Fiorn the New York Tribune.
Rorilor-Slate Fi-oclivitics.
Our readers will have already notec
that the House of Representative.! last
Thursday, on motion of Mr. Green Clay
Smith of Kentucky, by 93 Yeas to 01
Nays,
" Resolved, That, as our country, and
the very existence of the best Government
ever instituted by man. is imperiled by
the most causeless aud wicked Rebellion
that the world has ever seen, and believing
as we do that the only hope of saving ihc
country and preserving this Government
is by the power of the sword, wc are foi
the most vigorous prosecution of the war,
until the Constitution and the laws shaft
h" en forced and obeyed in all parti*/ th'
United States ; and to that aid we oppose
ant/ armistice, or intervention, or media
lion, or proposition for p.-ace from any
rpiarter, so long a there be found a Rebel
in arms against the Government: and we
ignore party names. lines, jnd issue .
and recognize but two parties in this war.
patriots and traitore."
This resolve, it will be noted, is a di
rect counterblast to one offered, a few days
before, bv Mr. Fernando Wood of this
city, propositi:: thfit the President be re
quested to send three Commissioners to
Richmond to sue for peace at the hands of
Jeff. Davis it Co. The House laid the re
solve on the table by substantially the
same vote ns the (tangoing —that is. those
who voted to pr>-- Mr. Smith's resolve vo
ted to lay Mr. Wood-'s on the table.
Some aspects of these vote* and their
impulse-. duscuv s|v ml attention.
Mr. Green Play Smith has been a vol
unteer officer in the ' til ;i ranks, and was
nominated on what '!,• !.■*•••sriile Jour
nal stigmatized us a " Republican plat
form"—that is, one of unconditional fi
delity to the 1 'nion. 1! e had two c> mpot
itors—l. W. Leathers, who cones as near
being a rebel as he can and ini-s it.and
J. W. Mcnsies, the late Member, who is
of the Guthrie and Garret Dav.s »eluxd
of Unionists—that is to say, a '• Border-
State man"of two years ago. The vote
oT* the District (opposite Cincinnati)
stood, Smith 6.05&; Leathers 1,970;
Mansion 2,283 ; Smith over h-tth compet
itors S<tch is the ihipui :e thai >-eni
Mr. Smith to Congress.
Now let us sci ho.vtho Border Slave
States voted on hi- resolution above:
Yeas— Delaware —Smithers—l. Mary
land—Cresswell. Winter Davis— - Ken
tucky—W. 11. I? intlj.ll, (■ ieeu t 'lay Smith
and Veaman—:>, Mi ■' —l?lov.\ Bovd,
Loan, iVTClurg—), Total 10.
y a ys—G. Harris—l.
Kditvelcy—ll.. ding. Glider, Mallorv,
Wad-worth— 4. mkwuri —l!",:l, James
S. Rollins, Scott—-'! Total 8.
•So that the Border Slave States give a
decide.l majority in of prosecuting
the war without compromise, armistice, or
overturn of any kind, until the last Rebel
«hall unconditionally submit to the author
ity aid aeknowc oge the indivisibility of
the I nion. And. hadevevy Member been
present and voted, the majority would al
most certainly have been greater.
Now see the figure that some other States
cut on this vote :
OHIO—LEO*—-Ashley, Ga:field, Eck
lcy, Sehenck, Spaulditig—s.
Kays —-Blis>. Cox, Finck, llutehins.
Wm. Johnson, Leblond. Long. M'Kinnev.
S. R. Morris, Noble, John O'Neill, Pen
dleton, P. A. White, J. W. White—ll.
Here is a vote of nearly three to one
from the great ami free State of Ohio
against the proposition of a Kcntuckian
that the I'uion shall live though Slavery
should die to preserve it. And every one
of these fourteen Nays is cast directly in
the teeth of a recent vote of the People
of their State—the largest ever cast in the
State, af er the most earnest and thorough
onnvaj-—rolling up over One Hundred
Thousand majority for the vpry proposi
tion that the representatives of Ohio. every
one condemned by the authentic voice of
his own District, thus seeks to defeat.
Take another Border Free State :
ILLINOIS.— 1 ea» —Arnold, Farnsworth,
Lovejoy. Norton, K. B. Waahburne—s.
Says—J. C. Allen, W.J. Allen, Kden.
C. M. Harris, Knapp. Morrison, Robin
sotdfcßoss, Stuart—9.
Here is another Free State voting, by
nearly two to one, against a vital proposi
tion tint# her people have just indorsed by
el least Thirty Thousand majority. Not
five of these members could be reelected
to-morrow, on the platform on which they
have just placed themselves.
But let us see how our o\cn State ap
pears on this record:
NEW YORK. — Yeas —A. W. Clark, T.
T. Davis. Fen ton. Frank, Hotchk-s. C.
T. Hulburd, O. Kellogg, S. F Miller. 1).
Morris. Odcll, Pomeroy, Van Yalken
bttrg—l2.
Says —Brooks, Chanler, Gannon. Gris
ico/d. Derrick. Kornan, S'elst/ii. Radford,
•I. B. Steole, Ward, M'iiifie/d Fernando
Wood—l 2.
So that New \ork stands e juallv divi
ded on an issue just decided in the affirm
ative by.her people, by an emphatic ma
jority of Thirty Thousand. And auiong
those voting Nay are five fin italics above)
who at home pass for " War Democrats"
—at least, did so when they were in want
• of votes. Mr. Griswold, for instance, was
elected iu a district which, as he well
knows, would give 2,000 majority to-day
for Clay Smith's resolve, and sent him to
Congress because he was supposed to stand
on the \V ar platform. Mr. Winfield made
Y\ ar speeches throughout hi district when
he was looking for a seat in Congress, and
he will have to make them stronger and
hotter before he gets reelected. And Mr.
Nelson accepted rtie Colonelcy of the vol
unteer regiment raised in (lie county just
before his election, and resigned it just af
terward. It will take at least two regi
ments to reelect him on a Fernando Wood
Peace platform.
We are not complaining of anv of these
votes. Gentlenieu will make up theit own
i-ccord as they see fit, and then justify it
.to their constituents as they can. We'ou
ly rerauuj them of the advice of a sagac
ious old legislator to his green young suc
cessor: Always vote the way that don't
need any explanation. *
UNION AND IN»EPF.««SCE.—-We must
be unanimous," observed Hancock, on
the occasion of signing the American Dec
laration of Independence; "there must be
no pulling different ways—we must all
hang together." -Yes," added Frank
lin, "we must all hang together, or most
assuredly we shall all hang separately.' -
Tito Winter's Work.
! ; Though the winter season may enforce
1 a su-pension of hostilities in Virginia, and
even for a brief interval delay the advance
of Grant beyond the celebrated triangle
formed by nature and the railroads, whose
i lines intersect at the three points of Chat
tanooga, Cleveland and Dalton, yet there
will be no cessation of military enterprise
at other points of the vast field of opera
tions, where Northern frosts and snows are
unknown.
Already we hear from Beaufort, South
Carolina, of ar\,expedition being fitted out
there under the command of a fighting
, General. The latest advices from Texas and
New Orleans indicate increased activity in
the Department of Gen. Hanks, who, it
would seem, has an excellent lieutenant in
Gen. Dana, now in charge of the army in
T The vigilance and energy oi'Gen.
Butler will neither 'slumber nor sleep' in
■ that coast-region, which forms his import
ant field of opera! ions, and where the mi Id
winter season it usually experiences, may
give him just the kind ofjopportunities he
will delight to improve. As he has got
now on (lie left tide of the "Confederacy,"
along the Eastern Virginia and North Car
olina coasts, wo should feel but little sur
prise—or, perhaps it would be- better to i
i say, we should feel only a gratified surprise !
| —if this shrewd, restless, resourceful Hen
I Butler would be able, some day, to plant a j
i blow underthofifth ribof his enemy—and
! so anticipate Garni * who is; no doubt ac-1
i tivelv preparing to delivor hit blow on the
itlier side, when he shall have made Chat
tanooga a storehouse of supplies, and ren- I
: dered the great mountain fortress of which |
! lie has posse- ion—the triangle already i
i spoken of—impregnable
With Grant and Butler and Banks j
there will indeed be no delay. But Grantl
alone has a force under his command ad- j
1 equate Iq the work before him. The other
two Geucrals will probably accomplish all i
| that in the nature of things can bo accom
plished with the means at their disposal, j
I but we trust that every energy of the j
Government will be bent to the task of j
] reinforcing them.
; And now one word on this all-important :
I l.i-k of reinforcements,
j \Ve do n-t think this will be best done j
Ih any < t tlio violent methods urged by j
- >:ac lneon-ideratc people upon Congress I
but :t can be doue effectually by employ- j
Mil;.'the twenty millions appropriated by
Congress to pay bounties to encourage en- I
liniment*, and the fund to be rcali
. zed by the payment of three or four hun
dred dollars commutation liiotjey for each
: per.-" >n exempted under that clause of the
Enrollment Act. to raise an army of South
ern I nion men—nun who will render j
. more than lip-service—who will render !
' loilitarj sen ice—to the Union, and fight
its enemies of any and every color, them
: elves not being judged or condemned by
| reason of their color.— Pitts. Gazette.
i HOPE. —It stole on its pinions to
i the bed of disease, and the sufferer's !
1 frown became a smfle—the emblem of i
| peace and love. It laid its hand upon j
the arm of the poor, j
1 forth at the command of unholy im-1
! pui ses, and save him from disgraced
j and ruin. It dwelt likca living thing I
: in the mind of the mother, whose son j
tarried long.after the promised time j
i of coming, and saved her from deso- J
lation and the ''care that killeth." * |
It hovered about the head of the I
youth who had become the Ishmael of j
society, and led him onto works which
even his enemies praised.
No hope !my good brother. Have i
it, beckon it to your side. Wrestle
with it that itmay not depart. It may j
repay your pains. Life is hard enough j
at best, but Hope shall still lead you
over its mountains,and sustain yon a
mid its billows. Part with all besides,
but keep thy Hope.
TIIE FREEDOM CONVENTION.— In an- j
nouneing that the Freedom "Convention,
which was t>. have met at Louisville Ky.,
on the Bth of January, has been postpon
ed to some time in the month of Febru
ary or March, in order to afford opportuni
ty for futher'conference, that harmonious
action may be had, the St, Louis Democrat
says:
"The convention, which will represent '
the radical Unionists of the South, will be j
one of the most important bodies, if not !
the most important, that can come togeth-!
Erin the present crisis. It will represent j
the men who hold the question of rccon- |
construetion in their hands. The radical j
anti-slavery movement in the South has :
recently, and slhee the call for a conven
tion was issued, excited such vigor and I
extended development that the work to be j
performed is greatly enlarged beyond what !
was at first contemplated. Instead of be- J
ing designed to organize such a govern- j
meat, it has*now to deal with anorganiza- '
tion in full progress. -V locality will be
selected most convenient to the Southern
Unionists, and due notice will be given of j
the time of the meeting.
Bgf„\Vhon I look upon the tombs of the
great. every emotion of envy dies in me;
v. hen I read the epitaphs of the beautiful,
every inordinate desire goes out; when I
meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb
stone, my heart melts with compassion;
when I see the tombs of the parents them
selves, I consider the vanity of grieving for
those whom we must soon follow, when I
see kinirs lying beside those who deposed
them, when I consider rival wits placed side
by side, or the holy men that divide the
world with their contest and disputes. I
reflect with sorrow and astonishment on
the little competitions, factions and de
bates on mankind. When I read tho sev
eral dates of the tombs, of some that died
yesterday, and some six hundred years, 112
consider that great day when we shall all
of us be contemporaries, and make our ap
pearance together.
A MINISTER'S CONUNDRUM.—A story
is told of a grave divine on Cape C id, not
long since, who awoke from a comfortable
nap in his chair and discovered his amia
ble helpmate in the act of mending his
pantaloons. Inspired with a love of fun
which seldom affected him, he inquired,
'•Why are you my dear, like the evil ad
versary spoken of in scripture?" Of course
she was unable to discover any resem
blance. "Because," said he, --while the
husband man slept you sowed the tares !"
Site Jliumtaii (iitucn.
•J I§|l
THOMAS
CYRUS E. ANDEKSON,
______ pA "
WEPM Sl) V VAX. Iso 112.
iJjJ* " Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, One
and 'nieparablo."—D. Webster. •
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1801 :
A Bit All AH LIXIOLS.
The Vnlcrriflotl.
Tlie Democracy of Pittsburgh liavc
lield their convention for the nomination
of Municipal officers. After a prelimin
ary organization was effected, and the dif
ferent wards called over, it was ascertain
ed, that over half the city was unrepre
sented. Sonic were in favor of adjourn
ing till they could drum up a full repre
sentation, while others were forgoing
ahead at once. They finally effected a
permanent organization, and without much
difficulty made their nominations. One
delegate frankly avowed that the absence
of delegates was, as on a former occasion,
ominous of defeat. Doubtless he is right.
The truth i", the unexpected threshing
they received at the hands of the loyal
voters last fall, has not only discouraged
them, but has "demoralized" them all
over the country. Thousands of honest
men, who through a delusion, voted with
them then, will never do so again. Even
the leaders have 110 heart to prepare for
another canvass, which can only result in
rout and disaster.
There is little prospect of them ever
again being able to give battle " in 112 irce;''
nil that they possibly can do, will bo to
form guerrila parties by which they may
make an occasional dash on our advance
or rear guard—this will require the more
vigilance on the part of our pickets, but
will never be able to stay the victorious
march of the army of freedom.
The I^'Kittlaturo.
The Legislature of this State met yes
terday. Tin- Senate will stand, political
ly, sixteen for the Administration party,
and sixteen against it—Senator White, of
the Indiana district, being a prisoner at
Richmond; his resignation, however, has
been smuggled through the rebel lines,
and it is therefore probable that his seat
will soon be filled by a special election or
dered for that purpose.
In the House, the Administration has
fifty-two against forty-eight; this gives
them a good working majority. There is
one or two contested seats in the Ilotfec.
'uttliey arc not likely to effect the Ad
ministration party unfavorably.
It is well for the country that parties
I stand as they do ; were it otherwise, we
i might have serious trouble in maintaining
jour present proud position as a loyal State.
Wo have every assurance now, that what
ever, measures may be found necessary for
the efficiency of our arms, or the com
fort of our brave soldiers, will receive that
warm united support which patriotism and
wisdom alike suggest.
W hen the present civil war was forced
upon the country, there was a law on our
statute books, unobjected to and unre
pealed. authorizing the vote of our volun
teer army, in case of war. to be taken in
camp—it set proper guards round the bal
lot box—all tint was necessary to secure a
fair vote. Thus, when our present vol
unteer army was filled up, the young men
of our State who entered it, had a right
to expect that they would be allowed to
exercise the right of suffrage under that
law; but in this they were disappointed.
Iu order to remedy this evil, and secure
them the rights they thought they always
enjoyed, the last legislature passed,
amongst others, an amendment to the Con
stitution, securing to our volunteers the
right of suffrage. Before this amend
ment becomes a part of the organic law.
it must pass the legislature this winter,
and then be adopted by a direct vote of
the people at an election to be held un
der a law authorizing it, and of which at
least three months notice has been given.
One of the first, and most important
duties therefore, resting upon the legisla
ture now entering on its labors, is to pass,
without delay, this constitutional amend
ment. and also" to provide by law for a spe
cial election to be held throughout the
State for its adoption. This election might
be held in* May or June, ft is to be hop
ed that the legislature will press this mat
ter on at one, giving the enemies of the
soldier no time to get up organized oppo
sition. They should, by all means, have
their votes at the next October election.
The question of State bounty may also
be before the Legislature ; if so, we hope
to see it treated in a spirit of liberality
and justice. No legislature need ever be
afraid of going too far in behalf of the
soldier.
jgs&T' An editor out West says:—
"If we have offended any man in the
short but brilliant course of our career,
let him send us a new hat, and say
nothing ab»ut it."
(lie Needy Cared Fop.?
Th ahovo is a question that each one
shoul ask himself. Resides those who
are u- ally dependent upon the charity of
Jhe w rid, there is at this time quite a
numb r. who, without the attention of
their i iighbors would certainly suffer.—
Have hose all been amply cared for, or
are so ie of them still short of the neces
saries if life ?
Wc have just passed through one of the
sevcrd! winter storms that it has ever
been fur lot to experieflee. The nights
of th<jfirst and second of January, ISO 4,
will liig be remembered by many a brave,
who 01 those memorable nights, with fix
ed bawnet, paced his lonely round, as he
stood jicket along the banks of.the Rap
paliannoek. His suffering not 111010 in
tense from the cold blasts of winter, than
from the anxious reflection, llow is it
with my poor family at home? Have
they been properly eared for by those
whose substitute I am here, or do they
too puffer the severity of the blast?
In a former article, wo took the liberty
to suggest, that there should be an organ
isation in every township in the county,
"ibr the express purpose of attending to
tii-- matter.
The thought has occurred to us that
t.creis a Teachers Institute in every towu-
Siip. Why could not they be the nc
qeus of such an organization ? It is',rue
'Wny of its members arc females, and frc
qwutly strangers to the township, where
tlftv teach,.but this would not be a valid j
objjetion to their undertaking this patri
otic work. They could call in the assis
tance of young ladies, and gentlenrcn too,
and this might make it quite agreeable to
nil ' »
The n,ost of us have exhibited more or
loss energy, and suffered, oven some cold,
for the purnpse of meeting with our good
neighbors Dund a Christmas or New
Year's supper. Why cannot, at least, as
much energy be exhibited in this patriot
ic duty ?
It is to l>! hoped that no nlother will
let her children suffer for any of life's com
forts, while Iter neighbors are ready and
willing to abpply them, as son as they
are made acquainted with their wants.—
Speak out six 1 let your wants be known,
and they will be as speedily supplied.
Tlic Il<vlinitnp; ol' (lio Dud.
When Secession was first openly avow
ed in our National councils, some of our
statesmen were bold and patriotic enough
to declare tint the physical power of the
country used to coerce them in
to obedience.' To this, those original trai
tors would r<ply. that there was no power,
under the Constitution. to "coerce a State."
and that if Mich power existed, j»l ill, it
would be useless to attempt to exercise it,
as it would only alienate and divide us
for ever. " Attempt to coerce us," said
they, " and we can never be reconciled—
we will never send numbers to Congress,
nwr in any way act under the Federal
Constitution or laws," and this avowal
was received by many in the North, as lit
erally truthful. And thus, while they as
sented to the prosecution of the war,still
they would inquire, " where will the end
be? How can we restore civil govern
ments to the States in insurrection, after
we defeat them in the field ? Can we
compel them to take upon themselves the
responsibilities and burdens of States in
the Union ?" To all these the answer, in
substance, '• sufficient is the day for the
evil thereof." " First destroy their mili
tary power, and all else that stands in the
way will easily be overcome."
Many entertained the belief that from
the beginning there was a large portion
of the people of the dis
tricts, in favor of adhereing to the " old
Union." But ibis could be little else th:ui
speculation, until these districts wore en
tirely relieved from the iron grasp of the
bogus Confederacy—this long looked for
event has at last come, so far, at least, as
some of the States are concerned.
| . This brings us to the solution of the
question, '• How can they be restored to
j their former political relations to us ?"
| This question, the President proposes to
[ solve by inviting thcin. when a sufficient
number is found willing, to re-organize
their State governments and come back—
, hence too, his proclamation of amnesty;
thus relieving them from the consequen
j cos of their past crimes; and now the
! Loyal people of the whole country, and
I perhaps the disloyal too, are looking for
| the results that will attend these mcas-
I ures. Already the signs are propitious.
| A movemcut is already on foot, in both
| Tennessee and Louisiana, which we trust,
, will absorb the disloyal clement still re
maining within their borders, and bring
those States' back where of right they
belong. Hut of all the States where re
action has fairly set in. Arkansas seems to
take the lead. Relieved from rebel rule,
she at oiice commences the work of re
construction in earnest. The following
from the N. Y. Tribune gives a glowing
account of a Union meeting held in that
State, which means something.
At a meeting of a large and highly re
spectable number of the citizens of Saline
and adjoining Counties, held at Benton,
Ark., on the evening of the 4th inst.,the
following proceedings wore had :
On motion, Capt. E. H. Vance of Sa
line county, was called to the chair, and
the Hon. Willis Jones of Pike county was
appointed Secretary.
After a brief explanation of the object
of the meeting hty the President,- it was
moved and seconded that a committee of
thirteen be appointed to draft resolutions
expressive of the sense of the mcetipg,
which committee were it* follows :
Capt. S. G. Weaver of Clark co.; Capt.
A. S. Arnold of Sevier co.; ('. T. Jordon
esq., and the ltev. M. L. Langley of Clark
co.; Capt. M. Stinnett, Capt. (>. Epper
son, l>r. J. Put-nam, J. Mitchell, esq., and
the Rev. S. I'. Cantrill, all of Pike co.;
the lion. J. Spivey, A. Il&rtgrave, and
Dr. J. 11. Greon. all of Hot Spring's co.;
and the Rev. J*. C. Priddy of Montgome
ry co.
The Committee reported after due delib
eration the following preamble and reso
lutions.
Whereat, The history of our country
and especially of this war has illustrated
in the most striking manner the blighting
effects uf Slavery, as well a- the great su
periority of free ins! i
Whereas, The people of the Slave
States in deference to the i ights of the few
slaveholders, who constituted but an insig
nificant minority of their fellow-citizens,
have for yuars tolerated an institution,
which has ever been a burden upon their
energies, and a blight upon their every
best interest; and,
Whereas, Assisted by political dema
gogues, these same slaveholders, in viola
tion of the obligations alike of gratitude
and humanity, have availed themselves of
our tolorenee to drag our country into a
devestating and a most unholy war; and.
Wherea*. Too, by an infamous system
of legislation, they have thrust us. who
have ever protected their rights, forward
to light their battles, while they remainod
at home to reap all the benefit, if any ben
efit should accrue; and,
H'/K -reas. These same men, now that
they are whipped; with an unparalleled as
surance. arc socretely organizing and using
their money, thus infamously pre
with a view to the recstablishuient of this
accursed institution in our State, afler 11#
Army shall have boon dissolved by peace;
and.
Il'/iemj*, They propose to effect tlrs
latter object by making Arkansas the ren
dezvous of all the slaw and slaveholder*
of those .States to which the unation
does not apply : and,
WVi'.-m/*, Our Constitution, a.'it now
stands, renders this plan entirely practica
ble : therefore, be it- v
Rrxnhid, By these citizens if Arkan
sas here assembled :
First: That wo hid the Proclamation
of Emancipation• with heartfelt delight,
not only as an efficient war mea-nre. but as
the harbinger of a regenerated South.
Srcoiul: Tliat, as theTroelaniation has
only freed tho slaves now in the States,
and has therefore not finally settled the
question, but leaves room for great fraud
and for the ultimate rcestablishment of
Slavery in this State, we should call a con
vention as soon tin practicable, and so
amend our Constitution as to place the
question beyond the reach of cavil.
Third: That, in order to carry out
these views, we call upon all the loyal cit
izens of Arkansas to organize and to arm.
and to pledge themselves never to lay
down •heir arms riyt only until this un
righteous Rebellion is cru-hed, but until
every trace of Slavery is eradicated from
our midst finally and forever.
Fourth: That The N. V. Tribune,
Missouri Democrat, Chicago Tribune,and
the Fort Smith New Era. be requested to
publish these proceedings.
Col. W. M. h'ishback of Sebastian
County, after reading the preambles and
resolutions to the audience, took them up,
and in.a powerful ana doquool speech dis
cussed them clause l>y clause. llis scath
ing denunciation of the slaveholders for
tin; course they pursuod. and the enthusi
astic cheers with which it ,vas gteeted,
are beyond the power of description, lie
laid their infamy open in all its nakedness,
in getting up a war for their benefit alone
(though constituting but one in about fif
ty of the inhabitants), and then causing
laws to be passed exempting themselves
and forcing the /ioor from their families to
(i;:ht against their every best interest, lie
showed, in a most conclusive manner, that
the people owed it to themselves not only
:o adopt the resolutions, but to act upon
them; and after congratulating his audi
ence upon the near approach of the time
when every man would feel, as he had not
before felt, that he is indeed a frem an,
he took his scat amid enthusiastic cheer
ing.
'l'lie resolutions were then passed unan-
i month/, and amid evidence of the deep
est earnestness.
After the passage of the resolutions
('. S. Gordon. Ksq.. rose and gave a touch
ing ami ciiMjiicut narrative of his experi
ence as a "Mountain Fed." The Kev.
S. 1). Canlrill, the lion. W. Jones, War
ren Hallmian and Capt. Martin followed
in patriotic and appropriate speeches,
which were each greetod with repeated
applause.
LAST ADMONITIONS TO A LAZY BOY.
—A late clergyman, who was as well
known for his eccentricity as his talents,
one day sent his son a lazy kid, about
12 years of ago, to catch his horse.
The boy went saunteringaloug. halfasleep,
with an car of corn in one hand and the
bridle in the other, dragging the reins on
the ground.
"Thomas!" said his father, calling after
him in a solemn tone of voice, ■ come here,
Thomas; I want to say a word to you be
fore you go."
The lad lazily returned, and parson pro
ceeded: (
" You know, Thonyis, I have given you
a great deal of good courieel. You know
1 have taught you, bdfore closing your eyes,
always, to say,
Now I lay me down to sleep, &c.,
besides a good many other things in the
way of exortatiim and advice. But this is
the last opportunity I shall ever have of
speaking to you, and I couldn't let it pass
without giving you my parting advice.—
Be a good boy, Thomas, and always say
that pretty prayer when you are going to
sleep. 1 fear I shall never seeyouagain."
As ho said this in a very grave and sol
emn manner, the poor lioy began to be
frightened, and burst into tears with this
exclamation :
■" Y'ou'll never see mo again, pa?"
" No—for I shall die before you get
back with the horse."
Thisquickeued Thomas' ideas, and gath
ering up the bridle-reins, he ran and caught
the horse sooner than he had ever done
before.
An Eloquent Oefcnse.
Mr. heat ham, member of the British
Parliament for the bourongh of H udders
field, addressed his constituents on the
!)th iiißt., and in the course of his remarks
made the following pungent allusion to
tho destruction of Kagosinia :
" There are many people who have great
sympathy with bombarded Charleston—
Charleston, flic nest of tho rebellion,
warned for months'what was coming up
on her—but they seemed to have no tears
for this defense ess, tli s innocent outraged
population, perishing beneath British
broadsides, ami in execration of the men
who, in the name of just and merciful
Kngland, have perpetrated these atroci
ties."
In a suboeijuent pavt of his speech he
said on tlic subject of our war :
" On a previous occasion I remember
stating that I considered the war in Amer
ica one not so much of great and decisive
battles as of siege and blockade. The
federal arms have been crowed with suc
cess to a degree which those who spoke
with tho greatest confidence a year ago
could scarcely have velitured to predict.
The conquest of the wholo line of tho
Mississippi has cleft the < Vmfoderacy asun
der. It has shorn it of half its strength ;
it has cooped up the rebellion in one cor
ner of America ; it has exposed to cer
tain and easy subjugation the vast States
of Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana ; it has
dedicated anew to progress and freedom
its vast territories stretching westward to
the ocean—the illimitable are t over which,
in the programme of secession, slavery was
to have extended—and it is one of the
most odioy . necessities of that great crime, !
that it must forever-spread or perish.—
| Hear.] It has secured to tho I'nion this
vast growing ground of tho American em
pire; out of which States as great and
popular as the kingdoms id' Luropo are
destined to arise; and, finally, it has pro-
the West, and by insuring a high
way for her commerce, and binding up
her mighty fortunes with those of the
Kast, has arrested the last great peril which
still menaced the ilepublie. | Cheers.J
NO KAY OP IIOI'E FOIt TUB HKUKI.B.
'■ Hut these operations have' likewise
pierced tho Confederacy to the hoart.—
'l'be position which the federals have ta
ken up,at Chattanooga, and from which
manifestly no effort of the Confederates
can dislodge them, will enable them to
prey upon the vitals of tho rebellion.—
Desperate, indeed, the plight to which the
ruined cause is now reduced ! 'I banks to
the firmness of the British government,
[hear,] —ajl hopes of Kuropean aid with
drawn; the steam rains safely siczed which
were to have raised the blockade—[cheers]
mutiny and treason in the camps at home;
Alabama and Georgia full of disaffection;
North Carolina almost in open revolt;
Kentucky gone; Texas, Louisiana, and
Arkansas going; half Tennessee gone;
half Virginia gone; Maryland gone; New
Orleans, the greatest city in the Confede
racy, in the hands of its enemies; Charles
ton. the cradle of the rebellion bombar
ded ; Richmond in danger; starvation
everywhere, ahd gold and credit nowhere;
[cheers] the paper dollar worth just as
fnatiy pence as it purports to be worth -bil
lings ; the remaining sustenance of the
people in the hands of gamblers arid shar
per-. immense hostile armies advancing
from every side, and occupying, one after
! the other, those military positions which
j inn ! eventually command the whole coifn
iry ; the republican cause triumphant, and
i that by vast, majorities, all over the North
| —[loud cheers] the hope of a pro-slavery
and democratic President, that last among
the many false hopes of sece -ion. thus ef
fectually taken away; the courage and de
termination of the North rising from day
I today in proportion as they see the strug
gles of their victim grjwing loelder an I
fainter—where is there in all this a sin
gle ray of hope for the South, or a single
drop of consolatian for their abettors in
this country'!
" ISliud indeed must be the man who
has carefully watched or pretended to
watch, the progress of events during the
year, and whatever may be his desires or
his predilections, has not been forced to
the conviction that the great end is com
ing—manfully struggled against, again
and again retarded, at times apparently
almost arrested—but still coming, like the
sure march of Destiny or the inexorable
Nemesis of crime. And 1 rejoice that it
is coming. [Cheers.]
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY NOT A FAILURE
l: Had this rebellion prospered—had
America succumbed —had she shrank
from her terrible responsibilities—had she
permitted her flag and her laws to be
trampled in the mire, advantage would
have been taken of her feebleness, her pu
sillanimity, and her failure to roll back the
tide of liberty ajl ovcr thc world. [Cheers.]
We should have been told that a S;at>
which submits to its own dismemberment,
which commences its own dissolution, that
that State is unworthy a place in the great
comity of nations,, and that that form of
'government had forfeited the respect and
confident eof us all. [Cheers.] This re
bellion was scarcely hatched when the
exultation of those whose cause is not that
of the people—jumping to the instant
conclusion that it must prosper—knew
no bounds. We were told that the
American bubble had burst' [hear awl
laughter]; that the republic was a rope
sand ; that the great experiment had
Bnlcd. We were told also to lift our eyes
and to witness the wrath of ffeaven des
cending upon a people who had dared to
flourish without a |>eerage, a priesthood or
a prince. [Loud cheers.] And the in
ference which was drawn from all this
was. that in a country in which democra
cy, iri the American sense, has no better
chance than polygamy .any measure which
should have the effect of missing any por
tion* of the unenfranchised population out
of the political degradation under which
they labor, would be a stride in the direc
tion of American democracy, and, there
fore, of American ruin.
"Whether a just inference or not, now
that the prophecies have prove 1 false, we
have a right to turn round and force back
those who drew this inference, step by
step, through all their deductions, and to
arene in favor of those very inea-ure-vof
liberalism which their tannin were inten
ded to prejudice and condemn. And
don't Ipt us be told that because habeas
corjnif has been suspended, and the most
licentious press in the world placed tempo
rarily under control, therefore the Ameri
can constitution has broken down under
the prodigious drain to which it has becitt
Hulijeeted. Kor what plainer proof is
there of the strength of that constitution
than the ease with which it has adapted
i'.self to the sudden pressure of events?
"It particularly raises our faith ■ in tho
freest institutions, in a constitution based
upon the most liberal and popular uiodol,
—universal fcuflriiLrc itself—to w.tness the
cheerfulness and confidence with which a
people so jealous of personal liberty have
deposited in the hands, of the executive
I hose priceless rights which all experi
ence mid all reason teach us must be sur
rendered in timosof imminent public ppril.
The constitution itself provided for the
emergency, and the Executive him been
clothed with an almost autocratic strength
for the moment, because the people arc
aware that in a country where liberty is
placed upon a broad and iudestructiiblo
basis, its overthrow through the abuse of
power in the Executive is absolutely im
possible.
KNCII.ANI) ANI) AMERICA.
" 1 don't come here to eulogize the in
stitutions of America at the expense of
our own. I have always hitherto tnain
taified that we have "no occasion togo to
\mcriea to school lijr anything. Institu
tions, natural and necessary there, might,
I am well aware, fail if imported into tho
midst of a sosiety which has grown gray
in the service of privilege, and in the
worship of proscription. In referring to
this aspect of the American question 1
have done so not in order to draw compar
isons to the disadvantage of my country,
but in order to point out that the attempt
which has been already mado*to preju
dice the cause of progress here by refer
ence to events which are taking place
there, is based upon an assumption of fee
bleness anil failure which is eonffury to
fact." [Cheers.]
Hnddersfield, the borough represented
in Parliament by Mr. I.eiitnAln, is a man
ufacturing town fourteen miles from I. cods,
and contains about thirty thousand inhab
itants. It has between one hundred and
two hundred woolen fiiills.
MIIVS HY TIXKGIIiPiI.
Ppwlul (Mftpatcli to tlm •I'lttvbmgh Gaxetto.
\\ ash t n(iton . Doc. 24.—(Jen. Thomas
reports that, lie has furnished Gen. Hanks
with 17, "tin well armed colored soldiers,
and that he has had o I.oo'l men, women
and children under his protection, the able
bodied of whom he lias hired out to plant
ers in the vicinity of bis operations, lie
has leased abandoned cotton arid sugar
plantations to farmers at the rate of four
dollars per bale of. cotton, one cent per
pound for sugar, and live cents per bushel
for corn and jnitatnes—which proceeds go
into the treasury of the United Slates, and
the farmers pay a revenue tax in addition,
j Great success hag attended this arrange
ment, which has proved satisfactory to all
I parties.
Gen. Thomas returns to his field of la
bor immediately; thence lie goes to New
Orleans and Texas, arming the blacks ev
erywhere. lie has ten regiments of them
i ready to send to Gen. Grant.
'I he War Department has decided to
pny three hundred dollars bounty to men
| enlisting to new as we ir as to men enlist
ing in old regiments.
N kw Von k. Dec. 24. —The /W says
it is understood that five or six arrests
have been made on board the steamer
George Cromwell, bound from this port to
New Orleans. A niotig the persons arrest
ed, wa.-. an individual of some prominence
in this community. There have alsobcen
seizin c of large quantifies of arms and am
munition. etc. ') he details cannot now bo
made public, but in a few days willdevel
ope -one facts in relation to the recent, or
der for searching vessels leaving this port.
WK-T POINT. I><•<•. 24.—A groat tost
with Stafford'* projectiles to-day produced
wonderful results. An iron target six and
eight inches thick, packed with fifteen in
ches of live oak. was perforated and net
on fire by two shells containing one gallon
of Greek fire each. The aperture mado
in the iron was fourteen inches in diame
ter. and the wood and holts terribly bro
ken. The ignition was secured by being
impact, and it continued to bum until ex
tinguished by the officer in charge. Tho
gun used was an oight-inch i'arrott rifle.
PHILADELPHIA, Pec. 24.—1t is under
stood that the National < 'onservative l.'nion
Convention, now in session in this city,
has re-affirmed the nomination of Major
(icneral George 15. McClellan fur Presi
ident, and have nominated Rx-Govcrn
or Campbell, of Tennessee, for Vice Pres
ident.
NEW YORK, Jan. is.—The steamer
Evening Star from New Orleans, with
dates to the -7ih ult., and Havana to the
2'.)th ult., has arrived.
Gen. l it/. Henry Warren, with a con
siderable force, had embarked on the steam
er Warrior, and crossing Matagorda bay,
occupied Indiauula without opposition.
Some important rebel documents were
captured, and among them fien. Mag ru
der'# address to the people of Western Tex
as.
NKW YORK. Dec. 27th.—A Charleston
I letter to the Baltimore American, dated on
the fleet the 24th, says: As I intimated
in my last, we have settled" down here,
with the expectation of a month or two
more in activity. The strike among the
engineers at the North, which has delayed
the completion of the Monitors,and depriv
ed our iron-clad fleet of rciuforccments,
which were expected here more than a
month since, has been the primary cause
of the delay—the disaster to the Wehawk
en, and the coming of the winter season.
Let us hope if Graut does not steal a march
on us by one of his famous rear attacks,
that Charleston will then fall in the mean
time, if we cannot look for immediate and
decisive results here, no great disaster
need be apprehended. (Jen. Gilmore's
position is impregnable, 'l he monitor Le
high, by the time this reaches you, will
have completed the repairs rendered nec
essary by the hammering she received while
aground. The Patapsco has nearly com
pleted ber repairs, and will shortly relievo
the Nantuck. t, ut Warsaw Sound. Both
the Patapsco and Lehigh, have Leen pro.
videdwith extra deck plates, that willadii
to their invulnerabilitv.