consideration.
1111GOTIATIONS 10111. P,ACII
The disposition of this government for
peaceful relation• of the iseraes wit lob the
enemy huts referred to the arbitrament of
arms, loth been too often manifested, end Is
too well kaolin to need new tletitanttes.—
Bet while it is true that Individuals and par
ties in the United States have imAicated a
desire to substitute reason for frees by ne
gotiation tai stop the further storiges of hu
man life, Ind to arfeet the eahunithes • ',Mole
ditlit AWL both countries, the atttherities
who control the Government of our eni
have too often and too olearl;
their resolution to make
ironed
oso exoept on
anal eabirdosion and
terms of our ants
dograda
leave ne any hope of the
cosestliin of hostilities until the delusion of ,
their ability to conquer us is dispelled.
Aniong those who ere already disposed
for peace, manyare actuated by principle..
and by disapproval and abhorrence of tte
iniquitous warfare that,thalr Government is
waging, while others are moved by the con
viction that it is no longer to the interest
of-the United States to continue a etruggle
in which success is unattainable. When
ever this fast growing conviction shall have
taken fired root in the minds of a majority
of the Northern people, there will be pro
duced that willingness to negoolate for
peace which . % now confined to our side
Peace is manifestly impossible nulesis desir:
ed by both parties in this warmnd the die
.... on for it among our enemies All be
best and most certainly evoked by the de
monstration on oar part of ability and
unshaken determination to defend our
rights, and tohold no earthly price too dear
for their s purchase. Whanevdt• there shall
be cr. the part of our enemies a desire for
peace, there will be no &lenity in finding
means by which negotiations can he opened,
but it is obvious that no agency can be call
ed inteaotiou until this desire shall 1 0 mu
tual. When that,contingettemhall happen,
the Government, to whloh is confided the
treaty making power; can be at no loss. for
means adapted to' accomplish so desirable
an end.
In the hope dint the day will soon be
reached, when under Divine favor, these
States may be allowed to eater on Meg.
former peaceful pursuits, and to develop
the abundant nattered resources with which
they are blessed, let us then reeplutely con
tinue-tii devote our and tinimtniltal
energies to the defence of our homes, our
lives and our liberties. This 1 the true
path to pesos. Let ue tred it with .soOt
donee in thatuteured melt.
Amason Davie.
•
lizessrosis, lieu. 7; 1864. .
Tea idiom di Caoeadawros , —A.bei,
no :tiring on ,WodAgOiky Pi. SOW, tiir
stem* batteries reaudning silent. .Ma o%
deb morning Liao Imsbirdment 4420
was Miewed, aid 'towards Ineeidit
quite brialyahe silent; Ibajp from tittle
Suns in .1 1 1 40# ini0, 111 044! VC'S 04 oel3Rek
thirty-nine abets bad. been Ann& ...ITU
edeskr arse - sdiliwbtiet4 pearmilus4 6 l
enradmitien durivoy• the- day to. Beitagy
Gregg; an& die bliddl• Baiter,— :11:•radidhe
sods towed troasainsida Amiss. Tindso*
tortstdon ,)sodirrod sod% ..s.tbers. woovtos
OW Am. .42isporteneosi irldityaesigid
A 0 0 3,1; WOW nttisitdsAMlllih
4.311 Z/
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211 10 etas •
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tv w
I ca
Thsvalley Is
so / 1 41 1 10.000 Lb* .1:911% A *dr
tory . , .that theyz.sowsk- vomplellipmeilllll4
r r 40siaiaNti
vated
prirsio- }sitar * ladr-i
youVlaivAra 00140001101MI — MiiirMil
of "the paople from
hen:dant of ortflioetthaset Ipdisdit".,Thetiela,
says that skoffsbordedieleilleeitiellikdidwileml
Many persona are, WAtteatt bbe /14114 1 10 1 / 4 4
of Life—end, if mime . .etier~seedellikt
luxtwies,.destrejedf ell Odin. Wit billet
or carried off 'stook Di all
house of the Writer theplailed aq,try sits o r.
except six:. took the_ on a '
place; killed trreulintia entitle, tootkiriri
broke open the meat Am and Stsokidi awl
meat i destroyed all the Ct•utiAteell Adiat
carriage to pieces and earried-away all the
bay, oats, dud ego, -The hid, 44111 d Mewl*
take'all, for it would not kubdueher DOA,
dad that not ono tenriroWirtattilk
the loss of anything save 4 "
They Wont to• the hortiqi of one dlelidt i A
nearly eighty years old,' Ad robbed,. '
everything. For three days she bad attr
thing to eat ,but green cern and salt; • • •
Three ladiei kept forty of the breteifiwia
entering, their house -by 'stationing tioliP
delved le the door, with knives ter -tkdv
hands, and telling tildes that they 'would stib
the first man who entered the house. They,.
before resorting to these measures, appealed •
to their humanity, asking if there were ,
none present who had brothers and
They only laughed, and *lied that do,
never heard of such things. The bravery
of the .ladies saved them, and the Yankees
did not enter. •
ANOTHiII ISCIDINT Or GIN. PILIKIes
Toiy, 1883, siciliffir:o7.
second lieutenant of COmpiny d, 129th All
note Volunteer Infantry. The soldiers trav
eled in a southwest- dfreetion, and, aboat
fifteen miles from the town, surrounded a'
oitiien's haulm and made' the husband and'
father a prisoner wink{ sitting At the dinner
table. In spits of all entreaties, the Yddima
carried Mannar mane twenty /Yds froaetbe
house, and,' try orders of the lksetensmi,fa
thepresertee of his weeping wife and kig)e- •
timed children, ahotlim down, and lea the
corpse, weltering in its blood, sandalled
uptm_the gteevrerd,Theljestgn.,_
drove the wife and her day eldidtan , *Om ,
their pleasant hype, end bet the /wpm ala
fire. The building burnt rapitil/, awl in on f
brief half hours wife was rendarnifltuolli, •
and with her fatherly!' babes, Aft
shelter—homeleita wind aid *at
- hearts full of sorrovi. Ae /*duet fte fltig a
act, it Was claimed that A Coldly'. had 11
murdered in the neighli‘hooff some .we
before. When the facts of this iiiilflCHA T .
were reported to Gen. Paine, : he reidarkeff
qierrod the diLn eon 4t , ••• await Wald.' T .
with that the lisutidatit had ldlledst>s6 intht
he brought in as a prlsosies-e*:+th It i t
Is
•• "
sere me the trouble of doing en" , e• • •
Subsequent faits have preyed
. .
(attain thus inhumanly shot d • Mt
guilty of the crime imtut •
Gen. Paine alt of the venni*
the lion ktheoldithiiresi cif Isthif •
reprimanded for what they had di(e.. 'The, •
claimed that they were aetingusiith , craws
of Gen. P. and he was alone reapothible twee
the deed. A.Union sdhiier; Itreeident odAhr
the State from with% Gen. Polak) haSs,filiV•
nqie) assures thrthat the.abote steleathste
,is strictly true. The simple recijaloffeess
is armors severe *Ornament than We • ,
can offer.„ •
v ./
_46
PiiBIONAL APRIIARROOI OR URPRO , ARD • / RR,
GROLlALS.—Bisursgard is about Iva fps
seven Inches high, grey hair; broad forehead
face tapering rapidly to the collio l prondseq;
pose, dull dark eyes, and 1 14 . 00 a, r o ic
woustathe and imperial. - -
old.
Hood Is About sit feet Itigik, fde
complexion, grey eyee,letivi
large framed Man, about - Girl. Std - y
old. His right leg' is or Oars - tin IdeoP 1 •
I. IL Lee is a young man abintt I . 4llPntri
nine years Old, lye feet eight Inches. Oa;
height, light hair and whisleerst fej 4ll l 4 l
andlair complexion. ^:*-tit'^-
Cheathean is about Iva fait :nips 'bashes
Wick km*7 built, darkbAltdadt boa/IPM
and fdiy-tlve years obi. . • •• .:
Clayton is six het. higbi abont a fortyidglii
yopri old, bait turning gnr, sheet oidg
board- 7 a good lookiag map.
i. Cl,eburn is sig feat one pt! two Inc*
ltahout forty-two iota el, lOW ito
grey hair.
Hato is a well grown sun, shout ihifiti
eight years old, eli feet.
*sake Pleitasi and • upon /114
right leg from wdesOP:*reOelit#to "414 .
—Shoddy lg add to allow
at Central, , Park. its it6relteleqh4wresi
its glossy steeds, its taldirdairaideig on*
minted with tantiy-itdele-of-larnitisideto
order, its ITistlebat 'Mamie In eliobbire
attire, and ' abitatiitely taiidod llabi.
at but 21N1 en—bwinna.tliern.ativinmlloo.
afternoon in Mimes IllawAnany*llikan
intuit bare been. badly equipped, luigrampajr
ipay , lneitheries . palmed or an Web td
tao whet, lots mf plP*deris g thew* Pei
feF the &WAY 0 10 ,—me lit /cm*
Wiliunelbiatindied, within*
wialoqtakeittekoi Minn Nithittil='
foe:, *iionitirvilL*444ll6ll6llo4llli
34° 1 "1.1i4:1=
hettitet s trelePeAttiliheelib.
keltieWer Wiiiintnikeito ll etw"" 7 l 44l
tkillre a taiklesetelette‘ e lmi ther , th
t( 1 _,YeArmA*(4.4,44 , 36 444 1:. 0 0 14 0ireb
10.4eg,11!•*.wieskritsiii4p~i.