BEDFORD INQUIRER. fi ■ BEDFORD, Fa. Friday ;>lornf:tg. March 14, 1562. J 'FEARLESS AND FREE." I. OVER—Editor and Proprietor. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered in the Presbyterian church OD next Sabbath. This notice is inserted for the information of members of the ohurch living at a distance from the town. A number of subscribers who are in arrears, have wjritten to us, requesting us not to leave their accounts in the hands of the Justice, and that they will settle with us in a short time.— We bavo concluded to forbear till next Court. At that time we must have our dues. Commodore Dnpont hi capture! the towns of Fcrr aridina, Florida, and Brunswick, Geor gia. The rebels, when the came io sight of Fort Clinch which ccmm-nJi- Forouudina, fired a couple of shots r.n-i then run.— This gives us possession of whole coast of Georgia, from Scuth C.r linn to Florida, Col. Geary has Ukon Leeeburg, and driven Gcd. llill. with his whole coiumrud, from she towu and suirounding forts. The stars aud stripes now wave over ell the bills. The stars and stripes aio now waving from the Cockpit I'oiut on ilu lower i'otomac. The blockade of the Potomac is row broken. Next,Frid ;y tbo election fir spring eflhers w;ll occur in our Couuty. VYe hope our frirod- in tie B-n oghs ar.d Townships will Si'it end to it. Capt. 11. L Ryce's Com; :cy. most of whom are froth our tisvD, hive . tit homo about $2,- u f their pay. Tiiia apeiks w .'l! for the boys. dVe call attjutloa to tbo rpeeoh of UO2. S. S. Wharton, in to days paper. He occupied the right position 00 the expulsion of t'r.o traitor Bright. Toe army ot the Potomac is to bo divided into five Corps d' Army, to Lc cnmuiandtd by Gens. McDowell, Sumner, Heintzlcmin, Kcjes and Banks. There is a report of a desperate battle bo iog fought on the 21-t ult , at Yalverde , New Mexl.o. Judge Watts, the Delegate lrom •h-.t Tcriitory.ti.iok from his last r.dvices that it carri i.e true. The IPa-csiderei's iTlessagc. Wo this moroiug lay before our readers the Message 0? President Jaincoln, on the Slavery qaes'ioe, ia which be reoommemis -'the gra dual alvib bmeOt of slavery, giving to such Stute poeunisry aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the iocou vtnienC' S, pnhiic and private, produced by s ich cLii geof *\stotn." lie does not pro -5 so to aboU-h slavery at one blow, but to prepare tbo. way for its gradual extinction by sr.d sr.d compensation to loyal owo er. L tho border States adept this plau, t!; nrigio, inngvinary i* us progress, and as ie. Omg to t{ard the. advauceuient of civjl'llbftr y throughout the woijd. fiesoleJJ,. 21,..That wc hereby approve cod ' 'f.'i.rsi ih ;i a i t wise and patriate aJ-n;..- ■Yfiti -n oi ib Ftdci i Goyetiiment iu'its'efo for" t.o U' f-at the pL.trs nod to overcome the nriin'd >*-i- ifu-e of the so called Confederate ct- tes, with a view to maiGtainfng and j rp inutiug :Le tuity of this Goverr-mrut. Rtiuhed, 3d, That io our ptehotia iffoits in tbt? pa*; or present to sustain the Govern- . meet of our country io this, her botii *>• trwl, j we -ru not justly liable to the charge of poll* tical teaobing; and in tho iuculeation of h-jal : principles an>l sentimenis, wo recognize the pulpit and the press as legitimit: iustruiwetf talities. Resolved, 4th, That a copy of the forego- j mg preamble and resolutions be transmitted j to the President of the Uuited States, signed by the Presideut, and countersigned by the Secretary of the Conference. After an animated debate, these were adopt ed by a vote of 132 yeas to 15 nays, as fol lows ; Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Anderson, Alters, Amos, Brown, Brittain, Brads, Berkstresser, Butler, Buckingham, Barnhart, Barnitz, Bouse, Black, Barnes. Bowman, Bender, Buckley, Buhrman, Chenowith, Conser. Chambers, Cooper, Cusile inan, Coleman. Caruv, Cleaver, Crever, Cole burn, Creigblon, Cadiien, Craig, Case, Dili, Dosh, DeMoyer. Downes, Dimlop, Drum. Dix on. Eyer, Furlong, Forrest, France. Foster,- Gere j J. Guyer, Gamble, Graham, A. E. Gibson, A- G • Gibson, Got wait, A. VV. Guyer. G.gdner, G T ! Gray, Guss, E. J.Gray, Greely, Howe, D. Hart ■ man, Haughawont, Hamlin, Harden, A. Harl raau. Harrow, Hinkle, Hunter, Hicks. Hart sock. Heyd, Hagey, Hoack, Hastup, John, Katbfus, Kirby, Kelley, Keith, Kester, King, l.ee, Lloyd. Miller; J. Monroe, W. It Mitls. Moor head, Mont gomery, Mo Murray, Meminger, Mclvee, D. S Monroe. Mendelhall, Mann, McCord, J. A. Mint roe. Cocke/man, S. W. Price, Porter, J. A. Price Polsgrove, A. A. Reese, Ross, T. M. Reese. J McK. Reileyv Rothrock, A. K. Reiiey, Kiddie' Rock, A. Smith, Sanks, Stine. Swiizer. Shaffer' Sherlock. Snyder, Sears, Snively, B. F. Stevens 1 Showalter, Shannon, VV. H. Stevens, Shetfer' Savidge, J. C. Stevens, M L Srr.iih. Swanger" Tippet, Torrence, Taylor, S. A. Wilson, R. 15. ; Wilson and J. T. Wilson—l 32. Mays—Messrs J. Wesley Brown, Deaie, I'. - 1 t-liiell, Hedgles, Hall, KEPLER, Kiasey, Me -1 Courtney, Morris, Parrish. F. R. Reese, tfo-tjeul, | Stevenson, Saangler and Welty—ls. I\ev. IleDry SQoet refused to vote, saying ' that no Annual Coeforenae should cotijpel him 1 to compromise himself on such quostiuui. ; This action of the Ceufevcncc places thai body ef Christians in the right on the gtcus | question, Whether the Union shall bo saved, |op whether Ki shall submit to the traitors, who are cow attempting to desGoy the fair I fabric erected by Washington and hie patriotia I compeers. V,' e always believed that the Meih -1 odist Church, North, was loyal, ami this action ! of the Conference proves it in a nr.anew uct t< |be misunderstood. Only fifteen oat of one | hundred and forty seven, sympathise with | those who dc i.e to destroy tlb glorious Re j public—and wo would advise those fi R-en, to | join the Church South, where, evidently, tleir | hearts ard. Anting" the yeas -re tinny with whom we art acquainted, men wLj have preach ed here, ia times part —arnoug the rest, lL.v. Sj.mncl Jiarnes, the pastor before the list.— We do trust that the Conference will send to this Station, tor the coming year, one, no mat ter v.: at his politics, who is loyal to ht coo > trv as well as to bis God—for a h-ve of Coun try and Religion go hand in hand—and not who would refuse to vote for loyal and pairi i otic Resolution* lite the above. To send any other amongst us would injure the cause of Christ aa well as the Church. All honor to the Loyal and Obiistiau men of lite East Bal timore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have p Diced themselves right |en the record. Good men always love their I country. LETTERS FEOM OUR SOIDIEfcS, Camp Saw Mill, Hajipsbiuk Co., Va. Match 4, ISG2. Mr. David Over: Sir:— As uwny of your readers are personally interested in the wel fare and whereabouts of the 110 th, and more particularly of Capt. Brisbic's Company of | '-Shysters," and us we have had soma changes lon the Upper Potomac lately, I'll try to give you an imperfect disariptiou of that which may iutercst your constituents. The 22 .<1 of Fob. was celebrated by our brigade in the usual wiv by firing cannon, &3., end iu the a ternoon Gen. Lander reviewed the troops and our ( : h-> i third) Brigade received great prai-o. On tbu ' 28th we were mustered for pay unJ 1 suppose ■ we will soon have more money Io send to Bod ! ford Couuty. Saturday, March the Ist ,wo j were roused up before day and got orders t> ; prepare for a mar oh We cookr-d three days ra | (ions, packed cur haversacks and about 4 : o'clock P. M., we took up our line of march i with the rest of tie Brigade. Wc marched i nine utiies and arrived at Big Cacapoti, about j 7 o'clock P. M., there along the banks of the , stream we bivouacked for the night, with or : ders to be ready for matching early in the | morning, but morning came and tiuia passed, yet we did not move. About 10 o'clock it j commenced snowiDg and tho boys went to bnild ! ing brush sheds at which work wc all got to be ! very proficient, as wc have bad considerable j practice for sometime past. About 3 o'clock P. M. we ieocived orders to "fali-io" and much to our disappointment instead of going we were marobed to our old quarters at Camp Saw Mill. On our way back we heard why we i were counter marched which was the sudden ' sickness and death of brave Gen. Binder, a loss which we feel to be irreparable, and had it not been for that unfortunate event I think we would have been in Winchester ere this.— Yesterday our Brigade was mirched down to Paw Paw to escort tbo General's remains to iha depot, it wis a grand and m--l mebolly sight. , On the ground there were twelve Itegini -ut of infantry, two of cavalry, ami one of artillery. The infantry with the exception of ono rejfi -1 >ueut were ranged on each side o.f the road with 1 arms presented, tbd lines extending from the ' house, the General's quarters, to the Depot; ' the Cavalry were drawn up on the right behind ; the irAuitry, and the attillcry on th-j left. In 1 the procession first came two rmrtiai bauds, ! ploying the dead unreb, then came the Ganer hl'b remains. Hufcoifih was wrapped ia the Stir | Spangled Banner, and on.it was laid hi* cap eod sword; the Bier was borne on rbe sbouiJ ora of tight Coluucls. After ibem cants sev eral luioLters, then General Tyler and another ifiiicr whole name I did not lc-arti, following cauie the Massachuvtfa sharpsbooteis (his I budy guard,)'iD(l last came the TtbObioß-gt. with time reversed, At intervals of a lew %mmm imauimut minutes from itio litno that tbe procession Kit | ibe boup., till arriving at tbeyliput, ten guns ; were fired. It was a day long to be remem bered by the whole division. Ibeio is a ru mor iu camp 'bar lien. Shields is to succeed hi,n in command. The weather ts very stormy, it came near blowing down our tents last night. ■ Our Uo!. is and has bctusiok forborne time, iD Cumberland, but his plauo is ably filled by j li'eut. Col. Growther. Too much praise can not be given to our Captain and Lieutenants for their kiudness to us, and the company are about ujikiug theui presents expressive of Our regard. It is aednowiedged *by ail that our company officers stand unrivalled iu the regi ment. Wo expect to moot* in a short time u-gaui and all our boys say the sooner the bet ter, as tbey are every day getting more eager to try what wo can do for our glorious old union- The general impression here is that rebellion has seen its palmiest days, but we want a "pitch in*' before it ends. Yours, &c., J.W. S. jr. IMPORTANT MOM FOBTIIESS HOXKOiH. TUS (jrliEiT NAVAL BATTLE OF fciTUSMY. FULL AND INTERESTING PARTIC ULARS. The Congress Bsirat and Blown up. Fgrm&M Moftaos, Murph 8 The long txpec'.ed rcbei SU atoll Murr iuiae has at last made her appearance, auJ yesterday afternoon, with the assistance of two gnn-bonts w'uich c oyt vi;'u her from Norfolk, and the Jutuij, town anff Yotkfowa, whi.-Ji eanro down from the James rivrr, made an attack upon Newport New; aD'i the tiara! vessels sttriouvJ at that plate. The Jl.:.rimao tt first seen from the ram pirte of Portres j Monro-, on hr way to New port New-, at about a quarter b fort 1 o'clock. Two rcb I gun-l')its icilowcJ for. Ti.t-y all carried Uurifed. rat- fKg.it liie steia. Tot gna-boats ha*i a French flag at the ma t herd, and the Mcrriui ,c h,.d a fig at her bows, Which was de'crtl cd by some as a UVuuaouore's fl g, uud by oinets ■ a black flig. She r ppeared to be very low iu the water. — lk-r idrs, bow, : ::d stem were covered, srh sloping iron plates xty f r the seeue of action. The Roanoke fig %bp having Kou diup led t•,, the brcakiug wa'cr begun 11 enter tho pott hi 1 s and soon after she carecuod ovet and finally sank at about 3 o'clock. The Newport Si wit battery and tho guns cf the Cumberland fired continuously upon tho Mcrriujae, but uo uppareut effect was pro duced. The Miuuc-ota utifortnn-.tely got aground on the v.ay up and could tff ;r hut little assist ance. Shortly before 3 o'clock the Jamestown and Yorbtowa arrived from up the James river.— the latter was disabled early in the afternoon by tLe Cumberland end put into shore for re pairs. Alter sinking the Cnmbeiiatid, the MerrtUtac turned her attention to the Congress, and in less than an hour sfterwarda a whit# fl ig vvt-s hoisted on hoard the latter. A rebel gun-boat immediately went along side of kor, aud the offi :ers aud marines being taken prisoners the seamen were allowed to es cape to shore. The Uuited States frigate St. Liwrenee ar rived here during the i-.tternoou aud without dropping aucbor j roooeded up the liver. She tollowoU the example of the Minnesota aud tba lioiuuke in firing upon Sewalt's Point, but her Shot fell short in like mannor with the others. Tnc gun-boat Mystic was also towed up in the alturooon. At sundown the Roanoke, St. Lrwrcnce and Mystic all returned. After 4 o'clock the Merritmo continued to throw shell iut> the camp at Newport New#, while the J ito-isfinwn and other rebel gun-boats com in mend , firing opoo fchc Minnesota. The latter replied an vigorctisly os possihlu and the cot fl.et w continued without auy apparent i J left until dark. During the evening the frigate Congress was s-t ou fire a nil presented a bridiant spectacle. At midnight she wa bk'wo up, causing a tro ur tidjus explosion. Daring too evening the Erieosoi steatn.T Monimr arrivtii very opportunely aud at ouce prrceedotl op rhs rivet, vlibongh she was not prepared tor aeiioo, to tuke her part. During the nigtit culy uu ocoiiStimsl guu Was fired. Reitifurcrmen's of men ud ammunition were scut to Newport Njws only iu tho af .ternoon. But little daiuige of a serious nature was Jane there, and uo one was kill ed. This morning the conflict was renewed.— Until the presence of the Monitor was known S to tho Mcrrimio, the latter was engaged with i the Minnesota, and but for the fortunate arri , val of the Monitor the Minnesota aio might , have been lost. I The two iron-clad vessels engaged each for j two or three hours at long tod at short rt'ige. I No perceptible effect was produced upon iother, i Tim weut alert;;.-ode once or twice, und seemed ! almo:t to run each other dowD, but they soou re-appcared. Tho Rticcson battery succeeded finally iu forcing a large liolo iu the port side of the Mctrimac, aud the latter in company with the whole fleet retired to Norfolk at about 1 o'clock. The U. S. gun.-boat Oregon was struck by the Meriiuiao iu her boiler and was blowo up this morning. m Tnc guu- boat Z-uavc was also seriously I damaged aud was obliged to return. The principal loss of life wvs on board the i Cumberland, where it is thought us many as ; otio hundred and fifty must have been kilitd or I drowned. j But stx lives wero lost ou the Minnesota, J according to a statement made by cue of her j officers. i A rebel gun-boa t was cut id two yesterday j afternoon by the i uu.btilind. Tho crew of the Miuucscti weie brought on ! shore this afternoon, and, with tnc *s>!M --! anee < f the Steamer Spaul iing, sic has bom ; got off and is now ou her way litre. Sic ! rcsciycti numerous shots, hut no serious d ru ! ??•. 'lim Congress is .-uppjscd to have li st over j one hundred, including an iffiier. Tuo es : cuped crows of the Congress tud Cambtriaud ' have arrived here. 'ihe Mouiter h s come up to the rxpec atioiib it.ut were entertained of her, and bs proved herself iarpregwahk to the hvtViCsi ••h' t at close qnrtt'rs. She behav.->i icmarkw'- •)' wt-li ou her p-.s-tsge from New York, and .;i hoceh the sea covered her deck- ts miploteiv at times, ! hoi speed did not scout to be utall iii.uiuiabed. j To ii-.r prcsviuic here any bo aitributeu tut : safety ut tbj Minnesota aud other vei.sds iu i port aud the final distn-iing of the Mcitimap which h d p-evi.iu.ly bein proof ag inst ove ry thing. Capt. Wordcn cf the Monitor wuu wounded ■ a toe Vrhde leokiug out of the wheel iiO U dv. i=i" No nthcr accident of auy kind occurred to I the Latt try or crew. Wd bo.ve not yet been Ue to oittiu a list ; of the k lied utni wounded, i N :vai men here .• ra generally of the opinion | that, considering everythi g, the rebels had the worst time of it, though, without the Monitor, tbe damage tuigut bare beeu much uiu c serious. DESPATCH TO Tli£> Si.CEItTA^-Y OF T£Si; Foaratss Moxbob, March 9.—G: 45 P. M. To G. II ells, Secretary of the Navy: The so timer Monitor ui tired at 10 o'clock lut night, a . i wuiit iuim .diAeiy to the protec tion of the Minnesota, lying sground just be low Newpoit News, At seven o'clock A. M. j i ihe Mat i uu'ic, necuuipauied by tvvo wouduu 1 t'*me.s slid several tug-,, stood up towards, the Minnesota aud opened fire. The Monitor m t tb. m at once, and opened 1 her tire, wkeu oil the eueury's vessels retired i exceptiu£ ihu Mcrrimae. Tuosa two irou-ela i j vessel la fought pari of the tiuio t.iuc'uing otcb [ ethir, from 8 o'clock A. M. till noon, whet! j | the Merrimao retired. \\ lu-thcr she is lujured ; jor out it is impossible to say. Lieut. J. S i Worcteu, who cuu.m. uded the Monitor, hand- i, i lei b.r with g.ojt til, assisted by chief Ka . giuct-r Si. uieis. Lieut. 'A'orden wis iuj ir d j by the cement fn ui ti o pilot-boase being u.iv j eu tuto hi- eyes, but 1 t u t uot seriously. Tin Minnesota kepi up a ccutiuoous fire, aril is beiseif somewhat ir.jured. Sua was uioyed considerably to-duy, aud will prob-bly be off to-night. The Monitor is uui jurod, aud ready at any m m.-at to repsl an-)titer attack. '.Signed} U. V. Fox, As-t. S oretary of the Navy. THE JL&.TE *AVAIa BfTTLE. Wasiiikgtbn', M.rcb 10.- Lieutensut Wise arrived this eft-rnoon, bringing desputcbe ftom F ftrcss Monroe. Bat few particular# have as yet traospir .d, as his interview with the Nuvy Department is mt eloocd. The foliowiug items are reliable : Caot. Radford wis • tigigod in a Court Mar tial, and not on b >ard the Cumberland! and i# therefore s-fc. Lieut. J. B. Stuith, sou of Coamrodore Smith, was on board the Congress and was killed The loss in killed, drowned und missing is suppoue'd to be about one hundred. MESS lit E FIUiITtHB PiIESIBEST. ! HIGHLY IMPORTANT PRO POSIT 10 V*. | THE GRACUAL ABOLITION OF SLAVERY- A Vigorous Mow at the El'ipf the Uts'o cl(4 W AfittitiQTON, Tuurspat, March G, 13G2. The President to-di_v transmitted to Coa greSs the following message: Pillow Citizens of the Senate and House of \ Representatives: I iocci.mnioD'l the adoption of b j-iut rco --' lution fiy ywitr lioo ; 'i !, le b-elics, which siiall Le | substantially as follows: Resolved, That the United Stat, s ought to : co-opetbs vi"li noy Stt wtieb m;y adopt a I gradual abolishm-ut of BUverv, giving to su.-!t i fttite p'-cuniaiy ifd t. be used by Mi.-it Si to ; iu its discretion to compensate for ttie inenu i vcriienee# pubih und private by such ohjiigsof ' systoiu. If the proposition contained in 'he resolution | Joes not m -ef tlie approval of Oongresund the \ country, there is the en ir but if i: does eo:u mind such approval 1 deem of importance that the S'ates unil people iima mitrelv tnteiCsted 1 -hoirld at ot;ce be distihetiy uoKfi td of the Let so that tbey may b.'gtu to Of-usilcr whether to l uccept or ifj -ct it. 'i'he Feo'eral Government would find its : highest iutorc.-t in such u mo ■ sure us one if 1 the most efficient uieaos of self-pie*#atiou. i'he leaders of tho existing i:.sorrection eßte;-* taiu the lops that the Government wJI uln umtely be forced to acknowledge tbe indepen dence of roiue part of the disatfeoted region, and thai all the Slave States nofb of fetich parts will then gay, ' Tlta TJoion for which we have rtrngglcd hi ing already gone, we now ' choose to go with tho Souibcrti iiectiott." I'o deprive them of this hope, -übstai ti.illy i ends the rebellion, and the initiation of ctuan | oiputiuu completely deprives thnii of it. A -1 to ell the States tolerating Slavery, would very I soon, if at all, initiate emancipation, but that, I while the offer is equally made to all, tho more j Southern, that iu uo event will the former i ever join the latter in their proposed Confeder acy. I say "initiation," because, in my judge ment, gradual, aDd uot sudden, emancipation is better for all. In the mere financial or pe cuniary view, any Member of Congress, with ecncus tables slid the Tieasory reports before him, can readily sec for himself bow very soon tte current expenditures of this war would purchase, ut u fair valuation, all the slaves in any named State. Such a proposition on the pail of the General Government sets up uo claim of a riiibt, by Federal authority, to in terfere with Slavery within State limits, refr --] r ng, as i d of, tie t.bsolutc control of the sut : jeet in each case to the State and i's people im mediately interested. It is proposed as a matter of perfectly free choice with them. Ju tho Annual Message, j last December, 1 thought fit to gay: "The Un- : ; ion mo-si he preserved; tud beccc all iudc-pen* S-lle luiat's mi si be i IU( Inyed." 1 saii this ! not hastily hut deliberately. War iisa beeu ,nd centrums t. be, an itidisponjable tpcans to ; 'his end. A pr-cticU reackfivw of i ibo Baiioa-J ttuiborlfy woti'.- feeder the war ' vi&nee< s-ary, und it would at once ceu*e, ; if, Low. vtr, f<-au>t..icc contiaucs, the w i must a!s* eoniiit- , end it is impossible to fore see all ihe iuciiiiuis which m.y uttind, and &1 i j the i uiu which may follow it. finch as lu.y j i seem iu dispensable, or mat obviojusiy prt-iu s ■ great ifficii|c\ toward euuing tbe struggle, uiu-t auo w ihs-cu mo. 'The pn pottiiuu now made, t! ougli an off r uuly, 1 hope it may ba esteemed no offense to ■sk whetiier the pecuniary constd. niuoa ten dcicd would nut he of uiote v .iua t, lh. State.- au-i pniVHte pcieoiis oouccrucd, tu&u .ru the. ia stitution si.op.< periy iu it, in the .picstßt es p.ct of afi'.iis. \Vtilu r. is true that, the adoptidu of ttie prop4f>ed icsoiut'.oo would be m 'itiy luttfetoiy, •nd not wihiu rise if a pr.cueil meafeure, it is lecoumieuded in tho tiopf that it soon load juAu purt ut rcsuits. In full view of my gicut reapuiisiwiiity to my Gad ami t my Ccuo try, 1 caincsriy b- g the atlen ion of Congress ami the peoplo to the su jeet. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. ' The Kresident's Message excited de-p inter i est in the tlouse to*iay-. it w.s cviiint that a docua.-eiit of sucb%o imp irtant character i w-.s not ge.jeraliy autic.pated. The reading i was called for by Mr. Stevens of .Peuosy 1 va. uia, and on bis motion referred to the c >tu i u.Lti.e of the Whole on the State of the Union, i iu which it wi.l be discussed. Soa.e of tbe luvuibens, apparently not fully ÜBi ierstaodiug it &a pronouueed frotu the desk, j u sued the manuscript at their seats, i'he subject therein discussed forms to-night a. lh*me or eauiosi couversatious. Tha similar character transmitted to tl.eSmate was n#t read. From the Phi!a. Press of Jhe Ith inst. Few uscn understand the fitur-ss of thiugs t-Citer vhm Mr. I'iesi lent Lincoln. 110 does everythiug at tbe proper time and iu the pro- j pt-r way. His luisugb of yestorday cou d j not hive been written at a iuoro appropriate j period. 1; con-s to the country when it is al- j most satiated with victory. Wbeiy following j even's, instead of rashly disregarding them, the President tik s the ocoision of our recent suooesaes it the West, and the large extent of reoacupied tariitory obtaioed by those victo ries to putlish to the world whit his policy skill lie, and to ask of Cungr.ss au endorse- of that policy. Aud iu maxiug tbie re quest, the President pays a high compliment io bis legislative colleagues iu ihe adunui-tra tion of' tiic feffai.s of Goverumeut. Tuey have clothed bio witli au abuudant confidence, aud jiiaced in his hands itnparial and uiiquestiuntd power. In ibe exercise of tuat power our Cuief M igi#;rata U#s driven the >teei of loy ally ifiio the heirt of the letio.iiou. lie has brought the mightiest couspiracy history te oord- to tho verge of an ignominious tail, aud wiilc pushing ou the good work to a speedy oouauiuii!rtiou he pauses to indicate the policy bis conscience e&lis unou him tu puisue. That }i diey ujjets our heartiest approval.— We cu .-ae uothiug iu the resolution t:ie Pre sident suggests, or the arguments wuhwhib be sustains that rceo'.utiou, to conflict with out ovvu recorded opinious. It comes to ua with almost the we of inspiration. We soe in its author the chief of a mighty people, tile chainpiou of a great ptmciple, the leader in a glorious war; we see a ruiur whose respuusi- Ihti s are greater than those of OISCINNATUS whan he beonue dictator, greater thaa to.&s of Washington wbeu he assumed command of his entiiusiaatie and uuiisotpliued ariuy.— Confiding in the wisdom wiiirb thus far has done a i thiuips Well, we should have felt it o.ir duty, even hid we differed from President. LINCOLN, to have surrendered our eoovtctioos to the good of the Republic. We take it that the feeling we thus express will bj echoed by the countty; for there is no true friend of the count y, no sincere lover of our fiig, woo would not sifltifice his opinions unhesuatiogly to the general welfare. loal sucrttiou will Oj \ deuncded. The President recommends the gradti 1 abo- ; litiou of riiv iy, with cauipeoauiiau to Uyal own rs. His Wards arc plaiu : 4 'Tim grr iu *1 i>bo ishtm nt a-f slavery, giving t> such £>t.> t , presjuinTj aid, to be u-cd by -uch iSta te, iu iu discretion, to compensate for the uicouv. uitn- , ccs, pu&Re *m> private, produced by auab ; change i i system.'' There can he no obj mo tion 10 the terms in which this reeouiuicudattou is couched, lie does not ask Congress to inaugurate my measure of emancipation—to pass a Uw saying that the slaves of South Carolina sln.ll be emancipated and their uwu cts ccntpansitou without South Uaioliua s con sent, but that the tToverniucnt "aught to oo opcrate with any Stue" seek lug to free itself ftcoj slavery. There is aotatug harsh, unjust, ;i r arbitrary. There is nothing even positive. As a praciiual measure, M. LINCOLN'S toes meau* uoibiiig. As a moral declaration pt the in motions of tbe Government, it i of l extraordinary importance. It adapts no idea, add is baaed on no theory. We can e where in it will displease our tadiea! friends, wL> will be satisfied with DOtbiug but iuiiiiedii(T! universal, aod uu recompensed emancipation. Those gentlemen of Southern ideas who COTI j aider slavery as a bleaaiug far above any olLtr ; exiatiog wiil also be indiguant and denunciato ry. Toe people, however, who have m> ym- I ptihy with either the theorist or Ihe traitor Wih ate in this declaration of the President > the true eapresaiou of the wishes, and pofi i cy kind and just to all. it will he aeen that the President exr.re - ses no opinion upon the judiciul questions arising out ol thie war. He says nothing of coufLcuUon—of employing slaves for niiliiiry put poses—of freeing the slaves of disloyal owueis. We legard Lis silence ua sn evidence of consummate wisdom. These quostioo* must be determined by the necessities of military events. Tb necessities of miiitry events are peculiar to the IStaUs occupied. Tfccy can only be appreciated by ihe generals iu coa uiand, acu to his generals the President leaves ilituj. Ho takes care not to violate the integ rity of a State's existence, by any interfer ence vrilh its local rights, but bases his action upon the broad principle, that, iu tendering compensatory emancipation to the owners in the Jj-ordci States, we dissolvo tho tie that makes them in sympathy wi h tbo Colt-u Stats, and by depriving toe truitcr leaders of any hope arising ot ih-at sympathy, suLsiaii tiafly end this rebellion. The President's ar gument on ilits pomt ts iug nicus a\d cctolvi- SLL Passing from all ihejc consideration?, Low "stor, auii ii.-wis.iiug th,a queeti -u as a im.t-i.-r of stltesiiiauship or argument, we rccogaiar ill fit tucsr• fee of Presidtu! LIACOLN a llibutd .10 tl a' gr:6i £ cithern stir uncut whiei. is to universally felt, which dwells iu the conscience of every reasoning Utah, aul wh.cti w e tre g ..; t< .-.e at la-t officially rrcogmxad—the sentiment ut leg ret at Lu ex sleuee of slavery. The lueu who bare doubted out President will uad io ;li expression of Lis opinion thai they have docu lr..a wrong. They will sec ib-t amid the ov.uwl.tluiiug interests and respon sibilities cd Ins high station, he does not fail to ui ci v.uut, after all, is the great is-ue iu voived iu this war. lie 'makes no question of loyalty or disloyalty, lie assumes ihe re s'.oratiun of our authority over the Uuiou as au iiievit.hle and imuieoikte fact, iie consi ders !ht*s- people of the Suuth as the deluded eitiz tis of the Union, which iu t. oir tuiducss they ;t< uipted to des'roy. And in order to secure the Ropc-lio agascst stiy recurrence of the whoso biit-r results we arc ttv so sadly experiencing, he asks Ootgresa so to shape its legislation that the institution exist ing iu the iTuuta, eiutrullmg its statesmen and crushing its people, which has fostered the social una political arLto racy ou whi h this rebellion is based, shall pass away. Not violently, not eiutllv, not to the injury of any individual 01 ittatc righis, not by ou'raging our iteliugs of humanity at the inauguration of servile war aui it/surruciiuc, uet igooiiag a single provision of the Constitution, not even offending ihe prejudices of those who are so sensitive on this institution; hut by a calm, jjst, sod cocsiieiate act of legislation, lie a.s the obligations of too Aduiioiaiii t'.on upon the oue part, and of every coasiitu eut ot iho A: mini- 1 ration upou the other, pre serving sacredly the good faith that shouli exist between them. 'Therefore, we bail this message oi President LINCOLN as the Opening of a new era in our -, hiftvo y. We have iud victories ic the field— let us unite and secure a victory iu the Cabi net and council chamber. No loyal mm cau hesitate or falter when the Presideut leads There can be, Lercaiter, but two parties ia (be polit Cil contest— who oppose ')3 Ad ministration, aud iu doing so oppose ihe Uaiun, and those who give to the President thai warm and ardent support which kuows no sel fish uad no personal consideration. Oar course is clear ou this question, and so, wo tliii k, is the course of every true-uiiuded and patriot io man. We see iu the poiicy of the PrtSidtm ihe path to be toilowed; and it is ihe only path to national union, peace, and perpetuity. i\OTUP CHEAT VICTORY. ST. LOLIS, March 10.—The foliowiug ta au official despatch to M j>r Gen. MeOleilao at Washington: The army of the south-west, uuder Geu- Ourtis, after three days' hard fighting, has gained a most glorious victory over the corn* bi&td forces of Van Horn, MoUullocb, Price and Mclutosh. Our loss is estimated at ouo thouiand killed, aod wounded. That of tire eneory is still larger. Guns, fligs, provisiona, &0., were espiurei iu large quantities. Our Cavalry are in pursuit of the flying euo uiy. [Signed] H. W. HALLBCK, Mijor Geucrel. (LF°Reader have you seeu Prof. Wood's ad veiiwemeot in our paper. Head it; it wiil ir. - tcrest you. $25 ! EMPLOYMENT ! $75 ! AGENTS WANTED! WE will pay truui $-1 to 76 per moiuh, and dl • xpviisrs, io active Agents, or give a commiMion. Partlcnhrs sont free. Ad tress KSIK f RIWISO Mv pi-.t.vE OHMPASV, ti. i AMES, General Agent; Jli lan, Ohio. Aug. 0, lt(il.-zs Andrews, who wis -imprisoned iQ iiufifilo for coumerfeitieg Ayku'k PiLLS, Las now been ttfdtctcd to Torcuio, with on? G. C. llri?gs of li .luHion, t). W.. t for c-.-nsptnng to defraud tha uutibc by their nefsuious pursuit, l.uprisou inont, though it be for enu scarcely pun ish euough the heartless viilain who could ex ecute such an impositioD Upoh the sick, 'i'ha wicked rasoal wtio, for paltry gain, couid thus tiifle with tho life aud health of his fellow umn—take from bis lipa iba cup of hopa wbila aiukitig,-aud aubsmut j an uttor delusion and cheat, would falter at oo crime, and should bo spared tin punishuicat. Soma of his tiash is I still extant and purehssera should be wary of whom ihey buy. [Gii.tte, Utica, N. Y.