VOLUME 1.
THE AMERICAN CITIZEN,
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LOUISIANA.
On the 22d inst. Louisiana is to elect a
Governor and other State officers, in ac
cordance with Gen. Banks' proclamation,
with which our readers are alreadyTa
miliar. It is also known to our readers
that the Free .State Convention, recently
called to nominate a Stnte ticket, split up
on the nomination of a candidate for the
Governorship. A letter from New Or
leans, dated February 7th, gives us the
following additional intelligence :
" A conservative Union ticket wife nom
inated last evening, with Christian Rose
lius at its head for Governor. Its constit
uency is composed of the semi sccesh and
Pro-Slavery Unionists. Its hopes for suc
cess arc based upon the split in the 1* ree
State party, but the friends of Mr. llahn
are confident of beating both it and the
ticket nominated by the bolters from the
regular convention."
By the same mail we also have the fol
lowing highly
IMPORTANT ORDER FROM GEN. BANKS.
Headquarters. Dep vrtme!<t of the Oilp, )
New Orleans, Feb. 3, I*6 . J
GENERAL ORDER, No. 28. —The fol
lowing general regulations are published
(for the information and government of all
(interested in the subject of compensated
plantation labor, public or private, during
the present year, and in the continuation
the system established January 80th,
$863:
J. The enlistment of soldiers from plan
ton ieiis under cultivation iu this IVpart
■went, having been suspended by order of
tJ>e Government, will not be resumed cx
<c< pt upon direction of the same high au
thority.
.11. The Provost-Marslial-Oeneral is in
structed to provide fur the division of
parishes into police and school districts,
«nd to organize from invalid soldiers a
•competent police force for the preservation
of order.
111. Provision will be made tor the es
tablishment of a sufficient number of j
-schools, one at least for each of the police
and school districts, for the instruction of
colored children under twelve years of age,
which, when established, will be placed
Hinder the direction of the Superintendent
of Public Education.
•IV. Soldiers will not be allowed to visit
plantations without the written consent of
the Commanding Officer of the regiment
■or po6t to which they are attached, and
r.evcr with arms, except when on duty,
accompanied by an officer.
V. Plantation hands will not be allowed
to pass from one place to another, except
■under such regulations as may be estab
lished by the Provost Marshal of the
•Parish.
VI. Flogging and other cruel or unu- !
sual punishments are interdicted.
VII. Planters will be required as early
:ns practicable after the publication of these |
regulations, to make a roll of persons em- |
ployed on their estates, and to transmit j
the same to the Provost Marshal of the |
Parish. In the employment of hands the j
unity of families \yll be secured as far as
possible.
VIII. All questions between the cm- J
ployer and the employed, tri
bunals are established, will be decided by
the Provost Marshal of the Parish.
IX. Sick and disabled persons will be
iprovidcd for upon the plantations to which
th'ey belong, except such as may be re
ceived in establishments provided for tlicm
bv the Government, of which one will be
■established at Algiers, and one at Baton !
Rouge. .
X. The unauthorized purchase of cloth
ing, or other property, froth laborers, will
be punished by fine and imprisomeut
The sale of whiskey or other intoxicating
drinks to tlicin or to other persons, except
under regulations established by the Pro
■vost Marshal General, will be followed by
ithe severest punishment.
XI. The possession of arms or concealed
•or dangerous weapons, without authority,
will be punished by fine aud imprison
ment.
XII. Laborers shall render to their em
ployer, between daylight and dark, ten
liours in Summer and nine hours in Win
ler, of respectful, honest, faithful labor,
and receive therefor, in addition to just
treatment, healthy rations, comfortable
•clothing, quarters, fuel, medical attendance
and instruction for children, wages, per
month, as follows, payment of one-lialf
of which at least, shall be reserved until
rfie ond of She year;
AMERICAN CITIZEN
For first clms hands, pur month... tt J®
For second cla»* hands, per month 6 00
For third cla.w hand§. per month 6 00
For fourth class hands, per month 3 OU
Engineers and foreman, when faithful
iu the discharge of their duties, will be
paid 82 per month extra. This schedule
of wages may be commuted by consent of
both parties, at the rate of one-fourteenth
part of the net proceeds of the crop, to
be determined and paid at the end of the
year. Wages will be deducted iu case of
sickness, and rations also, when sickness
is feigned. Indolence, insolence, disobe
dience of orders and crime, will be sup
pressed by forfeiture of pay, and such
punishments as are provided for similar
offences by army regulations. Sunday
work will be avoided when practicable,
but, when necessary, will pe considered as
extra labor, and paid for at the rate spec
ified herein.
XIII. Laborers will be permitted to
choose their employers, but when the
agreement is made, they will be hold to
their engagement for the year, under the
protection of the Government. In cases
of attempted imposition, by feigning sick
ness, or stubborn of duty, they will be
turned ovar to the Provost Marshal of the
Parish, for labor upon.the public works,
without pay.
XIV. Laborers will be permitted tocul
tivate land on private account, as herein
specified, as follows:
Ist and 2d class hands, with families,
one acre each.
Ist and 2d class hands, without families,
one-half acre each.
:id and 4th class hands, with families,
one-half acre each.
3d and 4th class hands, without families
one-quarter acre each.
To be increased for good conduct, at
the discretion of the employer. The en
couragement of independent industry will
strengthen all the advantages which cap
ital derives from labor, and enable the la
borer to take care of himself ami prepare
I'or the time when he can render so much j
labor for so much money, which is the
great end to be attained. No exemption j
will be made in this apportionment, except
upon imperative reasons, and it is desira- |
blc that for good conduct the quantity be
increased until faithful bands can be al- j
lowed to cultivate evtensive tracts, return- j
ing to the owner an equivalent of product j
for rent of soil.
X V. To protect the laborer from possi- :
blc imposition, no commutation of his sup- j
plies will be allowed except in clothing. I
which may be comnujtcd at the rate of $8 j
per month for first-class hands, and insim- J
ilar proportion for other classes. The crops I
will stand pledged, wherever found, for the j
wages of labor.
XVI. It is advised, as far as practica- \
blc, that employers provide for the current j
wants of their hands, by perquisites for
extra labor, or by appropriation of land for
share cultivation, to discourage monthly
payments so far as it can be done without*
discontent, and to reserve till the full har
vest the yearly wages.
XXVII. A free labor bank will be es
tablished for the safe deposit of all accum- I
ulations of wages and other savings; and
in order to avoid a possible wrong to de
positors, by official defalcation, authority
will be asked to connect the bank with the
Treasury of the United States in this de
partment.
XVIII. The transportation of negro
families toother countries will not be ap
proved. All propositions for this privilege
have been declined, and application has
been made to other departments for sur
plus negro families for service in this de
partment.
XIX. The last year's experience shows
that the planter and the negro comprehend
thcrevoluticm. Thcovcrsecr,having little
interest in capital, and loss sympathy with
labor, dislikes the trouble of thinking,and
discredits the notion that any thing new
has occurred. He is a relic of the past,
and adheres to its customs. His stubborn
! refusal to comprehend the condition of
; things, occasioned most of the embarrass
ments of the past year. Where such in
| comprehension isrclironic, reduced wages,
[ diminished rations, and the mild punish
i ments imposed by the army and navy, will
do good.
XX. These regulations are based upon
the assumption that labor is a public duty,
and idleness and vagrancy a crime. No
civil or military officer of the Government
is exempt from the operations of this uni
versal rule. Every enlightened commu
nity has enforced it upon all classes of peo
ple by the severest penalties. It is espe
cially necessary in agricultural pursuits.
That portion of the people identified with
the cultivation of the soil, however chang
ed in condition by the revolution through
which we arc all passing, is not relieved
from the necessity of toil, which is the
condition of existence with all the chil
dren of God. The revolution has altered
its tenure, but not its law. The universal
law of labor will be enforced upon just
" Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our duty as we understand it"— A LINCOLN.
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1864.
terms, by the Government, under whose
protection the laborer rests secure in his
rights. Indolence, disorder and crime
will be suppressed. Ilavingexeyjisedthe
highest right in the choice and place of
employment, he must be held to the ful
fillment of his engagements until released
therefrom by the Government. The sev
eral l'rovost Marshals are hereby invested
with plenary powers upon all matters con
nected with labor, subject to the approval
of the Provost Marshal General, and the
commanding officer of the department. —
The most favorable and discreet officers
will be selected for this duty, and the lar
gest force consistent with the public serv
ice detailed for their assistance.
XXI. Employers, and especially over
seers, are notified, that undue influence
used to move the Marshal from his just
balance between the parties representing
labor and capital will result in immediate
change of officers, and thus defeat thai*
regular and stable system upon which the
interests of all parties depend.
XXII. Successful in lustry is especial
ly necessary at the present time, when large
public debts and onerous taxes are impos
ed to maintain and protect the liberties of
the people and the integrity of the Union.
All officers, civil or military, and all clas
ses of citizens who assist in extending the
profits of labor, and increasing the pro
ducts of the soil, upon which, in the end.
all national prosperity and power depend,
will reidcr to the Government a service as
great as thatderived from the terrible sac
rifices of battle. It is upon such consid
eration only that the planter is entitled to
favor. The Government has accorded to
him, in a period of anarchy, a release from
the disorders resulting mainly from iusen
sate and mad resistance to sensible reforms,
which can never be rejected without revo
lution, and the criminal surrender of his
interests and power to -crazy politicians,
who thought by metaphysical abstractions
toVireumvent the laws of God. It has
restored to him in improved rather than
impaired condition his due privile'ges at a
moment when, by his own acts, the very
soil was washed from beneath his feet.
XXIII. A more majestic and wise
clemency human history does uot exhibit
The liberal and just conditions that attend
it cannot bedisregarded. It protects la
bor by enforcing the performance of its
duty, and it will assist capital by compel
ling just contributions to the demands of
the Government. Those who profess al
legiance to other governments will be re
quired, as the condition of residence in
this.State, to acquiesce, without reserva
tion, in the demands presented Ijy the Gov
ernment as a basis ol' permanent peace.—
The non-cultivation of the soil, without
just reason, will be followed by temporary
forfeiture to those who will secure its im
provement. Those who have exercised,
or are entitled to the rights of citizens of
the l uitcd States, will be required to par
ticipate in the measures necessary for the
rc-cstablisnment of civil government.'—
War can never cease except as civil gov
ernments crush out contest, and secure the
supremacy of moral over physical power.
The yellow harvest must wave over the
crimson fieldof blood, and the representa
tives of the people displace the agents of
purely military power.
XXIV. It is therefore a solemn duty
resting upon all persons to assist in the
earliest possible restoration of civil gov
ernment. Let them participate in the
measures suggested fpr this purpose.—
Opinion is free and candidates are nu
merous. Open hostility cannot be permit
ted. Indifference will be treated as crime,
and faction as treason. Men who refuse
to defend their country with the ballot box
or cartridge box have no just claim to the
benefits of liberty regulated by law. All
people not exempt by the law of nations,
who seek the protection of the Govern
ment are called upon to take the oath of
allegiance in such form as may be prescrib
ed, sacrificing to the public good, and the
restoration of public peace, whatever scru
ples may be suggested by incidental con
siderations. The oath of allegiance, ad
ministered and received in good faith, is
the test of unconditional fealty to the Gov
ernment and all its measures, and cannot
be materially strengthened orimpaired by
the language in which it i* clothed.
XXV. The amnesty offered for thepast
is conditioned upon an unreserved loyalty
for the futnre, mid this condition will be
enforced with an iron hand. Whoever is
indifferent or hostile must choose between
the liberty which foreign lands afford, the
poverty of the rebel State", and the innu
merable blessings which our Government
confers upon its people.
May God preserve the Union of the
States.
By order of Maj. Gen. BANKS.
GEO. B. DRAKE, A. A. Gen.
teSfThe Richmond Enquirer of the
6th says the Confederate Congress has
got into a pet with the newspaper men,
and will conscript all below forty-five years
of age, making it necessary to suspend all
the papers, except such as are necessary
to do the public printing. There are now
but thirty-five papers in the Confederacy.
UafA letter from Vicksburg, dated
Jan. 30, says that there has been much
excitement here among the old soldiers
about reenlisting. Some regiments have
reeulisted to a man The army in this re
gion will be diminished but very little on
account of old soldiers leaving the service.
From the N. Y. Evening Post. .
THE SLAVE'S HYMN.
0 Liberty, I wait for thee,
To br<rak this chain anil dungeon bar;
1 hear thy spirit calling me
Deep in the fro*on North alar,
With voice like Ood sand visage like a »tar!
Long cradled by the mountain wind,
Thy mate th«- eagle and the storm.
Arise! and from thy brow unbind
The wreath that given it starry form, •
Aud smite the strength that would thy strength deform!
0 Liberty, thy dawning light,
Obscured no more by clouds, shall cast
Its splendor on the breaking night,
And tyrants flying pale aud last,
Bhall tremble at thy gaze and stnnd aghast!
WIT AID WISDOM.
A LADY who wears a pretty little slip
per, is often loved by the foot.
A FELLOW FEELING.—A young doe
tor countings maiden's pulse.
IT is very certain that, a man will not
walk straight, if lie follows his mind's
bent. .
THE musician who oan make his hear
i era forget time may bo excused for not
keeping it.
LET some ingenious quibbler explain
how a letter written by an officer can be
called a private letter.
Mn«. PARTINGTON says that Ike, who
has just returned from France, "speaks
like a Parishioner."
THERE is a purple half to a grape, a
crimson half to a peach, a sunny half to
the globe, a better half toman.
THE man who wrestled with adversity
wore out his si k stockings; and got worst
ed. '
FAST PEOPLE..—If husband aud wife
are fast, there is danger in their case, as
in that of a fast team, that the cmpling
will break.
To make boots last four years. Grease
well with a mixture of tallow, lampblack
and beeswax ; then set them away.jn the
closet.
A POPUL AR writer speaking of the pro
posed oceanic telegraph, wonders whether
the news transmitted through •salt water
would bo fresh.
IN Cork, a short time ago, the crier of
the court endeavored to disperse the
crowd by exclaiming " All yo blackguards
that isn't lawyers, quit the court I"
THE distinguished individual known
among the ancients as Cupid has recently
changed his name to Cupidity, and* will
| hereafter devote his attention to matters
of money as well as matrimony.
AN old farmer whose son had died was
i visited by a neighbor, who began to con
j dole with him on his loss.
"My loss! No such thing; it's his
I own loss—he was of age."
A LADY'S maid hooked one of the best
of her mistress's dresses the other day,
I but the affair was passed over because it
] was done behind the lady's back—so that
j there was nobody to tostifVto the fact.
"Of all cad words of tongue or pen.
The saddest are these, it might have been."
A CERTAIN gallant editor thinks when
a single gentleman can't pass a clothes
line without counting all the long stock
ings, it is a sign be ought to get married,
and the sooner the better.
AN IRISH NOTE.—Whereas Patrick O'-
Connor lately left his lodgings, this is to
give notice that if he docs not return im
mediately and pay for the same, ho will be
advertised.
A SIX-YEAR older, going into the vil
lage without leave, was shouted after by
one of the masters, who inquired where
he was going. " I am going to buy a
ha'porth of nails, sir." "What for?"
" For a ha'penny sir," was the reply.
A YOUNG girl who had become tired of
single blessedness, wrote to her true swain
as follows : " Deer Gim, cum rite of, ef
U arc commin at awl. Ed. Collings is
insisting that I shall hev him, and kisses
me so kontinerally that I cannot hold out
much longer, but will hev to kave in."
A LITTLE boy, a few days since while
coming down stairs, was cautioned by his
| mother not to lose his balance. His ques
tion which followed was a puzzler:
'• Mother, if I was to lose my balance,
where would it goto ?"
"That's a fine strain," said one gentle
man to another, alluding to the tones of
a singer at a concert, the other evening.
" Yes," said a countryman whosatnear,
" but if he strains much more he'll burst."
A FUNERAL INVITATION.—The follow
ing order, verbatim et letiratim, was re
ceived by an undertaker in the Bowery
from an afflicted widower living m Pearl
street:
"Sir, mi Wiaf is ded and Wonts to
be berried to-morror, At wonner klok.—
U nose wair to dig the Hole—bi the side
of mi too other Wiafs—Let it be deep !"
DURING a trial the other day, a eon
stable who was testifying with regard to
the character of a lady, said :
I know nothing of her but what I hear
the neighbors say; and in my opiuiun,
what the women say of one another is
not really worthy of belief."
Captain Speke's Travels.
Captain Speke, one of the Nile discov
erers, lias published his book to the world.
The following are some extracts from his
description of the Court of Uganda:
AN AFRICAN BEAUTY.
" In the afternoSn. as I heard from Mu
sa that-the wives of the King and princes
were fattening to such an extent that they
oould not stand upright, I paid my respects
I to Wareieru, the King's eldest brother—
who, having been born before his father
ascended his throne, did not come in the
line of succession—with the hope of be
ing able to see for myself the truth of the
story. There was no mistake about it.—
On entering the hut, I fouud the old man
and his chief wife sitting side by side on
a bench of earth, strewed over with grass,
and partitioned like stalls for sleeping
apartments, whilst in front of them were
placed numerous wooden pots of milk, and,
hanging from the poles that supported the
bee-hive shaped hut, a large collection of
bows, six feet in length, whilst below them
were tied an even larger collection of
spears, intermixed with a goodly assortment
of heavy-headed asseges. I was struck
with no small surprise at the way ho re
ceived me, as well as with the extraordi
nary dimensions, yet pleasing beauty, of
the moderately fat fair one. his wife. She
could not rise, and so largo were her arms,
that between the joints the flesh hung
down like largo loose-stuffed puddings.—
Then in came their children, all models of
tho Abyssinian type of beauty, and as po
lite in their manners as thorough bred
gentlemen. They had heard of my pic
ture-books from the king, aud all wished to
see them ; which they no sooner did, to
their infinite delight, especially when they
recognized any of the animals, than the
subject was turned by my inquiring wlijit
they did with so many milk-pots. This
was easily explained by Wazczeru himself,
who, pointing to his wife, said : ' This is
all tho product of those pots; from early
youth upwards we keep those pots to their
mouths, as it is the fashion at court to have
fat wives.'"
A BASHFUL VIRGIN.
" After a long and an amusing conver
sation with Ilumanika in the morning, I
called on one of his sisters-in-law, married
to an elder brother, who was born before
Dagara ascended the throne. She was
another of those wonders of obesity, una
ble to stand excepting on all fours. 1 was
desirous to obtain a good view of hor, and
actually to measure her, and induced her
to give me facilities for doing so, by offer
ing in return toshow horn bit of my nak
ed legs and arms. The bait took as T
wished it, and after getting her to sidle
and wriggle into the middle of tho hut, I
did as 1 promised, and then took her di
mensions as noted. Round the arm, one
foot eleven inches; chest, four feet four
inches; thigh, two feet seveu inches;
calf, one foot eight inches; height, five
feet eight inches. .
" All of these arc exact except the
height, and I believe I could have got this
more accurately if I could have had her
laid on the floor. Not knowing what dif
ficulties I should have to contend with in
such a.pieccof engineering, I tried to get
her height by raising her up. This, after
infinite exertions on the part of us both,
was accomplished, when she sank down
again, fainting, for her blood had rushed
into her head. Meanwhile the daughter,
a lass of sixteen, sat stark naked before us,
sucking at a milk-pot, on which her father
kept her at work by holding a rod in his
hand, for as fattening is the first duty of
fashionable female life, it must be duly
enforced by the rod, if necessary. I got
up a bit of flirtation with missy, and in
duced her to rise, and shake hands with
me. Her features were lovely, but her
body was round as a ball."
THE KING.
"No one dare stand before the king
whilst he is either standing stiilor sitting,
but must approach him with downcast
eyes and bended knees, and kneel or sit
when arrived. To touch the king's throne
or clothes, even by accident, or to look up
on hisw omen, is certain .death. When
sitting in court holding a levee, the king
invariably has in attendance several wo
men, Wabandwa, evil eye averters or sor
cerers. They talk in feigned voices rais
ed to a shrillness almost amounting to a
scream. They weardried lizards on their
heads, small goat-skin aprons trimed with
little bells, diminutive shields and spears
setoff withoock-hackles—their functions
1 in attendance being to administer cups of
marwa (plantain wine). To complete the
1 picture of tho court, one must imagine a
crowd of pages to run royal messages ; they
dare not walk, for such adeficicncy inzcal
i to their master might cost their life. A
further feature of the court consists in the
' national symbols already referred to-r-a
, dog, two spears and shield-"
i When Captain Spekehad presented this
delightful savage with ajnew gun, hesetit
a page into the outer court with orders to
fire it off and shoot a man. On another
occasion his sabel majesty, seeing a woman
tied to a tree, drew a pistol from his belt
and shot her dead. Mtesa, King and
scourge of Uganda, was a terrible beast to
enrage. The highest people of his capi
tal—an enclosure of straw huts—had to
approach him on their faces.
Who Originated the War.
Among ignorant and uninformed per
sons, there is a great howl made, on the
part of traitors to the United Siates Gov
ernment, because Lincoln precipitated the
war by sending reinforcements to Fort
Sumter, thereby provoking hostilities
Why, this whole statement, acquiesced in
by loyal men until all hands agree that it
is true, is palpably false. We were bat
tling for the Union then, at the head of
our press in Knoxville, and we claim to
know all about the facts in the case. We
repeat, the whole story is false, manufac
tured by traitors and ejaculated by bad
men to influence ignorant minds. No re
inforcements were sent—nothing but some
provisions to keep the gallant Major An
derson and about eighty men from starv
ing, who were surrounded and threatened
by 0,000 rebels, with their floating bat
teries. I'ryor, of Virginia, was there—
made a speech in Charleston, ami urged
the rebels to fire upon the Fort—said Vir
ginia would not vote out until some blood
was spilt. They took Pryor at his word
—they fired—they crushed out Anderson
and his gallant band with a storm of fire,
and, for the first time in the life of our
nation, brought our flag down in disgrace.
This was done by Rebels, and their tory
sheets in every Rebel State, boasted of
the infamous achievement, and of the
cowardice of the Lincoln Government.
The United States Government built
that Fort and owned it, and not South Car
olina. or a mob Government organized at
Montgomery. Lincoln sends food there
to a starving garrison of less than one hun
dred men. That miserable old dotard,
that corrupt old traitor, James Buchanan,
refused to do it, said he had no power to
do it.and thus lie left his successor to do
his sworn epitaph of Buchan
an is written on every door facing, at eve
ry cross-roads, on every rock overhanging
a navigable river, and on every tree and
wall—it flames forth with living fire, and
with a serpent's hiss— Traitor TRAITOR !!
TRAITOR!!!
The first great attempt made to destroy
this Government was made by Aaron
Burr ; the last great effort was by the
Southern disciples of Burr, under the lead
of a ba->cr man and a greater fool, Jeff.
Davit.—Knoxv illc IVh if/.
Shall Not Stay Here,
About the time of the breaking out of
this vile rebellion, and at all times since,
the guilty rascals concerned have publish
ed, asserted, and sworn, that none of the
Lincolnites, or thousands of Union men
driven out of the country, should ever
live here, even after peace is declared.—
The Union men, on the other hand, have
resolved, and very justly, as we think,
that both themselves and these rebels shall
not occupy this country. It is a settled
principle that one party or the other must
leave the country. The Union men in
tend lt> stay, and their persecutors would
do well to leave. Such men as Sneed,
Bwan, Crozier, Charlton. Toole, Sperrv,
Haynes, Campbell Wallace, that unmiti
gated scoundrel; Thos* J. Campbell, and
others, "too tedious to mention," never can
live in East Tennessee. Indeed, we re
gard Union men who have suffered at
their hands, and because of their counsels,
as justified in shooting them down on sight,
before or after the war terminates, and
we shall regard hundreds of them as wan
ting in courage and in resentment if they
do not dispatch them wherever they meet
with their rotten carcasses. They have
caused the hanging of better men than
themsejves or associates; they have insti
gated the shooting down of others, and
yet the imprisonment of others. They
have filled Eastern Tennessee with wid
ows and orphans; they have destroyed
houses and barns, fences and homes; they
have plundered honest men of their stock
and grain, and have filled the land
with mourning. Let such Imps of Hell
die the death of traitors, and upon the
shortest possible notice!— KnoxvUle Whig.
ftgF Two soldiers on guard were
recently found murdered in St. Pe
tersburg. It was suggested that the
eyes of the murdered soldiers should
be immediately photographed, ia the
hope of successfully testing the dis
covery recently made, when, to the
surprise of all, the result was the pro
duction-of the portraits of two sol
diers of the private guard at the pal
ace, on whose breasts were the insig
nia of the Cross of St. George. The
murderers were at once sought out
and apprehended.
NUMBER 11.
MEXICO.
Tlio news which we have this morning
from Mexico via Havana is of the high
est importance. If true—and wo see no
reason to doubt its correctness—it indi
cates the downfall of the Mexican Repub
lic and the successful establishment of a
monarchy on our southern border.
The least important of the news is the
reported adhesion of a number of towns
and villages to the Empire. These totvns
and villages are all within the lines of the
French; they have had since their occu
pation by the French troops and their Mex
ican allies municipal authorities consisting
of fanatical partizans of the Empire.—
Isut the unobstructed progress of the
French, the capture of Uragn, and the
despair and resignation of President Jua
rez, leave no doubt that the hour of ago
ny has arrived for the republic. Ortega,
who succeeds Juarez as President, and
feibhido, still hold out; but for the pres
ent, We see no ray of hope for the Mexi
can Republic. Unless events extraordi
nary and entirely unforeseen occur, and
put to the long series of misfortunes a
sudden stop, the Mexicans must soon givo
up the unequal struggle. Mexico is, (le
facto, an empire, and soon, as recent ad
vices from Europe indicate, tho Emperor
we cannot say the emperor elocf—who bus
been thrust upon tho nation by foreign
bayonets, will arrivo upon this continent
and re-establish the throne of tho Montc
zumas.
It is useless lo venture any predictions
as to the future. No one, either here or
in Europe, expects that the National par
ty of Mexico will refrain from attempts
to- reconquer the independence of the
country and to re-establish its republican
institutions. The reign of Kniperor Max
imilian is not likely to be a cahn one.
There is news of a very contradictory
character from San Francisco. Accord
ing to it, the National party has obtained
several important triumphs. The city of
San Luis de Potosi has been recaptured,
and the garrison taken prisoners. IJraga
was advancing at the head of 9,000 men
against Gaudalajara. This news is not of
so late a date as that received via Havana,
and is contradicted by it in all its partic
ulars. If there is any truth at all in this
report, the slight KUCCCSSCS of the Mexi
cans have been followed by serious and
decisive disasters.— N. Tribnne.
TAKING CIIURU TINS AND HOUSES.—-
The military authorities have taken all
the Churches but one, an'l all the Hotels
of Knoxville, and converted them into
Hospitals. This is as it should be. The
Presbyterian, Method ist and Baptist Chur
ches here would be used for better purpos
es if turned iuto grogshops, selling mean
corn whisky for rebel money, than to be
used to preach and pray such treason,
blasphemy and blackguardism, as have
disgraced their walls anil pulpits for the
last three years. The Hotels of Knox
ville, as a general thing, have been gamb
ling hells and houses of ill fame for the
last ihree years, under rebel reign, and if
they were not needed for hospitals, ought
to be burned. There arc rebel privato
houses here that ought to be taken. And
there are others that ought to he consu
med by the devouring element! The
traitors in business, we will see to it, shall
be closed out in short order. They show
ed their hands during the siege, and they
have been marked, and now they must
atone for it. Lot the military authorities
do their duty, and these vile rebels and
traitors will soon be able to report that
they have obtained their rights !—Knox
ville Whig.
LOCAL BOVNTIES FOR REENMSTEO
VETERANS.—Capt. Poster, Provost Mar
shal of the 22d District, addressed a note
to Lieut. Col. J. V. Bomford, A. A. Pro
vost Marshal General of Pennsylvania, in
which he states that there are numerous
reenlisted veterans here, not credited to
any sub-district; that thesub-di.strrctcom
mittees arc willing to pay bonnties to these
veterans, providing they can get credit for
them on their respective quotas, and ask
ing what assurances can be given to the
committee. In reply Capt. Foster received
the following:
WAR Department,
Provorn Mmhal Oenan>r» Office. .
Washington City, D. C., Fob. Uth, IM4. j
Capt. J. Ihron Fatter. Provost Marshal,
22d, District, Penna.—Sir: Your letter of
the 18th ult., asking what assurapces can
be given committees in paying bounties to
veterans that they will receive credit for,
has been received.
It is not in the power of the Provost
Marshal to give any assurances of the kind,
as the men are already enlisted and mus
tered into the service. The rolls are in
the custody of the Adjutant General,
and no change canbemade in than, with
out producing confusiou and errors. The
veterans have already received Government
bounty and enlisted by virtue of it.
Very respectfully, your ob't servant,
HENRY E MAYNAPIER.Capt U S A,