—HO distinguished as General Hancock,
in his efforts to organize a new corps.
I shall throw no obstacles in liig way
on the present occasion, but I cannot, cer
tainly. be expected to invite aviolation of
laws in carrying out a plan which sacrifi
ces the rights of the State under existing
laws, and would leave the men unprotec
ted by them, so far as concerns future
provisions for their cumfort and that of
their families.
1 will further observe that it appears
by the report of the Adjutaut General,
herewith transmitted, that the State, un
•der the system established by law. has
put into the military service of the Uni
ted States since the commencement of
the war, the following number of men,
viz :
Troop* *ent Into *errico during ISO 4 :
Organization* f'»r three yearn term 0,806
Oriranigatiou* for the one hundred days
term 7.076
Organizations fcr the one year term 1f1.01'4
Volunteer recruit* 2rt,557
Drafted men and ■atatituteii 10,061
Hermit- f.,r roguliu army 2,1*74
lte-« nliitm«ii(« of J'cnnsyltania Volua
• Infandry 13
Cavalry
Artillery 7'.H»
Acci«diled to other iMutea.. ;ts^
Troops sent Into the jenrlreof the L'. 8.
HlneetlieromtiH-nremeiit of therel"-!-
Ilon, including the ninety days militia
in the department* of the Mononga
hela and Susquehanna, in 1864:
Inning the ye.tr I*ol I.TO^tt
I) • do 1802 71,100
Do v* 1883 4.1,040
Do do IHOI 73,828
Re enlistment of Pennsylvania Volun
teers 17,*7®
The 25,000 militia of 1802 are not in
cluded in this statement.
I call the attention of the Legislature
to the Report of the Surveyor General,
herewith presented, and commend the
suggestions made by that officer to your
.■consideration.
This message is accompanied by full
reports of all the military departments.—
They exhibit the largo amount of service
performed during the past year, and con
tain a full history of all the military ope
rations of the State. Many valuable re
commendations are made in them to pro
mote the efficiency of our volunteers, and
the comfort of the sick and wounded,
which I commend to your earnest and im
mediate attention. It affords 1110 great
satisfaction to bear my testimony to the
ability, diligence and fidelity of all the
officers in these several departments.
Before closing this message, I desire to
advert to the delay which has sometimes
occurred in the passage of the general ap
propriation bill. It is necessary that this
bill should become a law, as otherwise
the action of Government would be stop
ped. To delay its presentation to the
Executive, as was done at the last regular
session, till a late hour of the night be
fore the morning fixed for the final ad
journment, is to deprive the peo^' l of
their right to have all acts submitted to
the revision of the Legislature before be
coming laws, in case the Executive should
not approve them. If there had been
time, I should probably have returned
• the appropriation bill of last year for
such revision, as when 1 had the opportu
nity of deliberately examining it, I found
provisions which I could not have ap
proved—but that opportunity was denied
me before the bill had become a law. and
in fact, as the Legislature was on the
point of adjournment, the only question
presented tome was whether that bill
should become a law without amendment
or the necessities of the government re
main unprovided for.
The gallantry of our soldiers in the
field still sheds lustre on the Common
wealth, and that their merit is apprecia
ted by a generous people is shown by the
continued and cheerful' liberality with
. which the men and women of the State
contribute of their means for their com
fort and welfare. May the blessing of
God be on those brave men who havo
stood by the country through tho dark
hours of her trial.
A. G. CURTIN.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, ]
LLARRISBURG, JAN. 4. 1805. }
- «« •• i»
Tlie Impending Dratt.
Six weeks from to-day the Government
will draft the number of men assigned in
each sulidistrict that has not at that time
filled its quota by volunteering. A num
ber of the wards of the city have taken
the matter seriously in hand, and will
soon commence putting men into the field
to their credit. The Fourth Ward, Pitts
burgh, has nearly filled its quota already,
and with a slight effort will be out of the
draft when the number of men required
from it will have been ascertained. The
following facts will be of interest to all
who may bo liable to the draft:
Volunteers receive the Government
bounty according to the time for which
they agree to; serve. For one year, 8100;
for two years, S2OO for three years, WOO.
These amounts ore paid in installments.
To * one ycars's volunteer, when mustered
in, $33 33; to a two year's recruit, SOO 00;
to a three yoar's recruit, SIOO. Two oth
er installments are to be paid to the vol
unteer or his representatives duriug the
term of service. The monthly pay of a
private, either volunteer, substitute or
.drafted man, is sixteen dollars a month.
Non-cnmmissioned and commissioned of
ficers receive an increased pay beyond
the rates which were allowed before the
last session of C(ingress.
Drafted men receive no bounty, either
from the Federal Government or the city,
neither do substitutes for drafted men. or
men liable to draft furnished in advance
of the draft, receive bounties from the
Government Kepresemativc substitutes,
for persons not liable to draft are con
sidered as volunteers, and receive the
Federal and municipal bounties, and
whatever their principal agrees to pay
them. Representative substitutes for
those not liable to draft may be persons
who aro liable. It should be borne-in
mind, however, that substitutes for per
sons liable to draft, furnished before
drafting, must not themselves be lia
ble.
An enrolled man furnishing an alicu
as a substitute, is exempt for tho time of
*erviee of tho substitute, unless the alien
■ becomes a citizen, or declares his inten
sion to become so, in which case the sub
stitute is liable to draft, and his principal
iikowisc. A man may enlist in the army
or navy for three years as a substitute. If
in the navy he must be twenty-three years
#>ld,
j Those interested in the draft should
I pay particular attention that the names
of all those not liable to be stricken from
the enrollment list. Every name taken
off reduces the quota of tho district.
Each of the wards, while they oppoint a
committee to hunt up all the exempts of
the district who may bo enrolled, and BCC
that their names are dropped.
The following dispatch from the Pro
vost Marshal-General, in reference to an
inquiry as to the allowance made on this
call for men putin under previous requi
sition for troops for Two and three years,
indicates a possible very important reduc
tion in the city's quota: —
WASHINGTON, Pec. 29,1804.
'■Quotas are assigned after taking into
account thenumberof years service which
tho several localities have furnished.
One three years' man counts three (3)
j'ears; n two years' two (2), and a one
year man one (1) year.
"JAMES B. FHY,
Provost Marshal General."
The Pirato Rappahannock-
We find the case of tho Rappahan
nock. rebcl'pirate, reported at length in
our English files. Although the case was
given in our foreign summary, there are
a few points brought by the papers which
make it more interesting and worthy of
fuller notice. Tho Rappahannock was
fitted out at Sheerness as a pirate, it will
bo remembered, in 1803, under the name
of the Scylla. She bad been a screw
sloopjof her Majesty's navy before that
time, and knowin as tho Victor. She
sailed from Sheerness to Calais. The
case was brought into the Court of the
Queen's Bench, at Westminster, on the
sth of December. It involved the inter
pretation of the British neutrality laws.
We copy from the London Times a por
tion of the testimony of a witness who
had been employed on tho vessel as a fire
man. and do not wonder that his sworn
statement "burst like a bombshell*' ou
court, jury and spectators :
A witness on the cross-examination
said that he came home from China about
two months ago, aud had only received
three weeks' wages, and Mr. Rumble said
that he was authorized by the "company"
—that is, the firm of owners—to pay
them a guinea a week. The witness went
onto state that a Government tug took
the ship out of*harbor the day she left
Sheerness. ,11c camo up on board and
saw the Government tug towing her.
Capt. Wise here exclaimed—the great
est falsehood ever told!
The Lord ChieF Justice examined the
witness closely as to this. He swore posi.
lively that he was certain that .it was a
Government tug. lie had been in the
Government service and knew a Govern
ment tug when he saw it. There could,
lie Said, bo no mistokc about it.
The solicitor General pressed him as to'
when it was.
p ' Tho witness—When wo wont out from
i Sheerness to Calais. The night we left.
[The Witness spoke quite positively,and
firmly, and there could Lc no mistake as to
what he meant. Ilis statemcntsccmed to
create tho utmost surpriseamong the coun
sel for the Crown.]
Divested of all foreign matter, the case
is scamingly very simple. A British
man-of-war was sold to the rebels; fitted
out in part in a British port; manned
by British sailors and under tho cogni
zance of subaltern British officials, towed
by a British government tug to sea. This
is the result of a British official examina
tion. We do not wonder that Captain
Wise "exclaimed ;" nor that the state
ment "created;" the utmost surprise
among the counsel for the Crown." If
the testimony of the witness stands, that
government will have made out a much
strynger case against itself than it ever
attempted to make out against us. The
Court adjourned the trial until February
for consultation.— Phi hi. North Ainer.
The Joint Itrown Anniversary.
The Richmond rebels have not forgot
| ten their execution of John i rown, and
they have good oanso to remember the
shedding of the blood of that martyr to
human freedom. The Richmond Dis
patch of December 2d speaks of the
" memorable day,"and as if troubled with
the blood of "bravo old Ossawattamie,"
declares that "the events of that day, and
of the week that preceded it, will never
fade from our memory." John Brown
was hung on the 2d of" December, 1859,
and the Dispatch says "that was the be
ginning of this war." It adds:
We say we shall never forget the day
when Brown was hung. It was one of
the most lovely days that ever came from
Heaven. It was as mild as though it
were the middle of May; and it might
well have passed for such, hail it not been
that the tiees were bare of foliage. But
five years, as time is counted, have passed
since that memorable day. And yet the
events of a whole century have been com
pressed into that little space. When we
look upon that day, over the five interven
ingyears, we can hardly realize the fact
that wo are the same person, that this is
the same country, and that the objects
most familiar to us are, really, the same
objects. It all seems "like a phantom or
a hideous dream." We had all, then,
read of war; but how few of us had any
cunceptioa of what it realiy was! We
had heard old people talk of the trials
and troubles of the old Revolution, and
their juniors eloquent on the subject of
the Mexioau war. But the most lively
imagination had sever formed a concep
tion of the gigantic struggle of which
that day's work was the opening scene.
KgrNew York city will have to furn
ish about ten thousand men on the pres
ent call for troops.
<?hc (Citizen.
THOMAS ROBINSON, L PLDITORB
CYKUSE. ANDERSON, J*' AUORS
n. W. SPEAIt, Publisher.
BUTLER PA.
WEDNESDAY JAW. 11, IMS.
- " Liberty and Uninn. Now and Forever, One
and 'nseperabte."—D. Webater.
Disjoint 1011.
The constant absence of Major Ander
son, on duty in the Provost Marshal's of
fice, has made a dissolution of our former,
relations as Editors of the Citizen nec
essary. Not having time to pen a few
lines before his departure for Pittsburgh,
ou»Moiiday morning, the Major authoriz
ed us to say that by mutual understand
ing between us, the partnership heretofore
existing, is dissolved as of the tcrmina
nion of the first volume of the paper. 80
far, at least, as wo are concerned, it is with
regret that we yield to a business necessi
ty. The Major's correct business habits,
as well as his gentlemanly manners, made
him an efficient and acceptable partner.
The tablishnient i,< now owned and will
bo conducted i 1 tliefuture by myself. In
conclusion I would solicit the continued
patronage of the public. Having deter
mine .1 to give more attention to legal
business in the future, and having been
invited so to do, I will hold forth in the
office of Charles M'Candlcss, Esq., and
will, in the absence of himself and his
partner, Mr. Graham, attend to all bu.si
ncs of theirs that may be presented, as
also to all business placed in my bands by
the confidence of friends. Any friends
who wish to see mc on matters connected
with the press, or otherwise, arc invited
to call at the office already mentioned and
they will be made welcome.
THOMAS ROBINSON.
•Jan. 9, 18G5.
©ttS"" When, a few weeks ago, wc learn
ed that it was the purpose of Mr. Wilson,
of the IJrrnhl , to retire from the Editori
al chair of that paper, we thought it like
ly that, accepting the verdict of the peo
ple at the late election, as a rebuke to the
course he had been pursuing, he had de
termine J,so far as he possibly could, to at
tonc for his reprehensible course by going
into the -service. Our readers can well
imagine onr astonishment on learning that
he presented himself to the examining
Physician last week, as a fit subject for
exemption ! alleging slight injury "once
on a time" inflicted upon his collar bone.
The examination, we believe, resulted in
finding the Ex-Editor all right. So that
while there is not much probability of
him yet becoming a Union soldier, there
is nevertheless a possibility of it.
Sko" It is with pain that we from time
to time, hear of the fresh sacrifices which
are being offered up on the alter of our
common country. The name of John K.
Kea—son of Samuel Ilea, of Butler tp.,
has been added to the list. He lost an
arm in the battle of the Wilderness, wo
believe, last summer, from the effects of
which he never recovered. He died in
Hospital at Alexandria, Ya.
The name of Thomas W. Seamnn too,
of the 14th Pa. Cav , isnowamong those
of our fallen henes. lieing surrounded
by superior numbers, while out on a re
connoisance on the 17th of last month,
was struck with a saber by a rebel Cavalry
roan, and falling from his horse broke his
neck. The friends of those brave young
men, while they have much to mourn in
their early deaths, yet have a right to be
thankful, now that they have fallen, that
they fell in so good a cause. Their blood
has not been shed in vain, but will go for
to assist in reseuienting our fractured
Union.
Erom the last-number of that pa
per, wc learn that the Union Herald of
this place has changed hands. Of Mr.
Wilson, its late editor, we can only express
regret that we cannot speak of him, on
his retirement, in terms of approval. Com
mencing his career in this county, after
the commencement of the present civil
war—and after open opposition to its prose
cution in the interest of the Union had
for the time being ceased—he had a fine
opportunity of makinga good record, had
he so choosen. Such, however, was not
his choice, but on the contrary he missed
few opportunities to traduce the cause of
the country and those intrusted with its
honor and the preservation of its unity.
And as he dare say little commendatory
of the rebels; ho said nothing that would
be offensive to the most "sensative South
ern ear." "As a business Editor,as also in
private life, theru could, we believe, be
nothing said agriust him. Upon the whole
we have no disposition to entertain other
feelings towards him than those of com
misseration. It was quite proper now that
the war must goon, that he should retire.
Mr. Coll, his snccessor, is well known
to our community. He was the editor of
that paper at the outbreak of the retyjl
lion, and, if memory serves us right, fell
into the error so common to democratic
journalists nui] politicians of that day, by
undertaking to frighten the National Ad
ministration into submission to the unjust
and unconstitutional demands of the reb
els, by crying out "no coertion," instead
of at once taking grounds fur their coun
try and against all its enemies, whether
they might be found amongst their '-Sou
thern breehren" or elsewhere.
Fouryerrs of grim war, however, may
have produced a change in the political
opinions of Mr. Coll—we trust it lias.—
If not, we still hope that the voice of the
people last fall has—we will wait and see.
Personally weentertain for Mr. Coll,great
respect, and hoping that his advent to
the editorial chair of the llerald, is the
beginning of a better day with us as citi
zens and neighbors; we congratulate the
entire people of the county on the change.
tfsT We were quite favorably disap
pointed in the full attendance on the con
vening of the enrolling board, last week—
every township in the county bchig repre
sented. We mixed in with the crowd on
two or three occasions for the purpose of
seeing how matters progressed, and are
i'reeto say thatthingsluoved along smootli
ly. Mr. Copeley labored with his usual
energy, to give satisfaction to all who call
ed on him. Dr. Pcrchment was, as usu
al, courteous and obliging. The corps of
Clerks in attendance, too, were everything
that could be desired. I'pon the whole,
we believe that general satisfaction was
given. In behalf, therefore, of our
citizens, we tender the board, one and all,
our thanks for the energetic, just and
courteous manner in which they discharg
ed their very onerous and delicate duties.
This week they hold forth in Kittan
ning, after which they will return to the
city and re-arange the rolls of the differ
ent sub-districts. We have, no doubt,
great good will result from their revising
the rolls.
(jJovcrnor's Message.
The Message will be found in our pa
per this week, to the exclusion of other
matter; we ask for it a careful reading.
In it we learn that about one fifth of the
300,000 men, now called for, is required
of this State ! Wc arc pleased to Fee that
the Senate has already taken up the sub"
ject—that such an allotment is just, is
scarcely possible. Wc have neither time
nor space at present, to cxamin this matter
at length, contenting oursclf with simply
expressing the hope, that the Legislature
will take hold of this, as well as all other
matters affecting the interest and honor
of the Commonwealth, with that firniucss
and manly pride that becomes the repre
sentatives of three and a half millions of
enlightened freemen We blushed last
winter at observing with what rctisence
the Legislature passed over the shabby
conduct of Secretary Stanton, in res
ponse to the united appeal of the Gov
ernor's of both Maryland and Pennsylva
nia. liut then we were told by some,
that this was a personal quarrel between
Curtin and the worthy Secretary, and by
others, that we must gpn and bear every
thing till after Mr. Lincoln's re-election,
this latter argument no longer exists. We
would any factious opposition to
the federal policy, but at the same time,
it is the duty of thoKC intrusted with the
interests of the State, to see that the rights
of the State remain unimpaired. Mr.
Stanton is the mere creature of executive
will, while Gov. Curtin is the representa
tive of the people of a sovereign State.—
For our self, wc see no good reason
why permission should not- be at once
givn to raise a brigade within the State
for Hancock's corps. Why require re
cruits to visit Washington city for the
purpose of joining it? This and other
questions should be asked, and satisfacto
ry answers had. Let public opinion be
what it may elsewhere, we know that our
people without party distinction hope to
see Governor Curtin sustained in his ef
forts to maintain the honor of the State,
and the interest of her soldiers against all
counter interest. We have no doubt our
representatives are fully cognizenco of
this fact, and will act accordingly.
Tlie Confederacy in Despair.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.
The Richmond Sentinel contains a very
important editorial, believed to bo from
the pen of Jeff. Davis. Secretary Sew
ard is reported to have sent it toall the
foreign ministers, as showing the com
plete exhaustion of the rebellion, and j
consequently the rebels are no longer en- !
titled to consideration as belligerents.
It says our late reverses has done much |
towards preparing our people for extreme !
sacrifices. If the subjugated question is
simply whether we shall give for our own
use or whether the Yankees shall take
for theirs, it would be more, glorious to
devote our means to success thau lose
them as spoils to the eueiuy. Our situa
tion, stripped of our property, bnt mas
ters of our government, would beinfiuite
ly better than if despoiled by the enemy
and wearing his bouds. Subjugation is
a horror that embraces all other horrors.
Troublesome times are upon us. (ireat
exigencies surround us. We need all
our strength and wisdom. Let there be
a apnferenea of our wise men. Let there
' be a calm investigation of our wants.
Then let all obstacles to the employ
ment all our resources be rcuiuved.
So long as we have a man or a dollar, lot
the call for them bo houored. It would
b« adding disgrace to our misery if we
were overcome without exhausting every
resource of defence. Ifthe Government
determines that it needs ur lands, hous
es, negroes, hornet*, fBomCA". i>r ourselves.
it must liavo them. If Providence con
demns us to a master, let it not bo a Yan
kee. Of all tho people on earth, we have
the most reason to loathe and drcd tlicm.
Any terms with any other would be pref
erable to subjugation by them. If states
manship cannot save us, it can palliate our
misery by saving us from the Yankees.
Our people would infinitely prefer a fa
vorable alliauce with Kuropcan nations.
'l'lie Richmond Enquirer , after com
menting on the above, says : If it be ne
cessary to convince the world that wcarc
lighting for self-government of whites,
then we should liberate the negroes; and
if that liberation should secure our rec
ognition and the guaranty of England or
France to our independence, we believe
the people of these State* would not hes
itate to make the sacrifice. Tho conse
quences of emancipation would fall up
on the negro. The act would bo one of
necessity, not of choice, taken against our
judgment and convictions, but to save us
from the horrors of a prolonged war and
ruin, and tho destruction involved in the
success of our enemy.
Important Information.
The Augusta Sentinel gets the follow
ing information from a gentleman who
left Savannah just before it was surren
dered into the hands.of tho enemy;
" Tho works around the city were very
strong and tho place in all probability
would have been- held had it not been for
the fall of Fort McAllister. The usual
garrison numbered aboutotft hundred and
twenty-five men, A day or two before it
j fell, however, about six hundred more
troops were sent to their aid. The fort
was attacked on the north side by Sher
man's forces. If it were knowu that had
the fort been as strong on the land side
as it was on the water side, it could never
have been captured. After Sherman had
captured the fort lie communicated with
the fleet and procured a bountiful supply
of ammunition. Sherman also transfer
red the heavy guns from Fort McAllister
to a position from which hi conld shell the
city, in case he wished to. No demand
was made for the surrender of the city
until Saturday. On that day he demand
ed an unconditional surrender of the city.
General Beauregard, in substance, inform
ed him that lie knew the way to the city,
and conld take it if lie was able.
General Beauregard left the ci yon
Sunday. Tho residents of Savannah did
not ex poet that the city would be captur
ed. r J hey were totally unprepared for
such a result. But very few of them
succeeded in getting away. Thousands
who did were obliged to leave most of their
| effects behind. Tho best order was main
tained throughout tho entire siege All
the whiskey was locked up.
Four local companies were assigned to
police duty, and kept law breakers quiet.
One or two fires occurred; but ltttle prop
erty was damaged. All the rice on the
plantations in the vicinity of the city,
fell into the hands of tho Yankees. Some
estimate tho amount at 500,000 b she s.
The confederate Government succeeded
in removing mo t of its stores. The
main loss sustained by it, was the loss of
siege guns about tho place, and the gun
boats. The pontoon bridge across which
our troops parsed, was built at the foot of
one of the streets t>f the city, During
the siege several attempts to destroy our
communications on the Carolina side were
made, all of which proved futile. Bish
op Abbott was in the city on Monday.—
Our informant does not know whether
he left the place or not. A large portion
of the Central Bail road cars were sent
down the Savannah and Gull Bail road
before that line v.a.s interrupted. Both
of the printing offices of the city fell in
to the hands of tho Y'ankecs. We are
ipformed both editors left before the cap
itulation. 31 r. Sucad, of the Republi
can, left early last week, with the Govern
ment funds, of which lie was custodian.
Mr. Smith, of the Xctrs, did not leave
until Monday night.
'1 he Richmond Examiner gives the
following editorial, strikingly significant
of th public temper at the Capital :
[From the Itiehmoinl Exnrniner, Dee. 80.)
When in any crisis of a nation's fate,
men are seen to lose their heads, and to
look all around them in wild alarm, it is
proof that they at least are subdued. If
the mass of their countrymen had not
more presence of mind than they have,
the doom of all would be near at hand.
They all seem to have some such fright
ened counsellors in the Confederacy at
this moment, and their wild outcries
grate and jar dreadfully upon the general
j calm and resolute tone of the country.—
] They do not help, but hinder. They rc
| sctnble shrieking passengers in a tempest,
to whom the boatswain had to say : You
mar our labors; keep your cabins, you do
ssist the storm. One public journal ex
horts those Confederate States to throw !
themselves back into the arms of Eng
land, France, and Spain, the powers
which first planted colonies here; togo
back like the prodigial gon ; to acknowl
edge that we were young birds that had
broke shell too soon; to recall all those
high words we have had in our mouths
for one, two or three generations, about
liberty, tho rights of rush and democra
cy, and promise not too so any more.
' To bo sure poor frightened creatures
tell us to take this course if we should
prove unable to maintain our own cause
against our enemies; but to utter the sug
gestion, above all, to utter it now, is to
say too plainly, not ns we should, but
when we shall, or rather inasmuch as we
have proved uiiablc to-sustain ourselves;
thnt is, seeing wo are beaten, ovorworked
and overwhelmed, and rtady to sink,
como all jo gods and Christians, and res
cue us, and take us lo yo rsclvcs as your
vassals and liege subjects forever. The
blind pr.r.:c of thb writer makes liiin even
utiuole to see that neither England, nor
France, nor Spain, nor the three combin
ed, would touch us with the end of the
longest pole if we once made so helpless
an exhibition of ourselves. Nations are
not '' Good Samaritans." If they see a
weaker brother fallen among thieves,
wounded and half dead, they do not trou
ble themselves about his hard fato. They
even pass by on the other side, but empty
his pockets, if peradventuro there be
somewhat left to take away from him.
If neither England nor France will so
much as recognize us, not even know of
our existence, while wo are vigorously
bnfliing and beating back gigantic inva
sions year after year, in haughty reliance
on our own prowess and good cause, and
able, to offer them advantageous alli
ances, and reciprocal benefits, how
would they receive such an invitation
as this, now that wo are sinking and
perishing under the mighty power
of the Yankee nation ? Now that we
are beaten and beggared, we pray
you togo to war Tfith that nation for
our redemption, and having rescued
us, as we have nothing else to offer,
take ourselves and our children for
vassels to* you and your children.
Take this land that once was ours and
among you. This will not
do. The alternative is not offered
us, as panic-stricken mortals imag
ine, to be colonists under England
or France or subjects of the Yan
kees. We are not choice,
" The very proposal suggested to
be made to those powers would prove
that wo are already subjugated. It |
would be an admission that we had
set up a pretention we could not sup
port and provoked an enemy we could
not fight, and they would coldly bid
us creep back into the Union and
stay there. They would understand
that the United States, if this Confed
eracy be once subdued, must be the
ruling power of the West. They
would be glad to cement their friend
ship with our enemies by treating us
with contumely, and would so en
deavor to make a general treaty, set
tling the affairs of all America, and
giving guarantees both to Mexico and
Canada. One is ashamed even to
refute and rebuke this mean sugges
tion, begotten by terror upon igno
rance. It would be pleasing to think
one shonbl never hear more of it, but
then there is another, and not very
dissimilar in kind or in origin, an
other counsellor who also, of course,
takes for granted that we are virtu
ally conquered. lie advises us to
make known to the European nations
that we are ready to abolish slavery.
That slavery shall not be permitted
to prejudice our recognition as a na
tion, and we are assured that this
would secure recognition, and per
haps intervention.
" It is not alleged that England or
France, or the Government of either
has ever said or hinted that they
would make this bargain, but if they
would, then we are exhorted to- say
that we would. Now this also, how
ever the idea may be muffled up,
amounts exactly to- an invitation to
England and France, or one of them,
to make war upon the United States,
in order to save us from Yankee do
mination, and in return we arc to of
fv~r them what? Destruction of our
labor power, which would leave us of
no use to them, to ourselves, or any
body else. It is said, indeed, that
this would be a great concession to
the opinion of mankind, which is
anti-slavery, and that the evil conse
quences would fall upon the unfortu
nate negro whom we should thus base
ly abandon. Very well, then, it
would be a very humiliating confes
sion of defeat, and would also, by
them, be taken as a confession that
we had deserved defeat. We must
not deceive ourselves.
" It signifies Bothing- to say that
we would rather give np slavery than
be subject to Yankees. On the con
trary, when we should have made
this graceful confession to the public
opinion of Europe, then Europe would
very certainly cheat us, and seeing
that we were whipped, and the pluck
taken out of us, would make friends
of our enemy at our expense. What
does our brave army think of these
wretched outcries of alarm and self
abasement ? They sound as if they
were shipwreckeda Ireadyand drifting
on a raft, having white flags to every
point of the compass, anxiously scan
ning the distant horizon, and one
crying ' Lo here' and another 'Lo
there.' Matters do not so stand with
us, and if they did we should be al-;
ready lost. Our help and hopes nev-!
cr were and are not now, with Eu
rope, Asia or Africa. Ilere on our
own ground, we have powers and ma
terials both to vindicate our independ- \
ence and destroy our enemies. If j
our affairs are now somewhat gloomy ;
it not for want of sympathy or aid
abroad, but of energy and wisdom at
home. It is for want of confidence j
in the efficient administration of our
military affairs, which is only trivial.
Neither can this confidence be re
stored by always crying' Confidence,'
'Only let us have confidence.' 'Have
trust in one another,' and slanf of
that sort. On the contrary, matters
are made worse, for mankind natur
ally abhors your 'confidence man.'
Our affairs can bo restored only by
placing the military affairs of tho
contry in really capable hands—in
tho hands of on? who will not need
to keep piteousdy appealing for con
fidence, or feelingly depreciating mis
construction of orders and by giving
to him a carte blanche , yes, anil a
caxte noire , too, and saying. Now
lead on and we will follow thee.'
" Then we will have no need of
looking anxiously across the the At
lantic to see whether freedom is about
to dawn upon us from the East. Our
National Independence is not carried
over sea in ships—where it grows
thero it stands like an oak. if wo
have not hero within ourselves the el
ement of it, materials and spirit, body _
and soul, then we shall never sec it
—never."
The sentence above in which tho
Examiner wants Lee again carte
noire as well as carte blanche, black
control as well as white, indicates tho
growing determination to arm tho
slaves. x
NEWS ITEMS.
Ntw Yon v. Janofiw-8.
The Times' Washington says it is ru
mored that Oen. Sherman has communi
cated to (he President that the Georgia
State authorities have applied to como
back into the Union, and that Secretary
Stanton's visit to Savannah is doubtless
in connection with this subject.
The Timet says Gen. Thomas ha* t«en
made a Major-General in the regular ar
my, vice Gen. Fremont, resigned, dating
from his victory over Hood.
Similar nominations for Sherman
Meade and Sheridan have been sent to
the Senate.
A letter from the army of the James,
dated Friday, says all is quite in this l>e
partment. A severe rain-storm has pre
vailed all day, making the roads almost
impassable.
It is known that a bill is pending in tho
House of Representatives for the recon
structions of the States, the Government
of which have been subverted or over
thrown by rebellion, and thus establish
ing a rule applicable to them all.
IteprcscTitative Wilson hns introduced
a substitute for a bill providing that no
Representatives shall be received from
any such State nntil by act or joint reso
j lution of Congress, and approved by the
President, or passed notwithstanding his
objection. It shall be declared that the
State has formed a just local government,
republican in fi>rm, entitled to represen
tation in Congren. In other words tho
substitute proposes fo deal with each
State seperately, on its own merits, with
out establishing a system of rendmission
applicable to them.
Richmond papers of the fith. in addi
tion to what was telegraghed last night
have the following:
A violent tornado passed over middle
A abama on the '27 th of December, kill
ing fifteen persous, demolishing a number
of houses, and destroying the railroad
bridge on the Montgomery and Wast
| Point Railroad, twenty miles east of Mont
'cr ornery. The amount of damage done
j wai immense.
At the battle of Franklin, he Missou
ri brigade went into the fight six hundred
| and eighty-eight strong, and had onehun
! dred and nine k lied, two hundred and
| forty-two wounded and ninety-six captur-'
! »<i. making a loss of four hundred and
ftVrty-seven.
General Cockerell was wounded three
times, but not seriously. Colonel Gates
was also wounded. Col. Garland and
Major Parker, with a long list of Cap
tains and Lieutenants, were among tho
killed.
Res,. A rebel account of the bombard
ment of Fort Fisher says: This formida
ble fleet stood in at 11 o'clock yesterday
morning, and at twenty minutes to 1 it
| opened a furious fire upon Fort Fisher,.
; the principal work at the mouth of the-
I Cape Fear. An English naval officer
who was with Sir Charles Napier in the
Baltic, and at Sevastopol, says the fire
exceeded anything he had ever seen.
The Pope of Rome has replied la -
the Confederate manifesto, addressed . to
all Foreign Governments, asking tbem tfw
interfere in our quarrel. Ilis llnliuw.sa
says he will not fail to avail ttmoself of a
favorable opportunity to urge peace. Ho
is no doubt waiting for die tall of Charles
ton and Richmond.
Governor Cannotr. of in. his
annual message to.the Legislature, again
takes ground in favor of emancipation in,
that State. Emancipation in Maryland!
has surrounded Deleware with free soil,,
and the Governor urges the abolition of
slavery primarily as a commercial necessi
ty-
A brigade of cavelry and artillery has
been stationed near Lovittsville. Gen.
Devin is in command of the brigade,
j Winter quarters are being erected, and
it is possihle that this force will remain
in the vicinity.
The Columbia Typographical Society,
last night, celebrated, by a supper, its
50th anniversary. Among the invited
guests were Speaker Colfax, epresenta
tives Raldwin. ef Massachusetts, Brooks,
Ambrose, W. Clark, Wm. Falon, Chief;
<'lerk of the navy Department, J. Moil
j day.the Presidents Private Secretary 4
Kx-Postmaster-General Horatio- King;
j Ben. Perley oore. and other genrtle'mcn
i who, -ike themselves, have a practical
knowledge of printing, who severally re
sponded to the regular toasts, much to
the delight of the large assemblage of tho
i craft.
It is said that President Lincoln will,
j upon his inauguration be obliged to givo
way to the unexampled pressure for office,
and make some changes among office hol
ders throughout tho country.
Govoropr Andrew, among other prac
tical suggestions, in his inaugural address
to the Massachusetts Legislature suggests
that the State should aid any movement
proposed to open tho door of emigration
to young women who are wantod for teach
ers and other domestic employment in
the AN est,- but who are leading anxi.
ous arid aimless lives in New England