Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1862-04-08

              miim 3, If i f I mm i ' :) , . ! i, lis la a ;-; H'i - A. vmm j til. wiUua dx Maths 1 S3.M tartlM ezpi- : tTrot 'Boebwtor (S. T.) XTnloo. v. . , Tor m Bjf jreartWinl Llod OArrisbn, Wen- aeu riu.Jipvirker J?UIebury nd Ber. Dr. Caterer, hare been the u shining -light" of AntinSIrT7k faDaUcram, '. There are shades of difiereneS between the riewt and ideas of these nea ; bat the have al ways 'belonged and bow belong to the aam ecbool. v.' i ; -.-' Last month, one of their Conrenfions" wa held in Albany," which' was addressed by Parker Fillsburj and others. From bispeeeh, which fills fiTe colamne of the Anti-Slavery tZemdardy take the following frank declaration of sympathies, purposes and aspira- tioni which' are shared by the Halignants gen- "Id not with to tee thie Government prolonged wur uf tn um present jorm, ud tne contrary, I lave been for heenty year attempting to over-tXrvyj ike pruent dynasty. j ; . If I do not toujudge the Constitution, whatever may hare oeeo s real cnaracter, it was never so mach aa.engine of crneJty and crime as it is the Bt boar, 'It seems to me the present Administration is on the one hand, tb ' iceaiest, and on the other band, the wickedest, we hare ever bad, ' Mr. Bochanan's Administration is under infinite obligations to it for easting its wickedness and imbecility so far in the shade. -- eannbt join in the congratnlations I -so often hear as to the , hopefulness of the signs of the times.. I do not want to see hopefulness Jam not rejoiced at tidings of victory to the I wouldfar rather see defeat-!) i 'X.rjoice in defeat and disaster rather than victory, became I do not believe the North is in any condition to improve any great sue cesa wnica may auena its arms. . 1 tbinlc the abolitionists fail sufficiently to- recognize one great fact, and that is the persistent, determine u, uoa-aeiyiog, ueavea-provoKing impatience of. the North... Holding these opinion, I do not desire success to the Northern army. . I say, let ua have war ; let m have alt ill disasters and defeats if the condition of the slave.i not to be changed.". A correspondent of the New.York Observer ' Are these the words and sentiments of a loyal citizen f Can such cold-blooded and traitorous expression find a response anywhere except in the beart of . conepirator 'and. rebel -againt the best Government the world baa ever seen? ; . Are the men holding such view to mould the opinion and .role lh minds of our Union4oving citizen t ;.;t;';vV.'.-!--'' .. Without quoting more of hi view on this point, let n give a single extract, which' while periectiT characteristic almost makes .one shudder at the impious blasphemy which could travesty the words of - Inspiration by describ ing the execution of a fanatic and criminal in the touching language that record the death of the Soa fGod: r, . ,. f.-j...; Jona. crown, like a .-mighty,- angel, i earns down from heaven and if the power would have permitted, would bave bound that dragon (of ecesstoD for a thousand raiUenial year and forever. - Yon seized that first grandest hero pi u niaeteenm century, ana nunc nim upon a croonthe svUimesL as well as saddest,' specta- ele sine the scene upon Calvary, that veiled the very heaven io sackcloth and darkness. Job n - Brown taught vm the way ; but the ; people roala not learn, an came, 1A very Hod made flesh, and pointed the road ; but the people and the Government would not walk therein. - He was almot literally the way and the truth and he would haj been the life; but the nation was not worthy. - I sometime think . that -on that fearful moraine: the 2d of December, 1859. as he bowed his head and rave up the ghost, that the recording lingel wrote in tbe ledgers, of heaven of this nation, It i finish- Why are none of these rampant Traitors, the declared enemies of the jGovernroent -and . the UonsUtauon why are none : of these arrested and sent to military prison I . Can any member of the Government tell 'why T ' la it because they are wanted as lecturer at the Smithsonian Institute T ' I it not enough that uch'Traitors are tolerated at Albanv t It i really necessary that they should, pollute the Federal Capital by their presence f o;-v -. - : : ' Abolitioa Bejoieingi. . The New York correspondent of the Phila- delplia Inquirer, alluding to the late egging of Tbe Abolition brethren take ao pain to conceal their delight at the mobbing and .egg- fag of . V eadeil - -fhiilip at Cincinnati, last evening: All such things lhcr say '. will, help the good cause, and only accelerate the movement Of John Brown' oul,: which , is u ppo- sed to be a arching on, though it ha not- got a far as Porkopolis - yet. It . will also . give J pianaaey to the annual meeting of. the American Anti-Slarery Society in this city, for which arrangement are now making.'-' Indeed, ao free anf frequent are the conrratulatioos - of - the people over the martyrdom of Wendell, that it is ahrewdly upected that the rowdies -:-. - who threw tbe-erg and made the not twere In the ray cf taa distinguished DUnnionUt "-' :-- & C!l frcn aTsjntllcaa Paperv! IY e ITewburrrort (llaa. Herald well aava; ..; jtaen phUiire has been mobbed at Ctn " i t' i fr deHrip himself, ,dianiomst.rl Ai.crs w? ? no tc-;-1 J icr s wooiBijncinnauj "tier? v.trr-r U ftr7wherr.but for the life of u toe ci't tee to ' i C Government thatfiils the pris ons u i r''.. 'r: I'("TeruUrs, should allow this man to heetL- -", r J'C" ''"jtrt over tksjand, .H.e . . makei lt: : cl th vis-s, he declares them ia Beaten i ITctt .Ycrlr,. and i Washington , ':: JU very i.is cf t l 9.2 trJrrt. If it can't t-' a ct a nzal it evc :!l oreoltba if c" 1 ' r ,rc-rt . -ren to 1 jck? r tad JDarrOBt a: x t i t-e rtu: i r'?t cr txW! t it U tirdexaani cf Ha Ec tea C ' - ALOLITIOX mj of Ai idreerjr Joluistori. J fV'?;'v '-? i VI would hot be personal, but an Abolition- . r . m 1 m is a uracil a pecessioniei a any to oe icruoa in South Carolina." Now, as "much1 a' these Disunionists of both classes abnse each other. they, nevertheless, both unite m laying vio lent hands upon the Government that never harmed either. If I were an--Abolitionist, I would break un the Union : for the disrantion of the. Union must inevitably destroy and obliterate slavery. , Hence we are for the, prose cution of this war to save the Government . as founded by oar fathers; for restoring the con stitution a we received it,; without regard to the peculiar institution of any State. That a Secessionist and an Abolitionist are 00 a par, I can prove by a simple syllogism an ab olitionist is a disunion ist; a disunionist is a secessionist: therefore a secessionist is an Abo litionistr Hon. Awdt Johwsom's Speech at Columbus, Oct. 1861.J . ; . e . Testimony of Honest Joe Holt.' We make no apology for this wicked "effort in the South' to destroy the Government. We grant the necessity of suppressing it. But Ab olitionism, that has produced it, must also be suppressed. Abolitionism and Secesbionism must be buried ia the same political grave. Tcitimony of taat Staunen Union Organ, ; mo XrOuxTxua voQrnai. The first step to a restoration of the Union is the dispersion of the Republican party a disorganization of the whole concern. Egga-cellent Eggs-tiacU from the Logan ; - uasnie, . . JF Wendell Phniip undertook to teach the people of : Cincinnati v.by precept.' The people of Cincinnati taught Wendell Phillips by xoos-ample. ; "' ' ; " " '": -:. tSS" Wendell Phillipe meets with great en couragement to continues hi. treasonable harangues. In Washington the Smithsonian In stitute was opened for ,Jii lectures ; and the r resident and Cabinet attended hi discourse In Cincinnati, the people,'egged him on.. M&" Wendell Phillips, unlike eorae aboli tionists, can boast of having been in a battle. At least, tbe paper inform u that several shells lately burst at his feet, doing damage 'in tbe explosion. The force under his command retreated. i ,- --- ;.. . . - : r The people of Cincinnati pelted Wen dell Phillips with rotten eggs, thus eggs-em- ptifying the old adage, that 'chickens go home iv a vrvw w - . - . - ' 1& So mtreamTe was the eloanent mrmeal of Wendell Phnh for the sUyt, In hi (Sn- cm nan nwcourse. tnat an ue gentiemea present who chanced to bare eggs about them; re-olv'ed to 'break every yolk-,": What made the. czrinr of Wendell Phillips particularly odious to that rentlemen. the 'descendant of six generation ofPuritan,, was the eggs had whites in them,' ' : . i The : New Urlean Crescent ha . a; Rich- mood correspoBdt, who expresses the public consternation in. a very . striking way, : THe says t ? ? v; 1 .. ':; . Vv ' " Yoa will naturally .desire to know, how the people la the Confederate metropolis stand these tryinz times, fbr.it is evident that we are net sale vo these osjs ot ugnwirau gunooais and bieh water. I - answer, in , the main we . m a W A i . stand it very well. Some, to be sure are down hearted, and nobody wears as broad a grm a they did the day after the battle of Lees burgh. Still, there is a universal determination- to .do or die to eo down, if need be with our har ness on, warring like a brave people to the last. : I passed General Wigfall on my return from dinner, and asked him if there' was any new. No, eaid he, fJ don't believe we bave been whipped since dinner; I expect, though to hear of another defeat in the next fire min utes." - -' ..,-.-. : ;--:r."'t"-?-i.-: Cuxsing- the Constitution and the Union. The address which Wshssix xaiLLirs is now dehrenng throughout the country was first spoken by him Jn Washington City. It was published on the 19th inBtant, in the New York Tribune, and from it we quote the follow ing extract. i 5 Mr. Phillips said J have labored nineteen vears'to tale nineteen States out of the Union? and If I have spent any nineUen years iolAesaxixfactiem. of wtv jtrUaneon science, it was those nineteen years. The child of six generations of Puritans, I was taught at a mother s knee to lore purity, before peace. And when Daniel Webster taught me that the Union meant making white men hypocrites and black men slaves ; that H meant 4y neb law in the Carol in as and mob law in Mssss-chusetts : that it meant lies in the pulpit and gags in the Senate ; when I was told that the cementing of the Union was returning slaves to their masters, in the name of the : God that I lored and had been taueht to honor.. I cur sed the Constitution and the Union, and endeavored to break it, and thank God, it is broken. . 2Tfw, Torn Times Correspsneeaea. W ransacked the rebel quarters for hours, picking np trophies, and reading the inter esting correspondence of th fair daughters orseceesia.: Johnoyfarkse, or vnon, Aim seemed to be a particularly r bighly-faroTsd youth, and we fear was. playing double with the maids of .Unon. vMany were , the claim to bia affectiona, as attested by diverse episto lary documents. Urgent request for H one of Old Abe's ears,", or for a. J? Yankee calp," were among tbe mow common ot the demand fronxthe Jeader-hearted damsels of Dixies- On amiable Miss., acknowledged -. the receipt of a letter which her: valient correspondent bad asserted waa.wntten with," Yankee blood,' and remtted very ranch that it had not been iaacoln eJU tiany documents were jen lor tne special "perusal of 5 our-Jaoyari--Oae of-them read r H-'.Y v - : -J s ir & fe'fc ' " ii . If anr damned Yankee ahoold occupy this bat;-1 woald iaform aim? thaii it baa coat xaa much labor, and some moneys I. Jxave bacLa good time io it, and in-order . that. you .may bay the, tame, I.Jeave. you- for your amore-meht tworibs of a NewYork Fir Zouartf for eaatiaeta. Your, jn Fxaorso.' i iAt .the en trance of a circular fort waa placed a common board toa, -with th 'rathrr tm eleasmgtnritation to :7alk in I is ' t i-- .They are bu;IJin"a ra-y' ucier grcani l!j-or-a the t!ty cf Leases. Dc t ? down be- neaut ess-pipes ana wat;r-t ., ti 1.1. sewers; a V The "CiicISrt? Xattle. v. ; : Thia battle was one Jof Hhe hottest in this war; and erery man p3roredhimself a hero. . '""The lew York Worlds correspondent ayJ UNo wonder Stone-wall Jackson thinks it was a desperate fight. I aninformed by one of the staff of Gen. Shields, who has just returned from the track of their retreat, that, as far as he moved, the enemy's dead were found strewn, along the tu.ropike.vFor"rtwenty-four hours from the beginning bfthe fight the enemy were burying their dead. In one barn along the road there bad been left fifty, all but eight of whom were buried. , i f ; --it The scene of the conflict .is terriWe, 011-iana are generally prevented from risitinginb? the present. It m impossible to describe- the scene so a to give a realization :of its gbastli- nesa and terror, which any one ought to blush not to perceive while walking amid the remnants of humility which are scattered about. Bodies in all the frightful attitude wbicVa violent and nanatural death could producsv stained with blood, mangled " and ; laeerated perhaps, often begrimed and black, lay scattered here and there,' sometimes almost 'in heaps : ' f : - - ;:: : ' ;;. "'.V - Some had crawled away ' when' wounded to a comfortable place to die. Two men lay almost corered with, straw into which they had scrambled and lay until death released them. In the woods r through which3 -our troops bad to pass to charge the. rebel lie the largest number of our dead,, and beyond, on the other side bf the wall,' from behind which they poured their volleys of balls at our men, large numbers of the rebels lie, pierced in the forehead or face as they rose abore their hiding place to shoot at the federals..' There is a peculiar ghastliness in ' the appearance .of the enemy's dead. Did- not..'their dres . distinguish tbem, their faces would enable any one. instantly to tell which were 'federals' and which not. ; One would think; they were all Indians, so very dark had they become'; from their exposure, sleeping without tents a'' they did for a long time at the beginniog. of the war.:':; '-- ' ' ' ' ' ' ';.'" "'' ;". Many ladies of the town ere seen visitins' all the hospitals. Must it be ' said that their anxiety was to find out the confederate prisoners only, and administer to' them ' the comfort which they did not extend to bur own ? Can it be, in such a case that humility can! so aisiinguisn oetween mena sna roe stricken down by suffering and 'death T J Yet many hare observed tbe unconcern for' the federal sufferers and the anxiety and care for the confederates which was very generally exhibited at our hospitals. The 'people' of the place have 'displayed1 more sullenuesa and hatred toward us since this battle, ten times over,. than they have ever before, and when the approach of Jackson on Winchester was reported, the people many of them were exultant and triumphant, thinking, that' Jaclcron was immediately about to inarch in and redeem them; ' - ' .' ' ; ' .v.;; r iWbeh the rebel prisoners . were being sent away to Baltimore, the ladies in town sought to lighten' tbe imprisonment .by'briiiging' delicacies to them, and little presents and their disloyalty was "manifested : bpeiiir,v'the"r?ef4 9 tb fair. on r t ha t , th mnr','C $ ltlfe avis. How Itoriars are. Loaded! and Tired. The following description of the mortar practice is by a correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial: : .'; ' u" .. '.' I took a position on shore, near the point and alongside the mortars, to .witness their their practice. The firing of a mortar is the very poetry" of a battle. A :bag of powder weighing from eighteen to twenty pounds ia dropped into the bore of the huge monster. The derrick drops the shell in ; the angle is calculated ; a long 'cord is attached to the primer ; the gunner steps out upon, tbe platform, and tbe balance of the crew upon- tbe, hpre, The caplain gives the word, the gunner, give his cord a sudden jerk, atrash like , thousand thunders follows, a f ongqe of flame leaps frottx the mouth of the rnbrtar, And a,;6lumn of smoke rolU up in beautiful; fleecy? epirals. developing into nogs. pi. vauwk jrywrwMi - AJne enn see ine snen as n leaves uuemu tar flving through the air, apparently , no lar ger than a maruie. ' ine next you see oi me shell, a beautiful cloud of smoke burs ta. into sight, caused by the explosion. Imagine ten of these monsters thundering at oneerthe air filled with smoke clouds, the gun-boat belching .but destruction and completely bidden from .sight in whins or smoke, the sneiis screaming through the aur with an unearthly sound, and the distant guns of the enemy sena- ing their solid shot and shell above and around us, dashing the water up in glistening columns and jeU ot spray, and. you have the sublime poetry of war. An incident, however, will enow now completely me oaiue may J"e poetry and derelop into a stern and suggestire reality. ty. -. . . i;. -'.'- . Inipatient of being at a distance, and wish- ing to witness the effect of our shells,;! which were playine upon the head of the island, in company with one br two others I - strolled round tbe point, until we came in full view of the enemy s lower Torts. We kept along the oanx until we passea. our picxeis. ana men took to the cornfields and behind fences, until we reached an old deserted mul where , we emerged in plain sight of the floating battery. No sooner had pur party eome in; sightthan a flash of light shot from its sides, and a shell came screaming like a fiend oyer our beads, bursting a Shortdlstance behind, us, . ine po- etry of ehelbj suddenly changed with a double- quiCK reirogaae .M 3 5, vv ,( Bather Gloomy. the chief reason offered by the President! why the Federal Government should "co-oper- ate with the Statea'in getting rid of blarery i thir The Confederate believe that the war will end ia th acknowledged independence of some -of the. oonthern tsuteo ' meaning, : -mm suppose, the Cotton Sutes t and .'that. ; when this result ia secured, the Border 6tatea will desire to . go to them, beeauss of similarity ol. insutu turns ana mterestsir. u ne urresiaent m . r - ws -;Ta. a. to take-for granted; that this result is not only possible, butprobablev .So beree- ommenda.' a a jaean ot destroying tb hope of the Cotton State that we get rid.of the tinv Uanty relerred to t thavis that we mate tree State of-the Border State lJBeally this i a gloomy View of our "taTairt and .coming' at just the tnoxuent when -people i:w ere tupposiog the rebellion to be ia iu last frasa wto. won der that it creates, astonishment t Ars-yrs re ally aa weak, or is rebellion aa strong, a, bere represented J jyovuznei josz. jsa m . The I, X Triune exlilteJ ortr, Vus i-c:aa- fciVitibn Hessi-s cf tlTTi"-""':lt ti' calculate ei.ta vrii " T3 U u :iu rcr c-a r Lloi3. ' "It Hi 1 Frvm jhe London T? v Jfartk, I. . ?i1idlrf war; baring bhee turned in favor of the Federal arms, had carried them bnl at ue latest date, to that point where it' would be equally danserous to -advance and to rsr dale, to that point Whefe if would treat. 'Resolved upon doing something wpr4 thjr of their ep or moos preparations,- the Fed-eralsV besides keeping at bay the besieging army ; at -Washington, hare simultaneously blockaded : and atucied sill the porta of the ; Southern States, invaded tbe Border States sent expeditions, up LheTensesBee and Cumberland rirers and down tbelliseiseippi, occupied Jtashrille, the capiul of Tennessee, and, salt . were, taking adraotaje of the Confeder-ate panic,. bare turned the f.ank of their trmy dntbe Potomac by cbssin at' Ilsrper's ferry and . occupying the coulQ"on-hoth banks of rthe Shenandoah, v t'ln the state of things wf barf described there are at once the elements of a great success and of a great rtVerse.ThaN'ortherh press'eompute their forces at threeuarters oHa million men in arms, amply prorided with all the weapons of war, in good training and courage, .and well placed all round their foe3 The ocean.' tbtt deep bay, the winding channel, the navigable rirer, the railway,-all carry the Federal soldier and gun in one rest circumference round the beleagured 8outh,.at once surrounding and penetrating; blockading w'and dividing. The rery ide of such a war is ' Ataieriean,-multitq-dinous, rst,: and as'. raucb an a ppeal to the-imagination as to the actual brunt of; arms;--. According tb the last message of the newly installed President othe Southern States, it was felt that they were outnumbered, and reduced to an extremity in which nothing could sare the cause but the resolution) -Dot to be beaten. Unprepared, comparatively few, with s less population, and suffering just then the period pf furloughs and re-enlistments, they had been taken at a disadvantage, and had suffered serious losses. StraneeTr to English eves: Mr. J efferson Daris feels equal concern for the loss or rort Uonelson, with 15JQW men and a pre- aousetorerbf arms; ammuhitiod and supplies; and the Island iuf .RoanokeS Commandine the entranceof the riverjf that name, i These are admitted to be disasters, and are ascribed to the superior numbers; wealth; and opportuni- cv vi ue on rr. - inaeeu Me coniession oi defeat M o thorough and ubreserred that it comes as a sort of .surprise to find it followed by the determination to t"ht to . the last drop Of blood. It is clear, howarerK that the Coo- c t. ..l .1. . I- . : r :m- - 1 Vtr-2.rsrVrL?ar9t 5 J pearance by sea and by 1 A: K Some of their expressions recall those i torians of the later Em-thern tribes?" A cloud en. States j and even, i many ofus remeoiber't inraded by ' the settler, hordes ready to burst' This is an illusion whi but for the present it r inrasion, against which - r Beauregard, Wc- rhich Roman his- spoke of the Nbr- 's orer the South- Far West,!' which tt heard of as just now: peopled; with n pob,tlie South,-- ust dn disappear; j t ?rrororthe j O ideratesj un- to make a. jng in the name ;OfurreesUugh, forty miles bomb of JNaslinlle. What must haturallv occur to anr Eurone- an who has read a single page of military history is . that the progress of a hundred thousand men. ever so well equipped and commanded, into a country which, reckons its distances by hundreds of miles, may be very like fighting the air or lashing the wares. : From Nash-rille,' east, .south, and west, for At least 500 miles, all is Southern in interested : feeling. There is no dirided aUegiance or treachery there. But the condition of the country makes invasion at once" earr and - ineffective. The DODulation is sparse indeed, compared with European nations. -There are wildernesses to be traversed, forests to be DenetraLed. swamps to be wadei through, and even Indian .settle ments to be crossed, - before the country can be eonvuered m any sense of the word ; and the only result must bo that for every man of ipo. . On Monday evening a real lion flgbt the conquering army there will still be half a took place between the famous . lion Wal-dozen ready to.defend the soil.. The invading lace,!' and a lioness. : . It appears that the artoy may conquer where it stands, and go 1 where it will ut when rt begizis to break up, to occupy, to reap to units oir conquest, ana i to put itself in tbe place.of the original propri- etor, then it seems to disappear in the imroen- sity of its own task. In other words, the con- quest of such a country, in, any real-sense of that word seema an impossibility, so long as the occupants are animated by the feelings which nobody denies to tbe Souths. The mci- dents'bf the war "bring this but, even' while I they expose the: difficulties 4 of tbe Southern 1 can, k The troops whkhAr these ten months baTe baffled the immense numbers and Wealth of the North n uiKJothed, ill-fed, ill-armed. f ill-housed and ill-appointed in every way Through all thi winter they hare slept on the bare ground, -with few nd scanty .meals, paid wHhk an almost raluelesa currency, ttnabfe to etimulants, and with the oldest muskets and fowling pieces, f Yet they fights brarely, hy the admissiov of their roes,' even when, as at Fort Dohelson and on tbe coast, it was nn-. der a shower of shells which they could .not return.' When such is'the spirit, what is tbe hope of their conquest, and can the North re- ally expect to subjueate them andreduce them to a TUtual- dependency-ti They hare only to hold out, nd they know they must heat tbe North at the game on obstinacy. " They stand on their own soil and defend their own homes. l They can -do tbia cheaply enough, but a war 1 -KiK im thm will b minnna t th Hnyader, Who brings bia men and Lis material over attnouaana mues, wwtjMuwwwrww.. , p.mMii,irMUAf rAnmu in the War of Independence, and again in the anfbrtunate quarrel of 1813-14.' 1 ' . V , I J Tie T7Jui5yIUljeIli W think every man, not absolutely nomaniae oh the subject bf slavery, will see at a glance the propriety and justice of ihe con-' parisbn in the fcUowtng short and tftbyiiex- tract which we make from : an articls in ,the Jjjunaburg, kfn atrtotanet Unxoni We had a rebellion onc via Penpsylvanla, It extended over a number or es'. :rn coun- . , . . . - . . . 1 . 1 . . - - ton ummoned an' aray- and marked, west- ward, but before be re'b?"! tbe ?"-'(5 pf the revolt, the rebels .U-a4d, td cirtB to ea trZ.--7l. 3 Fr- zllzr.t t" 3 rebellion . v cannot hope f?r j- i l .' t:.-: i i 1 1.-kydL..".l. i ij I V.. 2 I ..u.. i . . .... - y . 1 - tiy tlatTLl'.i v-lLy c:-'Ii-l t t! s"t" " --- - : - cf ythir- 1 "Si'ltiCttJ I 1. T72tat;TeAcaTi; fU4T -! JTKe Kasble-;atwt' r Wednesday eon tauu theYolfpw speech. at New Orleans, copied from the Hunts- riUe Alab'amarAdyocate. of the lSth : - - Mr:Xaneey3rdecidedly of tne opinion uiu ineoouin na nif inenaa in Europe and that the North is in a similar condition. - He saya there tasjery strong prejudice ia all of Europe. against the South in conseouence of an erroneous impressioKj. which prevails in ref erence to the, institution or tJIarery,. There are many' persons in Europe "wbb eonsider the Souvbern: tftebpU; cmbcirilized, and beliere that negroes are, raised upon the plan that siock is. , x oere is no , aisposmon to mieriere in' American-' affaba. ' '-.'.' .' Tb blockade enables the British holders of tb great staple) (cotton) to realize an immense ad ranee upon its cost in consequence of the scarcitr of. the article. , These holders are the wealthy few, wbo'have the ear of the Gorernmen t. " A nother reason for not interfering, with the blockade; was the belief that the scarcity of the article, and the remote :, prospect of obtaining a supply from. this country would create such a demand for East India cotton a to Increase its 'culture' tb a rery considerable extent. . ' '. . ; :.' : ."Another reason, in Mr. Yancey's opinion why ' European powers " will not interfere in American affairs, is the hope and belief that a permanent dissolnlion of the United States will weaken a nation of whose prosperity and greatness they had become jealous. -' The to see the war protracted until both divisions are involved in ruinous debt, to hang oyer them like an incubus for years to come, -f 'J - f H inclines ' to the opinion that England and France would sooner interfere to prevent a reconstruction Of the ..Union than for any other purpose.' And be believes that unless their 'Starvingoperatives,15 engaged in the manufacture' of cotton fabric, compel them io iiiterfere they ? will stand i aloof until they ef the South is about to conquer its independence, or fail in the attempt; ; He had no hope bf recognition Of the Confederate States by either of these Powers until the occurrence of one of these events; .In riew; of these facts. iMr. Yancey is of opinion that we might as well recall bur Commissioners from .Europe, and await the-action of foreign Powers wait Until they -propose negotiation and tion "i.-V-.-: i:. ' ' General Snielda. ' Acune Jtuigr. ueneni outeiuB. me ucn oi Winchester a nativeof Tyrone county. Ire- tied at .riaskaskta. tuinois, in VSSZ. He was soon elected to the Legislature, -and in tb3V made State 'Auditor;-II is; legal attainments were, more than respectable. In 1845 be was appointed Commissioner of the General Land Office and removed to Washington." On the breaking out of the Mexican War he was appointed - Brigadier- General of : volunteers, and distioruiahed himself at the sietre of Vera Cruz and at' Cerrb Gordo. . In the latter bat tle he was shot through the body with a cop- L ...V' 1 " ' " Ttj vr y TtT d-ed,li e, bO u , 1 cm uhThui,,.. In Augnst, 1848, he Was breveted Major Gen eral of V. 8. volunteers."' From "1849 to 1855 he was Senator from Illinois, and in 1858 was returned to the same office from Minnesota. Gen. Shields having drawn the short term, he had to vacate his seat in 1859, and; not secur ing a re-election, he went runner west into California, From his retirement he was again brought out by the present war, having been appointed a Brigadier General,' with a com mission dating from August 1U, looi. V; Fatal Lion "Fight": For. the last few days of , Lynn Mart, , Man- der's Menagerie of wild beasts has been exhibiting vtn the Tuesday market place. This menagerie .is well - known by the .accidents which have occurred ia connexion with the feats of darinff amoftest the lions bv Maceo- lioness had " hitLer; been kept separate, n0 consequence of her : not being perfectly tame. .Having recently shown signs some o a quiet spirit, the proprietor ordered the slide which divided her den from that in which the other lion and lioness were confined to be drawn. No sooner -waa this , done than the Wallace" crouched down, and almost insfcsn- tly, sprang tipon the new comer with the ut most ferocity and sewed her by the throat. A fearful scene ensued, but it was of short du ration, for . Wallace' V was assisted by another lioness, and combined they succeeded in kill ing the lioness very ouickly. -The roaring of the,wild beasts during this struggle was fear ed wa worth nearly ZOOL-Engli. . , . '". ' . ' :' - ; f ; ryh-t tha lladieala Si ful. It is said that tbe lioness which was aui- glxsh Paper. TThat tka BadieaTt Desire. In a late debate in Congress Mr. Fessenden, Badical Republican from Maine, said : ? As the - gentleman from Kentucky has re ferred to me. I merely wish to say, . so far as that question ' is concerned, that so long aa (hold to- the riews to which he has. adverted, l and which I advanced as the sentiments of the President, I much more desire the extermination of slavery, f stcantemsttuturnauywcctea--as 1 J believe it can than I do to see the Union restored. I I wish to see slavery at an end, when this war shall be at an end. jf it can be constitutionally tAmrvi;aKwl." '. I . f tK-iarlv nart Af thaaesaion. ITr.Conwar. from Kansas, said ia a speech ia the House : "For one I shall not rote' another dollar or man. for the' war until it assumes a different v.latndinr. arid tends directly to an anti-slavery result ilonf for j for slavery j.. v I - .. -", 3 . t . . A ireeuoia imi nut ouf tcm Saelt speeches need no commenl,: " Horo cf tie Cane Coniny ; Tha Washington (Fayette County; O.) Reg ister, in noticing the arrest and, conyictioa, p 1 attbat place and robbing it of several hamaof bacon, tnakca the fjtlowin-' renlarls of xhat eiass oiwrvuauuB; ,., w-i::. f 71 here are too taaoy ot tae? e ury .joung-in heToes about town who rain .1 their living bv J-."2Yir!'r of niihts: iTberaare r few hon- oral! j tsceytiona, but , the majority of -tbera will not worc when they can get it, and nota Xz" short Of abcttwo pricxs will get them t3 perform ft"y 1:1?. 1 ef later, iiT-T the s'.it-: i- ccrr fra by d .They leaf about y and are a prey l Of 1 e..:s9-l,-" " .-re:.: 13 sna woo--pi - - -a '-: :,r ft : The Cerjth cf tie Eetel. Potitica r at r :A, correspondent of the Buffalo Commercial f. Aaveruser writes as lonow: . i ""To'riv Tbi an idea of the enemya strength and position at this point (Islsnd No. 10) the river makes a short turn like the curve in the letter V" and the rebels' forts and encampments, are on its outer, radius. The first fort mounting eight large guns, is at , the com mencement of the first curve, where the river leave its Southward course arid bends off to the Westward, and commands the whole channel above within, its range of artillery. -, This fort is low down on the river's bank and, at present, surrounded br water beine protected in its rear by strong dykes. Tbe channel of the river here sets in close to the Kentucky shore, and a esnd bar, extending out from 'the point ' on the Missouri shore,; nearly across the river, forces our fleet over into the very port boles of tbe enemy's works.: Three-fourths of a mile below this,- and farther around the bend stands the second. fort, mounting ten guns two of which, at least are rifled . 64,'s. This is also low down upon the shore, but, as it is just at the base of the bluff, requires no Jand side works to protect it from inundation. -The guns of this fort command the first one as well as the nver, but those or the first are so arranged that they cannot be brought to bear upon anything below there. y tf - . Tbe upper fort baa an extra- defence on it upper nana, in tne existence oi a oeep oayou. which extends far. into the country and pre vents our jdoing anything by land rrom abore. Back from the second fort, and on a parallel with it.iust at the top of the bluff (which is perhaps twenty feet high) stands the third fort, mount ine eight euns, with casemates for lour more. : ' " : From where - our gun boata lie In the river these two fortifications present the appearance of heinr i. single fort with two tiers of firuns. but from the Missouri shore, where we (Chapman and II stood yesterday fort No. 3 would seem to be about 300 yards in the rear of No: 2. .. Extending along the main shore below No. 3 fort, is a line of tents, sufficient, I should judge, to accommodate three or four regiments of infantry." About one-fourth of "a mile' below No. 3, and just opposite the bead of the island, stands the fourth fort, mounting seven guns, upon the water front-: This fort is also on the bluff, about tbe same height from' the water as the third one, and is on a line with one (st right angles) on the island; That on the island is a small concern, -mounting, only three guns! . About 600 yards below the fourth fort is the.main fort of the enemy. Thii ia also upon high ground. - The number: of guns in this work is unknown, as the willows on the island obstruct our.' view,- Tnsider and in 'the rear of this fbrt, is the principal rebel encampment. In the river at the foot ortbe island lies the great floating battery constructed from the Algiers Dry Dock, which mounts no lees than tea huge guna. Report says they are all rifled 64-pounders. . Its guns stand out boldly upon deck, about on the water line, and the ; gunner have no protection,, whatever while at work,' though there i 'a "bombproof retreat abvut midship for the men when -not. in ao- A Hear Unp of Cauee, A gentleman, recently from the West, in formed us that a Missouri farmer gave him an example of what ''hard times' in ; the West mean.. He said he took thirty bushels ofeera to market! a distance of twelve miles. ".It took himself and bia team of two horses : one entire day to go and come, 44 and what do you sup pose," said hei " I got for it ? Just seven pounds of coffee and" no more V The account current stood aa follows :. ' ,: " f . .' '.-' SO hnshala ef eorn si To, per bnsn.M...M..M$2l6 TB1. 01 eosae at SOo. per ..., n . aio Here is . a delightful prospect for farmers 1 Seven cents a bushel for' corn is the result of no market down the Mississippi. There is. a lesson to be learned from this,' however.- in more ways than one. Tbe Western farmer can see from this just what bis Southern mar ket would be worth to him, if Mr. Lincoln's rLidea of free negroism is carried ' out. Eman ci pat ion wouia oe just equivalent to the present blockade, for the. negroes turned loose, would cease the cultivation of cotton and su- gar, as they have in Jamaica, and get their, Hvine off little patches of ground, which they would cultivate just' enough to keep body and - out together. 1 hey would not be consumers of Western pork and grain.-Ihe Mississippi, therefore, might just as well be blockaded as it is now to the crack of doom, so tar as. benefiting the West is concerned, if Mr. -Lincoln's idea of free negroism is adopted. The Western farmer never got good prices ' for" his produce until the Gulf States were opened up to negro labor, and now it is proposed to destroy them in order to gratify a few crazy theorists, who practically don't know a "hawk - from a handsaw' -iJaucasian. - --. . - - Text for tbe Times. : ? . The New York World (Republican); quotes the following from President Jxrrxasos's first Inaugural, as a suitable text for the times 1 ; . . f The diffusion of information and the arraign ment of all abuses at the bar of : public optn- . - m .... . , ion ; reedom 01 religion jreeaom or vie press; freedom of verson under the protection of habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially select ed these principles from the bright : const eua- .m.V. , ' 3. IJ 1 . auon wnico nas gone peiore ua, ana guiueu our steps through an age of revolution and refor- miuos. -..'the wisdom or our safes ana the blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith the - text of civil instruction ; . . . . . 1 . . the touchstone oy wnicn 10 vry ine servicca 01 those We trust : and should we wander 'from them in momenta: of error. or: alarms : let s hasten to retrace oar .steps . and regain the road which, alone leads to peace hnd, diberty aafety. " - - -;tlK:- w; ? The death of CoL Croshan, who was killed by Gen. "Denham's command, in the retreat of i 10yd frora iianawna, .was no .emau; joss to tha rebelai" lie was an excellent oCcer, a no ble looking man, and formerly in the Tegular service, a graduate of West Point, and a ela- mata at Oenclenham : ale was a son of Gen. Crohan, thr defender of Fortr Etephenson, and was formerly quite Wealthy, once; owning tbe ilamraoth Cave iaHentucky.' Oh' hi daalh-bed he confer 1 that . ne bad received only what h deserved that; he ws - wrong. and tiei te r-zr3a to pray for .hinw Jit rt w?i t" r r?y tredicl assistance prob- j v. : 1 i - are I 'i t.me was come. - me li. ' !;n LetK-een him ana uea. t ) T-:"---3."riJ-tiie arm it.,.".: - v Cultivation cf tha Ctrawtsxry.- r ' At a late meetinar of the Fruit Growers' - ociation of Western Hew York, held in Hocl- ester, the JReyj JKnox, of Pittsburgh, Pa a 'U3 : great strawberry cultivator, was press ;.t, 1 5 3-by request gave the following remarks, t re- Cjrted. by the Jiural xTeurYorker, ia" repir J t j is practice with this fruit, to which he derotcj fiftr acres -of land. ' Ha-conif!rr rtJir light day soil preferable to a sandy soil. . The . . first work in its preparation is thorocgh drain- " - age,next ,breakrag-;iiprr pulverising ' from ' A , - . J- , . . m.. . ' ' - iwemj u weny-iour ; incnesm aeptn. .ini- . is effected by tbe plow alone. . First use an or- ., dinary plow. With two horses,' followed by a . . :' kind of subsoil plow, with two yokes of oxen. Give the ground- several" plowing in different directions until it is well broken op tod jml- " v rerized. He could obtain two or three rery good crops-from. land "plowed ia I the ordinary " - wayieightor ten inches deep, baton thatplow-v L ed two! feet deep could get ten or twelre crop " in succession.. .Strawberries do. hot require . much "manure . Any good wheat or corn land. V is good enough for them. Plants, in rows thirty inches apart, and keep the plants ten inches apart in the rows, making twenty thousand plants to the acre..' When he com menced strawberry culture he plowed betweea " the rows, but: latterly has- discarded all im- plements except the - hbeJ Weeds are taken out by hand. The less the soil is disturbed . ' after planting' the better, as the whole ground ' is corered with a net-work: of small .fibrosa roots;' " Never allow thMrines to bear the first year after being planted, but pick off 'all the fruit stems and runner and remove the run-' nera every year that the plant is fruited.! Ho sets out plants early in the spring, and protects-them in the winter: by wheat or rye straw" rJ: thrashed with the flail. -The straw is removed. .' in the spring and placed around the plants' aa a mulch. :.Two tuns to the acre is about the' ;. right quantity of straw to commence with, but after that one tun of new. straw each season - .; will answer; Varieties that succeed in some ' soils and situations fail in others. The straw- -berry season ought to be lengthened It is' - usually about three weeks, but with proper se-V', lections can be extended to five weeka," - For a general crop, Wflson's Albany" and r '; " Triompke de Grand"' are the most profitable. The latter bj the strawberry bfall strawberries,?, and possesses all the excellencies that cab be ' .. desired productive, beautiful, large,' of fine . - quality, berries .shipping, well,- and the: planta. . are hardy. ; It is not- as-productive, as the WiUon," but an acre will bring, more ' tnon- ey-Mr. Knox; sent them to Cleveland, dii- .. cago, Philadelphia - and .New rYork,1 and re .-ceived orders from New York alone for. more ; than his whole crop. - If confined to one kind-of strawberry he would plant the "Triomphe de ' Grand." Although not quite so productive as the "Wilson," be could say with safety that it produce more than 300 bushel to the acre..- For putting up in cans,-the Wilson" is pre. ferred. The enly manure, tased is weH-rotled-stable manure: The ame plant, J if the run-' " r'are kept, off will bear-t en-yem-",1 " AJirii. all producing a very large amount of fruit. :- How io- ba'a Poor Earner. As the road to poor farming is not generally understood, though it is crowded with trar-elers, we throw np the following landmarks, m - l from the Springfield Republican, .for the com mon benefit 1 "l ' . " 1. Inrest all tout capital in land, and' 'rua- 4D debt for more.'7:'- - ' - - 'rr s.v 2. Hire money to stock your farra.,; icj. s--.v? . ? 3, llave no fajth in. your own businees, and '-be always ready to sell out. - ' - -..'..;.' . r 4.; But mean: cows, spavined horses, - poor ' oxen, and cheap took.-. - s j..." 5. Feed bog nay, and mouldy, corn-stalks , . exclusively, in Order to keep your stock tame; fiery are terrible hard on old rickety wagona x ana plows. - '' .".r ' , - . : 6. -Use the oil of hickory freely, whenever i rour oxen need strength ; it is cheaper than, hay or meal, keeps the hair lively and pounds. . out the grubs. ; : -, '"'Ui-'.-.' t- '. . 7. belect such calves for stock aA the butch- T- ers shun; beauties of runts, thin in the. hams, w and. pot bellied; but. be sure and .keep tbeir,. blood thin hv arrsnfv 7im-K nimale mr 'I ' safest to breed from that hare not strength to nera. - : i - - : .-; .. . .-. r--.- 8. Be cautious in'the manufactureof manure, i it makes the fields look black and mournful .c '' about planting time, besides lti a deal of work " to haul it. r - -- . v ----- - 9. Never waste time in settinz out fruit and shade trees; fruit and leaves rotting arpand a 1 , piace mast unneaiuy. . . , . .,. -v". u- - Time of Sowing Spri TiTieat.' " ds. EmtAi. Nxw-Yobxib I wiD gire yea my experience in sowing spring wheat for the'1-' ' past few years, from jjata which I bays kept 1856 Sowed May 7th. Crop poor. Ear- . Iter sown wheat around me was. goodCoia- ;; menced harvest August 4th. - . ..: t - - , . , " 1857 Sowed April Z3d. Ciopmiddlin'r. Commenced harrest July 3 1st : i -: , -, : I800 Commenced sowing: April 7th. nnl . finished April 26th. The season was rery wet. The first sownas"Yery 'good the last'rerr poo,. - -v:- - - . :;; JLiy Cowed April Stb ; finished Aprill?thi . First sown, rery good ; th Utter pot so. gJ,, Commenced-harrest July 25th. ' 1860 Finished mowing 20 acres Ifarch fi. "? Crop- good 52 bushels to -the'jmcreV Com- menced harrest J uly 16th. --. ; - -. '1861 Commenced sowing April 15th ; n , ished April 29th. First better than last sown, though crop was poor.' Commenced harrest July 30thi- tU'--y-;5..' ' -t I am aatisfi ed from . obsenratioa th at yen ; . cannot sow too ,early,v if the groond i fit to work - The past - few' years we have bad to contend with the chinttbag, and by early sow-iag"get the start of them, while lata sowin ; sure to.be ejected to a great extent. - Ace .cr - r" thing I hare observed that fall plowin - is a great help to getting wheat ia early, and better lor the crop. ' ' ';' - - :- - f,:.:'; ,-JL Croodf Dairy.:. .-v ; r- : 4 At the winter meetiDg of the Cortland C . Agricultural Society; says W. It.' Csr,:.-,?f,. ol Hornby, N.T premiunas wcrs a--. J 1 1-two brothers, named-Const! e, fjr ' t'e v cheese dairy, arergin fire btr-i.-; ! r- trn pound' of tutier per cow. r lc . , . cf butter.es from sevc-' .x- co-zr?, t .j r re gedtwohundrfii-Jc ,r rif -?-f pounds "per c :". . , T far"9C2iry, y: ;1 I.it-it eight. poo- '''' ' - V'L:t:t:;::; Cortland t f- - I'-rl r.-''.-'; , , j t 've ti Til I - 13 t r. r.:t,'trlv-nV: tiatts t3 t ":; .. tin f-r Tt' - i t' r .1,1 It . i w- ...... -:it -'.-.I': .- -rCr i- r - - iff : -1 v . C a rc .i. . . i : . ; ' -."?-:-ttbrroc!a".. t t r- "cr it j T' r 1 t d i i r . ts. ::c : - . . ::. f ':"; ' ; ' - Hi ji .u. .r.t etc 'ivs L tics t i cf t!.s Cortjx-itatt' J .4 t.TC3. .