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Friday, February 26, 1864.
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The People's Choice for President,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
CHICAGO AS A LUMBER MARKET.—The
total receipts of lumber by lake at Chicago
during the year 1863 were 393,074,882 feet.
These are largely in excess of the receipts
of the year before, and do not include the
receipts by railroad, which were considera
ble. The Journal says the past has been the
most prosperous lumber season ever known
in the West, and the prices have been high
or than ever before.
_y Geo. A. Coffey, Esq., United States
District Attorney for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, died at hie residence in Phila
delphia, on Saturday last, the 20th inst., of
paralysis, aged forty-three years. He was a
graduate of Dickinson College, a man of
considerable ability, of popular manners and
genial disposition. Educated for the minis
try, ho preferred law and politica, in both of
which professions he distinguished himself
during the last six or eight years of his life
He was law partner of lion. Win. D. Kelley.
ItM., A mon in France has been cured of
deafness by repented visits to ri chamber filled
with air compressed to two at moAtiliere , i and
a half. Similar cases have occurred before,
and the subject is et list Flitracting much at
tention among tho French as it should among
American physicians. .Another account says
that by this treatment catarrh, asthma, and
other complaints of the respiratory organs
may be removed ; in croup the compressed
air wi !l flatten down theadvegtttous mem
branes ; and in disorders arising from weak
nese, compressed air will arterialise the blood,
and increase the vital power of the patient
Railroads of Pennsylvania
The annual report of the railroad depart.
ment of this Commonwealth has been present
ed to the Legislature. This report exhibits
the highly gratifying and remarkabte fact,
that the aggregate receipts of the several lines
are about double the expenses, and show than
this department of business we hAve a
wonderful degree of prosperity. The expen
ses of the roads for the year have been $2O,
602,865,66 —the receipts $40,423,071 4
showing a profit of $19,920,766 82. During
the same period the Cfty Passenger Railroads
have received $1; 813,218 20, and expended
$1,267,044 62, leaving a profit of $316,173-
58.
Facts such as these would be encouraging
at any time, showing, as they conclusively
do, the prevalence of a vigorous and healthy
state of affairs, but they are especially signtli
cant at the present time. They afford mien
awerable proof that the energies of the people
are actually increased instead of being exhaust
ed, notwithstanding the great national work
of suppressing the rebellion absorbs so much
Of the nation's efforts. Whi'e the long list of
profits eccumulats, it is more than an offset
for our minor losses. The future is all ra
diant with promise of btil I increasing prosper
ity. Are wo not indeed a great people ?
TICE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
TO THE CONSTITUTION.
The joint resolution recently introduced
by Senator Anthony to provide for submitting
to the 88 % oral States an amendment of the
Constitution of the United States, is in the
following words:
ARTICLE-.Everywhere within the limits
of the United States. and each State nod
Territory thereof, all persons are equal be
fore the law, so that no person eau hold
another as a slave.
This joint resolution was, two days after
it was introduced, reported by Senator Sum
mer from the Committee on the Judiciary
without amendment and adversly. Senator
Henderson had introduced a joint resolution
for a similar object. But for this the Com•
mittee reported the following joint resolu
lion, which covers the ground assumed in
Senator Summer's resolution
Resolved, By the Senalc and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled. That, two-thirds
of both Houses concurring, the following
article be proposed to the Legislatures of the
several States as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States, which when
ratified by three-fourths of said Le,:islatures,
shall be valid, to all intents and purposes,
as part of the•said Constitution, namely :
ACITICIN. XIII, SECTION I —Neither Sla
very nor involuntary serviride, except a s a
punishment for a crime whereof the party
hal I have been duly convicted, shall exist
within the United States or any place sub
ject to their jurisdiction.
SECTION 2.—Congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legisla
tion.
The War in the Duchies
On the 2d 'of February, the first conflict be
tween the Prussians and the Danes took
place. Tho town of slissunde, on the &Wel,
was attacked vigorously, and after a six hours'
conflict, the Prussians wore repulsed. Sev
eral minor engagements aro reported as hav
ing occurred on the Bd, 4th and sth of Feb•
:Gary. The latest intelligence is that the
Danes have evacuated the town of Sohleswig,
and abandoned the important defensive lino
of the Dannerwork.e, intending to make a
stand tit - Fli3ndsbiarg. Thus we hitie the be
ginning of a war which may become of great
magnitude and very important in its results,
in Europe. The leading German powers are
involved in it, and it is a question whether
Bngland, Prance, Russia and Sweden will
keep out of it. If the Amos aro unsustained
by the Powers that made the treaty of 1851,
of course they will be defeated and will lose
the Duchies. The royal speech on the open.
ing of the British Parliament is very positive
in the declaration that the,Duchies, under the
treaty, a part of the inheritance of King
Christian ; ; but, whether the words will be
sustained by deedd is-a- question undecided.
But, the beginning, of a , war in Europe, how
ever it may terminate, is a matter of Inver.
tenee•also In this country. Thereis lees
danger than 'ever, of interference with us,
now that kwar in Europe has begun.
MILITARY DAMAGES
We,observe that a bill has been introduced
into our Legislature to compensate this people
of the border Counties for the losses sus
tained by them by Rebel invasions. The bill
provides for the payment of all damages oc
casioned thereby, including those done by
the Militia and National troops as well as the
Rebels. We have not received a copy of the
bill, and therefore, do not know preediely
what its provisions are, but we know that
justice to the men whose property has been
destroyed by those invasions, requires that
some such act should be passed. The people
of the border Counties have net been back
ward in furnishing men, and contributing in
every way to the defense of the State and
Nation, and they are in every respect, desery
ing of protection. When the Government,
for any reason does not, or cannot protect
their property, justice demands that it com
pensate them for the losses they have sus.
twined.
We have no doubt that in view of this the
bill will receive the hearty support of the rep•
resentatives of Counties which have not Buf
fered, as it certainly will of those whose coun
ties have sustained the direct injuries of the
war. The additional taxation necessary to
carry out the provision of such a bill will not
be felt by the State at largo, while the com
pensation so given will relieve many who
have lost their entire property and who have
been almost destitute since the invasion of
fast Summer. Many persons in Southern
Pennsylvania has been brought to the verge
of destitution by reason of the losses they
have sustained from a common enemy, and it
would be an act of gross injustice to deny re
lief. We hope, therefore, that the Represen
(wives of the entire State will give the bill
their caretul attention anti hearty support.—
While other portions of the Slate have the ad
vantage of Icing so remote from the scene of
conflict us to nude it certain that they will
never suffer front invasions, that very fact
should make them more willing to compensato
those whose positions are less favorable.
We take it (or granted that our representa
tives ;%le , srs. Ditcher and. Itownan, will
exert themselves to the utmost iu its favor,
nurl - ws lystpelq rieic week, to congratulate
our readers on its pus-age. lu the mean
time we hope that every one in or out of the
Legislature, will do his utmost to secure its
passage.
What shall wo Do with Them ?
By many who are pleased that the fortunes
of this war are likely to put a final period to
African slavery the question is asked with
some anxiety. “What aro we to do with the
multitude of — freedmen - ?" Mien we have
stricken off the last fetter our duty to this
race is by no means accompli-bed. Our real
work for the negro is, in fact, but commenced
willt the be•-tow•etent of freed its.
It is well known that those Africans who
have been educated in slavery are particularly
dependent. This is thought. by some to be
charteteristic of the whole rice, but this point
we will not discuss, as it is declared on one
side that the dependence of the negro is dui•
oily to his training in a state of s•rvititle
and to ignorance and not to his natural char.
aster. The fact is indisputable that the great
majority of those freed from slavery by our
armies will need the Test fostering care, and
that without it their rapid destruction, and
the almost total annihilation of the race iu
this country is certain. There are those who
pretend to think that this consummation is de
sirable ; that the Afrie iu race unless enslaved
will he a burden h i us, and that either their
destruction or their removal from our shores
is necessaryfor the. good. of the w Lates.„ With
these philosophers we entirely disagree.
The black man has always been a laborer,
and there is no probability that he will cease
to he so when freed from bondage. Indeed,
the examples before us of free blacks in the
North are very generally on the sale of in
dustry and not remarkable for vice. Fur
productiVe labor the negro race i 3 still need
ell, particularly now when labor is becom
ing scarce. Then why drive the black man
to other climes, to his detriment and our own
disadvantage'. The policy seems not only to
be inhuman but unwise Urged by the pop.
ular prejudice against the race, the President,'
some time ago, was induced to adopt a Scheme
for the colouizatiou of the blacks in Central
America. Fortunately, as we think, this
scheme fell through, and this valuable labor
and fiyhting material was saved to the country.
The Government seems now to have aban
doned the idea, and the people appear, as
usual, to have led rather than followed the
officials.
That the negro, in a state of freedom, can
be made, if he is not now, a very useful mem
ber of the community we think is denionstra
ble beyond a doubt. One very important use
to which he is 'mitt being put is to fill up the
decreased ranks of our armies. His fitness
for this, business is generally conceded.--
But.for the large number of the race who can
not tight, and for - those who can when the
war closes it is still an important question as
to what we are to do with them.
What should wo do with the negro but set
him to work at such labor as he is fitted for,
and treat him as kindly and pay him well
as he deserves? The question Is simple en
ough when not complicated by absurd senti
mentalism or groundless fears. The negro
must live as well as other mon, and when
obliged to work or starve, there is not the
slightest reason to suppose that he will choose
the latter alternative, or that he will be more
vicious than the majority of mankind of the
same standard of intelligence. Indeed, his
natural (or acquired) subserviency is 'a sure
guarantee that he will be less likely to fly out
of the Booial traces than those of the white
race, who, if. not less used to oppression, are
oertairaly-leesmconstomod tomnrebelltous
..dience and docile contentment. That the la
bor of the negro will be needed, there is no
doubt. Nor need there bo.any fear that negro
labor will ever be brought into competition
with that of the whites. When tho war is en
ded, the labor of all the blacks in the coun
try will be needed in cultivating the rice,
cotton and sugar• platitations of the South, a
kind of work to which they aro particularly
adapted, and which is not suited to our Nor
thern white laborers.
There is a consideration, however, connect
ed with this subject that should occupy our
closest and Most careful attention. The ne
gro is„ from habit, if not by nature, depen
dent. Among those who havo for somo time
breathed tho air of freedom in our Northern
States, there are many exAmples of industry,
prosperity and general respectability. • A.
mong those lately freed from bondage we
must expect to find few such. It is a public
'duty in respect to them to see that they are
so oared for as not to be allowed to suffer
from want or be driven to crime. This duty
need not impose any considerable trouble or
expense upon our Government or people.—
The freedmen can be made self-supporting
from the beginning, and it need not be long,
with proper management, before they are ren
dered entirely independent.
The policy which our Government has in
augurated looking to the first of these results,
is faulty principally in reference to the sec
ond, and booause the ultimate good of the ne
gro—in which that of the whole community
is to a great extent involved—has not been
sufficiently considered. The main idea with
those having charge of this matter seems to
have been to make as much money as possi
ble out of the negro, without reference to his
future good. The horrible accounts we have
had of the treatment of contrabands empl.eyed
on the plantations taken possession of by the
Government is sufficient evidence of this.—
To produce a reform in this particular it
should be understood that the negro is, and
is to be, valuable to the country for his la
bor ; that the race is and should be distinct
from the whites, but is deserving at the came
time of such treatment as will assist their in
crease and prosperity for their good and ours,
which are thus intimately connected.
We regret to add that our greatest concern
at the present time, in connection with this
subject, is not on account of the nogro haters,
but in regard to those who have recommend
ed themselves as par excellence, liberal and
progressive. The fanatical individuals ap
pear to be making an effort to obtain for the
negro a greater amount of consideration that
he deserves or is disposed to claim. Some
of their new progressive notions are utterly cc
putznant to the taste of the community, en
lightened or otherwise, and if they continue
to progress, we anticipate trouble from the an
tagonist❑ which they are likely to excite.—
But of this more hereafter.
Negroes for the Sotithern Army
The Rebel house of Representative., on
the ist instunt,.had under discussion a bill,
reported from the Committee on Military Af
fairs, to increase the efficiency of the army
by the employment of free negroes and
slaves under certain circumstances. An un
successful attempt to go into secret session
was Wade,
The pending question being upon an
amendment offered by Mr. Baldwin, of Vir
ginia, to add to the first section the words,
"And no Free negro engaged iu the produc
-tion of` food and forage skill' be talciia under
(his act"—
Mr. BA RESD LC, of Mississippi, said that
it teas no harm to say that we needed troops,
and it was the duty of Congress to place
"Inen in the army', and fill up those serried
ranks now an gallantly maintaining our
cause in the field. The chairman of the
Military Committee had informed the House
that the proposed measure would bring for
ty thousand troops into the field—more than
hal been engaged in ;toy great battle—
without materially liminishi .g our resour
ces ; and yet we we're met at the ihreshhold
by a question relative to exchange. Sup
pose these free negroes were taken prison
ers ; the free negro is nut an useful ingredi
ent of our society. 110 was astenitthed,
fuw days ago, at the assertion of the gentle
man ruin Virginia (Mr, Baldwin) that this
class was an useful one in his State. lie
would leave it to the ge . ntleman's colleagues
to answer that; but would say that, accord
ing lo his observation, the free negro wile a
blot up to Our escutcheon and psruittious to
our slave population. Neither were they
engsmel in agricultural pursuits. The
amendment of the gentleman from Viritrinia
Tirtiposcd to Make a roost unjust discrimina
tion against the poorer white classes. Ile
says to the free negro, you shall not bear
the burden of this war—while he goes to the
dwelling of the humble white citizen and
says to him you must take your place in the
army. It was contrary to the usages of
Government to regard a negro as a citizen,
and yet the gentleman proposed to discriwit
nate between them and the pourer white
classes.
Mr. BA 1.1) IN. Does the gentleman wish
to place the negroes ar d whites on equality?
Mr. 13),st:en:tut: said that ho was it, favor
of the bill just as it came from the commit
tee. Ile would employ negroes in menial
service in the army, and thus increase its
efficiency by placing able-bodied white 111011,
now perfortning those services, in the ranks.
Mr. ATEANs, of Tennessee, called the
question ; which was ordered, and Mr. Bald
win's amendment was rejected.
Mr. Wittouv of Texas, said he would like
to vote for the bill, but a constitutional diffi
culty suggested itself to his mind. 11.: would
enquire of the Chit Innen of the Military Corn
mittee if the proposition to pay negroes elev
en dollars per month was rot uncoristitution.
al?
Mit. MitEa thought the objection not a
very subtle one. When the Constitution
provided that no private property should be
taken without jest cow pont ation to the own
or, it did nut deprive Congress of the privi
lege of fixing the compensation. It did not
make it obligatory that it should be fixed by
a jury. it Congress determined to employ
negroes in menial operations in the array,
it wits perfectly competent to determine the
compensation to be paid to the owner.—
While we were paying soldiers but eleven
dollars per mouth, he thought the compen
sation ample for the ser.tices of negroes.
Mr.' Surru, of Alabama, moved to strike
out the first section of the bill. It was pro
posed to put into the fortifications and in
the army, inn the capacity of teamsters, free
negroes, a class who were inimical to our
cause. Many. of them could read, write, and
draw, and being introduced into the fortifi
cations, and becoming acquainted with their
details, had only to communicate them to
the enemy. .8o with regard to teamsters.—
They might, by carrying devices, clog - the
movements of a whole army.
Mr. EldeloTT, of Kentucky, Does the
gentleman suppose free negroee are more
inimical to our cause than slaves P
Mr. Surta had never heard that free ne
groes had done any thing good to our cause.
matt i willing_to-pass- the-second -section,-
which provides for-the employment of slaves,
but opposed The free negro feature in tote.
Mr. CUAMBLIBI3, of Virginia. said that he
represented a district that was overwhelmed
with free negroes, and sines the departure
of-the slaves they were the only laborers
that could be,„proeured. There were many
dependent females, who had no other means
pf procuriug subsistence or fuel. There was
however, a clause in the bill which author
ized the President to exempt such free ne
grecs, as the interests of the country might
require 4. and he was willing to-trust to the
justice of:the Executive in this respect,- and
shotild vote for the bill. He was quite as
williqg to trust free negroes hi the army as
slaves, however mach we tnightrhe attached
to the latter class. He hoped Mfe section
would not‘be stricken out. It was his in
tention to vote for every measure-to increase
the army, and he invoked the House to
stand boldly up to its responsibility. Hour
noose failedythis Congress would be handed
down to poster.ty with contempt, because it
refused to make use of the measures within
its reach.
Mr. Smurn's amendment was lost.
Various other amendments were propose 4
some of which were adopted and others re
jected, and the bill finally passed.
THE RESTORATION OF THE
UNION.
Prom the London Star, Jan. 19.]
"You WILL ()RUSH THE REBELLION, say
Count DE GASPARIN and other eminent French.
men, in reply to an address from a beagle of
loyal American citizens. There are 801110 in
this country, and perhaps in France, who
agree'in everything else with GASPARIN and
his friends about the American struggle.—
There are men who heartily abhor slavery,
who have no sympathy with the alleged right
of secession, who hold the South to be fight.
ing in the worst cause for which the sword
was ever wielded, and who both hope and be•
lieve that negro emancipation is about to be
accomplished, but -doubt whether the Union
can be restored. There are other men who
at least affect to respect the Union and to
condemn the South, but who declare that. the
North cannot succeed, and ought not, in re
establishing the Federal authority to its for
mer limits. It may be that events will verify
those predictions. We do not presume to at
firm that the resolution of the North is equal
to its resources, and that it is not possible for
the resistance of the South to be so protracted
as to obtain a partial success. This we have
never affirmed or denied—neither do the most
loyal and determined of Americans undertake
so much. But we are more than ever of
opinion that the obstacles to restoration of
the Union ill lilt its oompleteness are very
much exaggerated in the estimation of those
to whom we refer. Mr. F. feel, for exam
pie, in his recent speech at Bury, indicated
the causes which Ito considered fatal to the
hopes of the North. "Tunbystander he
thought it would appear that that dreadful
war must. have created a gulf between the
Northern and the Soul lit•rn people more int
passible than the widest seal or the loftiest
mountain barriers "by which uauaie ever rep
arm e d oue people from anutaer. and ilist
therefore the alternative of lb it 11111.1 tic
stihjugariou or separation ' 'Mr Pset, does
not deny the pessib Itty 11l siitijogalltrr thr
South, -hut he thinks the Stioritiees stirs I
wide by the Coufe lioaleS Will S r end
Ihcw the hope Or iltdopell !iniCe, 'mil SO in
Ilene their resentment .ig mist (lie N 0.1 h.
the littler the end co n sent •ro sop
tion rather limn persist to hol-lins toe re cos
quere 1 States as rehel.itot-; pr 101110-.5 Tilers
is some plausibility in this y
to the mind of a people weary oh. wors..or eon
(pest, and nervoti.oy aft.S'ol that iheir
may any day Involve them in fredi owlet-I,lk -
ings of that kind. But Mr. Psis.. and those
who cheered his argument, overlook the es
setdial difference between American an-I Est
ropean or Asiatic society. They d i not ob
serve the total dissimilarity between the re
conquest of States in revolt against a Federal
authority and the susjugation of an indepen
dent people by a foretell Power. They think
of the Confederacy as of a Itoi togeneous whole
at Isar with a neighboring country, and fisht
ing for the preservation of rights immemori
ally enju j gd - They think of theUuited States
as trying to impose the yoke of a military
despotism upon amulet' whose territory they
covet and whose fastifutious they would de
vi•oy. Nothing can he fort her 1.0111 the
truth The war in Attierir I- nol Oil di a war
as that in which Imperial Fr ince elissiee 1
against Germ my and Spain t lire ti '11(101 t hem
with the fate of Italy, with the appoint teem
o f vassal nionarell. rind the roe ni4ll4iCti,ll I .
all their political omit! utien.t. 8 II le.s is ii
such a w Is that which Ait•ori a an I It Isd
wage continually in II sly nu I Ihilan I. I. as'
of all it is a war those by whish tlreat
Britain main mos, or role over the matte
provitices iind tribes of Itoll i , the Calf, i v 1,1
South .thins, and the Mit iries id New 7, •, 1
Land. Justice compels us to add it is not
such a war as that which a rebellion in Ire
laud against sh authority of the Britiy.li
Crown WOUlti_r* , '?Any provoke. In ell of
these caves the si• -leering Power claims to
be the exelti,ive pdwer --the scores of all au•
thozity, the excite:iv° force of ill law. Every
!limits° 11011[10111,ln is hi sr rraci of the E tipress
VICTOIetI N Irish turnpike can be Het
up, nor a mile of !rid) fa linulintile, Wl,llOlll
the sanction of I lioperlal
This depeiolancs of evert. portion of ern
Aire upon its hen I and centre,—even though
- isigat ell --by--to try --
couvenieut and perilous enough in time of
peace It is almost fatal to reunion after
war. It renders absolute subjugation the al
teruative of Beparntion. The soil must be
ploughed up deep by the ploughshare of con
fiscation, every office, down to the humblest,
must. change hands—well.nigh every house
hold must be vidted and held to bail—before
a country thus ad:Moisture.] Can be reduced
to complote sulniiis-ihin In America it is sill
quite otherwise. "Slavery apart," as Air.
PEEL says, there is nothing for the North itild
South to quarrel about, or nothing that eati•
I nut be quarreled over in Cougre.s without the
least fear of a renewal of hostilities. Even in
their foreign relwions - the principal nexus
of the Union—the North and South were di
sided almost exclusively by slavery. All fib
cal controversies are related to slavery. They
have no National
,Church—but if they had,
all ecclesiastical questions would become pro.
slavery and antislavery. Tits appoiuttuent
of such humble functionaries as postmasters
his been, and would again be, a subject of
angry dispute between pro-slavery Wen and
abolitionists. Slavery is the colored thread
that runs through the rope—but to weaken
not strengthen. Civil war has untwisted the
strands, but only far enough to pull out, th.i
rotten substance. When the armies afoot for
the maintenance .ef slavery are dispersed,
silvery disappears--but titohing else. In
the 8 ales Brit have resumed their agile
gins^e t° ! h e tinillfl,lllho one 18 1211101,4,1
—the relation of 'he ine , ter ts bits pnicli u-i-I
servant. 'foe PIitiSIDENF'S ell
sure this to the Whole ut the revolted Slates
They are eundonaed to the
leg but the right of holding pi °perry in man
The Stale Governtecuis au.l Le„ Islamics will
remain unimpaired State taxes tvill be ley
led by the Sallie authority as before. The
Stale laws will he executed,—exe• pt as re
gards slaves.—just as if there had been no
rebellion. Constitutional liberty will be re
established with the re establishment of con
silt utionnl authority. The suffrage and the
ballot box, the caucus and the election, will
be untouched. Southern Senators and Rep
resentatives will ro enter the halls of Con
gross. Southern citizens will obtain their
just, share of public employments. There will
be no proscription, no persecution, no disa
bilities. Was evese rebellion repressed at so
greatPa cost and punished with so light a pen
alty? Did the world ever before witness vic
tory without vengeance-a civil war without
reprisals 2 It never did; and therefore it is
blow to . boliever that She' American Union CAD
be restored—that i.eminoilation of the North
and South is possible. But Messieurs Gss-
SARIN, LABOULArE, nocl other Frenchman,
perceive the happy
_peculiarity of the Ameri
can eystena, and predict as its consequence
this sublime result.
Our Next President.
It is a deioded thing—the people have de
creed it—that Abraham Lincoln shall be re
elected President, and do human power can
prevent it. 411 over the country, wherever
the question of a candidate is agitated, “Ilon
est old sweeps all hefore him. At a
meeting - Of - Mb Union League in Lancaster,
held ou Thursday evening, President Lincoln
was unanimously to nominated. It is so all
over the .country..=-the people, clubs, Leagues
and Legislative bodies of loyal men everwhere
are for President Lincoln, and MI the power
of Copperheadism oannot.prevent his re-elec
tion.—Lehigh Register, Allenthwn, Pa.
GOOD BOTTOM.-.At 71 dancing match at Chi
sago recently, a bump Dutch girl danced
nine hours constantly when her partner no
knowredged himself:fairly beaten -- and very
tired. The damsel then ',took six 'glasses of
larger and quietly wont to-breakfast.
Summary of General News
Dy. - Henry St. Clair has been elected to
the State Senate in place. of Major Harry
Wilke, resigned. This gives the Rupubli
cans one majority, and insures the immedi
ate organization of the Senate.
Acting Attorney General Coffey has is
sued instructions to the U. S. District Attor
ney to discontinue proceedings commenced
or pending in the District or Circuit Courts
of the United States against a person
charged with acts of rebellion, whenever
such person shall produce satisfactory evi
dence that he has, in good faith, taken the
oath and complied with the conditions pre
scribed by the President's proclamation of
the Sth of December, 1863.
By.-way of Cairoiag: have advises from
Gen. Sherman's el l ingliition, which reached
Meridan ten days after leaving Vicksburg.
A portion of Gen. Tutll division got be
hind, was cut off frOm th expedition, and
returned to Vicksburg. The same dispatch
states that the reports that General Smith's
command of cavalry and mounted infantry,
in their expedition into Mississippi, had a
fight with Foro-t's men, are not confirmed.
Refugees from Mobile report that the inhab
itants of that city feel confident of resisting
an attack upon that place by the Union
forces. Fifteen thousand rebel troops are
reported in and about the city.
A Fort Smith (Arkansas) dispatch states
that Gen. Price has received as sixty days'
furlough to go CO Texas and Mexico.
A dispatch from Cincinnati announces
that on the Nth Col. Callep snrprised Col.
Ferguson's rebel command in Wayne coun
ty, Va., c.ipturing sixty prisoners, including
Ferguson, his surgeon, arid two lieutenants,
eighty Sillllll of ;tries, and a large number of
stolen horses, and all the rebel supplies of
forage, ammunition, and subsistence. Six
teen hurelred Union prisoners are also re
ported to have hero released.
The strainer Arago, from New Orleans on
the 11th inst., reached New York on Satur
d ry. She brings no very important news.—
l'hs hoops at Indianola are nearly all re-
en 11-I,lllg.
Sever:ll more citric:fss who escaped from
Libity„ d'isison have arrived at Fortress
rue.
l'he Nove York Thaishal received letters
Hunt .Newbern, dated the I.llh, confirming
the reported final rutre3t 1.11 L:
Th... Navy I ) t•parltue: t has received intel
ligence of the eapittri... 111 the re , Intoner Etrza
the sloop Mdry, the :droop Caroline, 1 he:dorm
Young Rover, and the schooner Wm. A.
k ain , w - htle attempting - to" roil the blbekade
lit dirptter Ftorldri.
liu lu-., by the live in Gloucester,
Mass., amounted to $.18:1,1101.1, and the irrsur
mice to $lBO.OOO.
Tiw steamer Attica, with Europetto dates
to the 7th, arrived at I halifax uu Satidl lity.
l'he appeal ill the 01100 ut the Alexandra
was heard on the lilh intartt, and the Court
was to give judgment oil the Bth.
Danes have et acuateal Schleswig and the
Datinewerke, I.lling hack to Flensburg, the
(L pursuing. Firma: had been Ito ad
cloiutr,al -in. Schleswig. A—sidocv
st4:ll on the :oh instant prevented anything
1 but skorritsdring. A 1 latitlearg dispatch, ul
the toortnlig of the Inst., states that
righting, StippoSeti to be goings on, as
Huron oss ul wenemled were constantly being
brotignt into itenashurg. Nl,thing 11115
1:1,011'11 of Ilia 6 , tilidt.. Both
house, 01 tire Brit sh Parliament adopted an
it !dress in reply to :till Queen's specell with
-0111 amendment.. During
Inc liotis, lit Lard,, Earl Rtissell stetted
that England had not grief' trio slightest
prnnise ut tueostariee lu Den:, wk. the
Emir. r tr. of the Fte•ricle lop-rt.:el to
hove s eat to a halgiber geu
eaals, ,1 a, boll, that 111011' puller should be.
numinteryention.
Itabel papers received at Fortress Monroe
4 ..runtarn uilieial drspateh to the War De
partment dated February 18, announci g
the arrival of lien. Sh, renal] at Quitman's,
on the Al and Ohio Railroad, without
opposiiiim. Ile has .10,000 l 011, 81151 they
tear up the raiboad burn the bridges
Fari*a_ut. has I tit. reneW,i
1.11 ati,, c , c oil Grows I'a-8.
Won anki slab!' ba.oo
escape I Lotuo prisoners have
been returned to Libby prison. Five rebel
deserters were captured arid hung at Kinston,
N. C., on the ILL. On the, pith, Liuvertror
Watts, or Alabama., issued a pruclanimiun
saving that Mobile was about to be attacked,
and exhorti. g all lion-eombatants to leave.
A Chattanooga. dispatch of the 21st con
tains a rumor that the rebels have appeared
on the Tennessee line below London. It is
also teporteil that Morgan with 10,000 wen
crossed the Tennessee between Florence
and Tuscan' him with the tuterition of making
a ra id on middle Ten stesSee. The court
hmrsir at Mobile, valued ittrs2oo,ooo, was re
cently destroyed by lire.
A dispatch front Knoxville, dated on Sun
day, slat es that the rebels have broken up
their winter quarters at )lorristown, and are
in force at Strawberry Plains. It is reported
that they have been reinforced by Buckner
with "aheavy force of artillery.
On Saturday 11Iajor Cole, with a portion of
the lot AL.ryhtnil cavalry, had a skirmish
with Moseby's command at Piedmont station,
iu Farritiier (senility, Virginia. TM( renels
had live killed and a number wutinderl, and
loSt. Bercuteeti prisamers. Our 1083 Wan two
kited and two wit/tided.
• A Ivtces strum Newbern iit•ite that several
thousand Union prisoners were sent from
llielimoird to Georgia a few days since.
Th e National Uniou Committee toot. in
11'irs11( ;ion yesterday, and Issued a call tor
a National Cutiventron to assemble in .Ibil
illuort, on he 7th ttf ni.e, 1 ill, to
ate earelitletters fur I'n'sider and Vice-Pres•
rp•nt trt the rnitial States. A resolution
iu
viling the Distriet Id' d',olconlria and the ter
ritories to serial delegates wa.s also adopted.
The Union Slate COnVelllion Mel ill Bill
tiwcro and passed resolutions in
favor tit universal ernalicipatioa, and declar
ing that Mr. Lincoln is their first and only
choice for the next President.
From Gen. Butler's Department.
Recapture of Escaped Union Prisoners—Gen.
Sherman at Qutonan— tits Advance the Bol
dest Move of the Wur -lie Destroys all
Bridy. s behind him—Gen S:cannnon a Pris
oner in Richifiond.
1 oalaEss MoNaou, Feb. 2.2.—The Rich
mond litaminer of Feb. 20th saye that Spen
cer Dayton was urrestel, tried, condemned
and hung as a yaukut spy yesterday, at Cas
tle Thunder.
Cul. 1). Miles, 79th Pennsylvania; Capt
Thos. Moray, 79th Illinois; Lieut. J.,C. Hall,
112th Illinois ; Lieut. Greblo, Bth Michigan ;
Capt. Wilkins, 112th Illinois; Lieut Col. Eli,
- 18tH Conneetleuti7Capt. S. Suittll; 7 l9thir..
S. infantry ; 10th New 'York
cavalry ; Lieut. 4dains Hauf, 15th cavalry ;
Daniel Fransberry, lit Michigan cavalry ; T.
J. Roy, 49th Ohio; J. li...Godstly 19th U. S.
infantry; M. M. Bassett, 53d Illinois, M •
Bedell, 123.1 New York ; Capt.. N Moore 29th
Indiana; Lieut. Simpson, 10th Indiana;
Capt. Phelps, 73.1 Indiana ; Capt Roseman,
3d Ohio ; Col. Thomas 0 Russ, 77th. Ptztin
sylvania ; H. P. Crawford, 2d Illinois cavalry,
and S. B. , Sutherlaull, 125th Ohio, have been
recaptured and returned to the Libby Prison.
Au official dispittcu to the War 'Depart.
anent, dated February 18. announces Sher-,
man's arrival' at Quitman , on the Ohio anti
Mobile Railroad, without opposition ; but 116'
will not be allowed to take Mobilo without a
desperate battle. Their advaneteds without
comparison the boldest movement of the war,
Sharman has 25,000.t0 89,000 men, and they
aro tearing up the railroad track and burn
ing the bridges inu their roar.' He Meditates
no atop backwards. •
, Feb.- . 19.—Furragut has not re-
newed his attack on Grant's Pass. His fleet
lies in the sound, the weather being too bad
action. No landing has yet been report
ed in the direction of Fasoagoula.
Major General Seammon and staff arrived in
Richmond, and were lodged in the Libby
prison to day, which is a pleasant offset for
the loss of Col. Streight.
Forty eight escaped Yankee officers have
been returned to the Libby.prison.
Five deserters who went to Newborn and
took up arms against the confederacy, were
captured tu4 hung at Kinston, N. C , on the
12th inst. If
The Richmond Enquirer of the 17th has the
following dispatch :
"MOBILE, Feb. 15.—Meridian was evacu
ated yesterday. The government. property
was saved. Captain Adair, of Forrest's staff,
has arrived here. Forrest was at Oxford on
the 9th. He was confronting a column of in
fantry 6000 strong, which had eome from
Memphis via Hernando and twelve cavalry
regiments, wbioh had marched via Colliers
vill. Sherman's force is 36,000 strong, and
is marching in close order. Lee's cavalry
are harassing their flanks and picking up
stragglers "
ORANGE COURT noose, Feb. 16.—The ene
my have not failed back to Centerville, as re
ported. Gilmer's cavalry threw a train of
cars off the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, six
miles above Ilarper's Ferry, paroling fifty
officers and obtained some booty.
PASCAGOULA, Feb. 16.—The enemy's fleet,
including the flagship, hag gone to the east
ward through the Sound. in the direction of
Gr.t nt's Pass. Four more gunboats have just
appeared, steed g the same course.
MOBILE, Feb. 16 —0 .v. Watts this morn
ing issued a proclamation to the citizens of
Mobile, elating that the city wits about to be
attacked, and exhorting all non-combatants to
leave.
FORTRESS NIONROE. Feb. 22.—A dispatch
which has just been received by the con
nanding general from Col. West, command.
ing at Williamsb rg, say■ :
—The following officers who escaped from
Richmond have arrived at Williamsburg, viz:
Col. C W. Tilden, of the 161 k Ilas4achusettm:
Major 11,,0pt.r, 1511 do.: Capt. Cli.Linberkiti,
971 k Now York volunteers. Lieut. Randolph,
tiih U S. Alai (cry ; Capt. Fisher, of the fig
Corps
'Ti`litt makes fifty, in all, who have arrived
here
Tile Itichtoonti papers of to day stale they
hive captured forty eight of the officers that
eseapetl lit.tvintr eleven still umicoottoted for.
Tho Web4er 110:el and five other buildings
wore destroyed be fire, at Newport News, On
the evening of the 19111
- The .fedlowiog--v-et,sels, betted to Philadel
phia, have pa , eed the guard ship :—Yt,ung
Hover: The Union, fr Yorktown ; schooner.
G. P. Strickney. from Fort 11onroe.
The Hag of truce steamer New York ar
rived this afternoon.
The Richmond papers of the 20th inst. con
tain t o li-paiches from Charie,tot since the
12th, and those of that date were very on
importnnt.
The Ilanapton Legion has re enlisted
Privates Morgan and ()uncoil, of a Georgia
r-glinent, were shot on the 18th for desertion,
at New Market.
A NEOLECTED 1.'011(111 r()LD or Sotto T ton o AT,
which might be checked by IL simple remedy,
like lirorcn's Bronclll,l Troches," if allowed to
p.oeross may lerthinate serton , ly
For IlituNcni its ASTHMA. CATARRH, and
Cuusunuive Cough's, the Troches" are used
with advantage, giving oftentimes immediate
relief.
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THE BRITISH PERIODICALS.
L. Scott & Co., of New York, continue to
republish Ore leading British Quarterlies and
Blackwood's Magazine. 13y this arrange
ment the A merican public is enabled to ob
tain them for $lO, while the English people
are obliged to pay $3l. It is scarcely nec
essary to speak of the merits of these period
icals. They contain the richest fruits of the
scholarship, wit, and genius of the literary
men of Great Britain, and aro alike of great
value to the scholar, the professional man,
or the intelligent reader. 'Their pages a
bound with el iborate criticisms, brilliant
essays, profound speculations, and with
whatever of interest may be fouria in science,
literature, morality, and religion. While
they are the acknowledged representatives
of certain principles in politics, they are
far from being grossly partizan. In this re
spect they occupy a position we should be
glad to see our own periodicals assume—a
a position which would enable them to dis
cuss great questions of governmental policy
independent of party trammels.
THE EDI NISI.] RREI REVIEW,
In po;nt of age at least, is first on the list.
Everybody knows that it was established by
Jeffrey, Brougham, and Sidney Smith for the
purpose of combating the ruling Tory power,
which was carrying everything before it
with a high hand. Sustained by the force of
brilliant intellect, and upheld by a strong
public opinion, it carried on its:contest single
hauled, until its voice made the Tory lead,
ers quake, and the very throne tremble. It
is still conducted with much vigor and abil
ity.
'IIIE LONDON QUARTERLY
Was established to ineet this bold and during
champion on its own ground, and such
writers as Southey, Scott, Lockhart, and
Wordsworth enlisted its its contributors. It
sti.l represents conservative principles, but
its pages are by DU means conlinelto their
ad vocacy.
THE IVESTMINSTEIL REVIEW
Belongs to a more liberal school of politics.
Its position is a step in advance of the
Edinburgh, and its views come nearest to
the American standard. It devotes itself
part ic4arly to the topics most interesting to
the people, and denounces boldly and fear
lessly exclusive privileges, hereditary rights :
kingly prerogatives, and all the abuses of
feudalism.. As 4 literary and progressive
periodical it now stands unequalled.
THE NORTII DRITISIa REVIEW
Made its appearance as a special advocate
of evangelical religion. It was founded by
Dr. Chalmers, and since his death• has been
udder the editorial charge of Dr. HanPa,
and more recently of Prof. Praiser. For
some time past it has been le's evangelic a l
than in its earlier years, but it has now got
back to its first faith, and is conducted on
the same principles and with the same vigor
which characterised it When under the care
of Chalmers.
BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE
Everybody,knows to be the embodied genins
of Toryism, yet its witching rhetoric, pro
found disquisitions, slashing yet brilliant
criticisms, poetry, biography, historical and
fictitious narratives, render it the-most reada
blemonply in the world.--7[1144Tr /hark
script.]
We w 2 9uld call especial atteot4ou to the
liberal prettliums offered by the publishers,
to new subscribers,- and; ,also .the reduced
rates of postage.
Cain ad eau* Pallas.
UNION MEETING.—Thore will be a
meeting of the Union men of Carlisle, at
ltbeem'e Hall, on Friday evening, Feb. 26th at
7 o'clock. EDWARD DUNBAR , ESq.. of Wash
ington, D. C., J. G. •MoQIAin, of Philadelphia,
and other able speakire will be present. A
full turn out is requested.
116 6 . Prof. WILSON will deliver a lec
ture ltheetn's Hall on Tuesday evening,
March Ist for the benefit of the S. A. Society_
The subject of the Lecture is 'Our place
in History" and is full of interest to an'
American. If one wishes to indulge his
pride of country whether of her phyelical po-•
litical or moral grandeur let kim come and•
hear.
Doors open at 6i. Lecture commenoes at
Tickets '4.5 Ms. The Clarrison Band will
be in attendance. The Lecture was recently
delivered at Harrisburg before the Young M.
C. Association and was spoken of in high
bring by gentlemen of intelligence.
VS— The anniversary meeting of the
Soldier's Aid Society will be held in the 2nil.
Presbterian Church, on Thursday, March Bd,„
at 7 o'clock P. M. to hear the annual reports
and to elect officers for the ensuing year.
Arrangements have been made to invite
distinguished suika h , from abroad. The
public are invite
Members who desire to withdraw from the
Society are requested to recal their name&
from the Constitution at or before the annual
Metung
UNION
Ou Monday last, the 22d inst., the members
of Ihe Philosophical Society of Dick
wson celebrated the seventy fifth
anniversary of their society.
At o'clock A. M., the lion. Wrn. H.
MERRIAm of New York City, delivered an
able and Affluent address on " Our National
before the members of the Society
n Union Hall. Mr. MEattlAm has been a
distinguished member of th.l).l.ieia York Bar
fur [rally years, and is an honorary member
of the Union Society.
TUE HANDEL CO:s7CEItT.—The concert
of the Handel Musical Association came off'
on Thursday evening last. The immense
andienc- present testified as well to the high
esteem in which the society itself is held in.
the estimation of our citizens—as to the
noble object to which the proceeds were
. . - -
'I he prugrarnrue presents a 13 umber of songs,
(hew and concerted pieces. The chorus is
good—their singing evincing Careful eultiva•
Lion and considerable artistic research.
We think these concerts might be much
improved by the substition of some of the
the many pieces of known merit, in the
society's possession for the rather trashy
effusions of some of our modern song-makers.
'Their is no question of the ability of the per.
forcers, and a little more discrimination in
the "make up" of the programme would add.
inaterially to the effect of the entertainment.
For instance why should not Mr. KELLER give
us his exquisite• rendering of the "Old Sex
ton," or some kindred piece . ? We know it
would be receiv d with unqualified favor..
We have 40, id thus much in regard to ,
what we consider the short comings of this
performance, because we feel :a lively inter
est in the success of the association, and
beleive that a little wholesome criticism will
effect much towards 'improvement of their.
really entertaining soirees.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNION SoCIE-
Ty.—The 74th annual anniversary of Union
Philosophical Society of Dickinson College,
came off on Monday evening, in Rheern's.
Hall. The room was well filled with an in
telligent and appreciative audience.
H. Q. Keyworth, of Washington city, de
livered the anniversary address, and did the
society and himself much. credit by the happy
and apropriate manner in which he disposed
of his subject. With the exception of hia
somewhat too rapid utterance, the address
was well delivered, and received with con
siderable approbation.
The next speaker was S. Ashen leiter. He
handled his theme—"Perfection"—with a
bility, and displayed considerable elegance
of diction and good taste in the general ar
rangement of his remarks.
Universal Liberty, was discussed by Mr. J.
S. Elliott. This gentleman's enunciation
was not very distinct, and oar position being
somewhat remote from the stage, wo could;
catch only portions of his. speech. From
those who had better opportunity of hearing
we learn that it was generally a praiseworthy
effort.
Pnlriotigm Conducive to National
Stabil
ity. Win. IL Hamilton elaborated this
somewhat hackoeyed truism into a very re
:Tot:table address. 'Taking the present con
dition of affairs in our own country as an Il
lustration of his text, Ito rebuked with glow,
ing indignation the southern traitors Who in,
stituted the present revolt, and their *coward.-
ly northern allies, who, by their unpatriotic,
intrigues, are doing their worst to destroy thc
National life.
"Superiority of Nlind."—by W. D. Luken
back. This gentleman was laboring under a
severe cold which seriously interfered with
the effect of what was a well written, and
would have otherwise boon a forcibly dAiv
ered speech. He is a young man of oulture.
"The America Idea."—This was Mr. Jno.
Hood's subject and his treatment of it showed
that he had devoted to its consideration muoh
care - and - time. Asserling That individual
personal liberty was par excellence the Ameri
can Idea, he proceeded, in'a masterly 'mattopF
to show thit to its establishment and tievqlßll::
men t was due our present proo rositiplp Act
ranks of nations.
The exhibition was R ocrcrlpte commas and
afforded the audience groat pleasure and
profit Wo would be doing the garris band
injustice if we neg,lected 'to notice the exoell.
out music rendered by it ; under the lead of
the skilful Sergont Box, it has obtained an
enviable proficieney. We .noticed partiou
larly,the performanee of the "Shadow Dance."
.a gem Oom lileyerbeer's new opera of "Di
norah:" It struck us as being one of the sweet.
est airs we lave hoard for many a day..
faults are pardonable whelp
one bag the . courage to avow_thera..