Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1865-02-11

              -,.-' w.-v-, - -izr-; I, - fc-v '.-" 'I- ;' Lroaf Ksthftlron. ..? v & If fttkftlro U flrom tha OrMk word ' " Kuthro br KAthMra," aiBlQriag to clesaM, rnrraate and r- tor. - Thl wtiol ia what iU nam tigniflts. Por , prrTing, restorinf and ba,atifying the kusu ' naif ft ! the moat -rciuarkabla .preparation ia the '"world. It la agaiiTowfied and put op by the origU nal proprietor, and ia now made with the fame care, Vkill and attention.: which gar it a aale of OTer one niUion bottlee -per annnnK - t J It U n moat'delightfal Haltr DTeaaing. - It eradieatea aearff and dandruff. ' ' ; o Jt keepa the head eoel and elean, ' .atmakea the hair, aoft and gloaay. it preenta the hair from falling off. "It preventa the hair from tnrping gray. ' . - it restorea hair apon bald heads. . Any lady or gentleman who ralnee a beautiful 'Aeadofhair should oae Lyon'a Kathairon. It ia mows and naed throughout the cirilised worlds toold by all respectable dealers. . DEMA8 S. BARNES A CO. New York. . Mar. M-ly ' . Ilatcmns Magnolia Balm. This ia the most delightful and extraordinary arti-ticle ever discovered. It changes the sun burnt fare aed hands tea pearly satin texture of ravishing beauty, Imparting the marble purity- of youtb and the "tHitimyne appearance so inviting in the city belle of fashion. : It removes tan, freckles, pimples and roughness from the skin,- leaving"the complexion fresh, transparent and smooth. It contains no material injurious to the skin. Patronized by Actresses and tpera Singers. It is what every lady should have. Bold every where. ; Preparee by W. E. HAGAN, Troy, N. Y. , Address all orders to-' , DKMAS S. BARNES A CO. New York. Mar. 28-ly , . hfilMSTREET'S i Inimitable Hair Restorative, u NOT A DYE - Hot restores gray hair to its original color, by supplying the capillary tubes with natural sustenance, impaired by age or disease. All inttanteneoH rfyr are'ebtttposed of lunar eauttic, destroying the vitality and beauty of the hair, and afford of themselves no .dessing. Heimstrect's Ihinitable Coloring not on-1 restores hair to its natural coler by ah easy pro-cosfr, b&'t'gives the hair a Knxarlant Beantj-, tomotes its growth, prevenU ita falling off, eradieatea dandruff, and imparts health and pleasantness to the head. It has stood .the test of ttme, being the : 'tiginal Hatr Coloring, and is constantly increasing i n favor. Used by both gentleman and ladies. It is sold by all respectable dealers, or can be procured by them of the eommemial agents. D. S. BARNES A CO. 202 Broadway, New York. Two aucs, 50 centa and $1. Mar. 28-ly - Mexieu"n Hnstang Liniment. The partiea in St. Louis A Cincinnati, who have Counterfeited the Mustang Lihiment under pretense of proprietorship, have been thoroughly estoped by the Courts. To guard against further imposition, I have procured from the United States Treasury, a private sieel plate revenue stamp, which, is placed over the top of each bottle. Each stamp bears the foe tmile of my Signature, and-without which the article is a Counterfeit, dangerous and worthless imitation. Examine every buttle. Tills Liniment has -been in use and growing in. favor for many years. There hardly axiats a hamletn the habitable Globe that does not contain evidence of its wonderful effects. It is the best emoliment in the world. 'With its present improved ingredients, its effects upon man and . beast are perfectly remarkable. Sores are healed, pains relieved, lives saved, valuable animals mads useful, and untold ills assuaged. For euts, bruises, sprains, rheumatism, swellings, bites, cuts, caked breasts, strained horses, c, it is a Sovereign Reme dy that a bould never be dispensed with. It should be in every fami.'y. Sold by all Druggists. D. S. BARNES, New York Mar. 28-ly Persona of sedentary, habits troubled with weak- iess, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack of ape tite, distress after eating, torpid liver, constipation, - Ac, deserve to suffer if they will not try the celebrated ' - Plantation Bitters, Which are now recommended by the highest medical authorities, and warranted to produce an tounotale beneficial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure, and must supercede all other tonics where a healthy, gentle stimulant ia required. . They purify, strengthen and invigorate. : They create a healthy apetite. They are an antidote to change of water and diet. ' ,Tttey overcome effects of dissipation and late hours. . JThey strengthen the systerd arid en lived the mind. c.;Toey Prevent miasmatia and idlermittf.t AiVbrs: They purify the breath arid acidity of thealoiuacti; They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation. 4 They cure Diarrhea, and Cholera Morbupj ; . They ear Liver Complaint and Nervous Headache. ( They make the weak strong, the linguidbrilliant, . and are exhausted nature's great restorer. They are composed of the celebrated CaUsaya bark, winter-green, sassafras, roots arid herbs, ail preserved in perfectly pare St. Croix rum. for particulars, see circulars and testimonials around each bottle. Beware of importers. Examine every bottle. See that it has our private U. S. Stamp unmutilated over ; the eork, with plantation scene, and onr signature on ' fine -steel plate aide labeL 8ee that our bottle is not refilled with spurious and deleterous stuff. Any ferson pretending to sell Plantation Bitters either by the gallon and Bulk, is aH impoater. Any person imitating .hia, botile, or selling -aiy other material therein, whether called Plantation Bitters or jDt,is a criminal under the U. 8. Law, and will be ao prosecuted by ua;: We ajrealy. ba,ve cij- eye on several parties re-filling our bottles, Ae , who. will slic-eeed in- getting themaelve's into close quarters. - The . demand for Drake's Plantation Bitters from ladies, clergymen, merchantSj, jte- i incredible. .The simple trial of a bottle is the.avid.ence we pr!Brltof the'if worth and superiority; ; THey .ate old by all respectable druggists, grocers, physicians, hotels, saloons, steamboats and eoentry stores. - ' P. H. DRAKE t CO, Us6-lr , , 202 Broadway. N. Y. Bnmdreth'a Vegetable PHIs. li re to fallible for eostiveness, spasms, loss ofappetitij Pjck headacKe, . giddiness, sense of , 13oalhg after taeals, ditxinesi, Jroirsiiiess, and cramping pains, and till disorders of the stomach and bowels. Original Letter at 294 Canal Street, New York. . , ' J. J. CrCOOK, publisher of the State. Banner, ?MinKtoB' 7U Tr: he was attacked with DTS-PEPSIAgand so severely from it, that not particle of Fodd eottld be swallowed without occasioning the most hn comfortable sensstoii iM his stomach. For five at a aVTafroVthls dreadful complaint, wnen Be used BRAKDRKTHS PILLS. The first box did eem to benefit him much, but the second produced a change, and by the time he had taken six boxes a tMPLETB' CrjRK was erected: fie says; ".My flyspepii ink gone, and my expectation of an earlv flestth vanished.' . Jnhe JS-Sm A genUeman.enred of Nervons Debilitv. In- eonrpeteaey, P remainro Decay sad youthful Error, aWated bi dastrHo benefit others, will be hap-Vj W tdHiUS. 0 all who neW it, (free of charge), tha reeeipt sad directions for making tha simple remedy aaed in his ease. , Those wishing to profit by his ex-porienee, and possess Vala able fiemedy, will reoeivs aa, hy rataminr mall, f carefully aealedL by - a- - ' JOJ1H D. UUDJSN, ; -. ao. pu xassan mwh amw ion, . ZTOVVQ MDssi fa atthejanm timsj ju UUtTtt? m.whohasenied OsaselfaftlLJLf,?' aWaj Wkory. By oaeloaing. vZZZrZZZZZ: evrelopw tingleeepUs aa.ybe tuTTrJST9 is rcBLisntb inir SATtmnAT vokitisa bt L. HAEPEB. . :' Cfflce in Foo4wtvrsl Block- i& Story. $2.50 per annum, payable strictly In advance or $S.OO if payment be delayed. JS& These terms will be rigidly adhered to. EDITED BY L. HARPER. From the Seneca Advertiser. Governor Brongh and the Hundred Day xlen. We give below a letter from Provoet Mar shal Grneral Fry to Hon. Warren P. Noble. Governor Brough has frequently denied that the calling out of these hundred day men was voluntary on bis part, but it appears that be tendered their services, unsolicited, and expressly stipulated that they should not be credited on the draft. Brough feiqrbA purpose of achieving for himself a little notoriety, de liberately dragged from their homes thirty-six thousand citizens of Ohio in the busiest sea on of the year, and exposed them to the peril of battle and dangers of the camp. Hundreds of men died and in thousands the seeds of disease were laid which will drag them down to early graves, by the act of this Faletaffian Blusterer, and arrant demagogue. And be expressly stipulated that the services they should render should not be credited on the draft. Why this anxiety to get these men in to the field? Some people think that the one million dollar appropriation passed by the last legislature to repel invasion had something to do with this tender of the Hundred Day Men! No hostile foot had invaded Ohio, and no foe was expected, but that million of dollars in the Treasury oould not be touched. There was meat in the tub, and the watching cats knew it! The Guards were called out; con tracts for supplies, Ac.,, for cannon, for equip ments, were made in a hurry, and four hun dred thousand dollars was expended upon the order of Governor Brough, who, all the while, was kicking up a of fuss about the "villainous copperheads." So in calling out the Guards an opportunity was given to giveeome-body some "fat takes." B ut we give a letter from Mr. Noble-, and the letter from General Fry: :. " . ; : ; ..: WAsnixcT'dx, ttan. 24, t55. SexecA Advetiser: Dear Sir:- I have made reoeAted efforts both bv annliation at the War Department and. by efforts to tJroctire the passage of an act of Cgresal id secure tr Ohio a just credit ror the services rendered by her sons in the term of one hundred days performed by them in 1804. Believing as I do, that our Stale ft as -justly entitled to full credit for this, as ifor any other services rendered by -its troops in the-field, I shall not cease -ray efforts jls lon.5 89 there is any hope. These services T eally cost our citizens -very nearly as much as one full year, for every man furnished, for thereason that "most of them were engaged in business, whicli was completely interrupted for the whole' yeHr, and the loss to Ihem individually would hare been but little more, had they been required to erve a year. Yet we have asked only credit for the time actually served reduced to years: This would nearly clear our District from the coming Draft. Enclosed I send a letter from the Provost Marshal General which explains the reasons why be basjefused to give us the cred its claimed. Yours, W, P. NOBLE. War Depaptmknt, 1 Provost Marshal Gem. Bureau, Y Washincto.v, D. C, Jan. 23, '65 j Hon. W. P. Noble, House of Representatives, Washington D. C. Sr: In reply to your communication of the 18th instant, enclosing a -list of names of. 54 men of Co. "1" 164th Regiment, O. N. G., from London Township. Seneca County, Ohio, who served in the "one hundred days service," and stating that the citizens of said Township claiiri a credit for the amount of service thus rendered by them, to be given them against the Draft now about to take place, said serf-ice being equal to over sixteen men for one yfear, arid asking if said credit can be given. I have the honor to state" that the "drle Huri-dred Day Men," were tendered by the Gqven-pr of, the State,, with -llie express stipulation that they would not be ereditcd on the draft, j . I have the honor td bey sir, Very Respectfully, your dbedlent eefVnt .. . r James b. fry, Provost Marshal General. Hoor Himself. Stabletord, auctioneer, in Fori Wayne. Mr. Indiana, hung himself on .Friday, December 7th, 1864. An exchange aUtei. that he was urmiiea, ana reportea at (janaieTUle : was ex amined arid, foiinel 16 be fit for service. He was kept there about a week, and then got a futlbbgil to go bbfiie: The morning of his furlough having expired, be bung himself toes- cape tne military, service. . He was one of those crawling Abolitionists ever ready to denounce Democrats as traitors, abet force them into the service. He was tery. loud-mouthed in hU own loyalty. We have eeveraf of the Stablefdrd class hereabouts, but they have not hung themselves yet. , VTho 0 wTi "the miiky. The Columbus . Statema is responsible for the following Some , days ago the sbbfeel of taiinr th whisky on hand was on hand in one branch b i-1 t - our State Legislature. ; An bonoratd? tneeffber 8 poke warmly against each taxation.. Another honorable member asked him how much whisky he had on hand. To which' ihe first speaker responded" I do not myself own a gallon- of wbieky., .Bat X have m my are-bouse over five thousand barrels, the whole of which is owned by good and loyal men and the ?reater part by a Z?yai. minister of the gospel." his response caused a smile to lighten p the Senators. t'llmovax PosTkAnsalliaaonTipost-' master tha expresses hopinion thai his eial returns are oorreci r I hereby eerttiy that tbe foar goin A Compts is as near right as t now how to maik'it if there is eny mistake it fa aot Dun paiTers." f " v.-. - . . j- a'v,... ni 'ff. Hid-' v'-j ...; f " Oh that the bells in aU these silent pire, - v ; Would slash their clangor on -the aleeping air,-Sing their wild music oat with throbbing ehpixs, Ring peaoe In every where. .. ,-.y 5 ,s Oh that this" waver ef aorrew anrging o'er ;V ' . n . . The red, red land would wash away ' its staia Drawn out the angry 8 re front shore to shore, t And give it peaco again I, v i, ,-Tth!:'' ;-' On last year's blossoming graves, with ammmer calm, ' ';"-".--'''"''; Loud in his happy tangle hams the bee; " . Nature forgets her hart aQd finds her balm '-Alas, ana why not we t . ? ' j Spirit of Qod! that moved upon the face. . : Of the watters, and bid anoient chaos cease, Shine, shine again o'er this tumultuous apace. Thou art Prince of Peace. : florner's Matttklg. . . , . ; A GL0BI0US SPEEQg. The Key-Note Struokj Kemarlis ot Edward Irtgeraoil, AT THE BAXQUSTOF THE KETSTONE CLUB, OF rillLADELPHIA. : The Keystone Club, Philadelphia, had a banquet, on the eveuing of the 8th of January, in commemoration of the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans. Among the toasts given was the following one: "The Union of the State and the Constitution of the Union They can only exist while the rights of the former and the letter of the latter are preserved inviolate." Thie was responded to by Edward Jngersoll, Esq., in the following able, eloquent and truth ful speech. We have read none from any pub lic man,-80 exactly to the point: Tb this noble American sentiment, Mr President, 1 bare, by the, kindness of your committee, the honor to reply. The Ameri can Union, the most ardent desire in the popular heart of America. Let it be our political watchword, as it will surely prove at last the rock of American refuge, tbe ark of American safety. So monstrous an outlay bf.moqey has been made during tlie past tour years in our northern country, for the destruction of the American Union, that I know many, of our friends, and its most ardent admirers, despair of its possibility. I am not one of these. . The past four years have been years of ruin and destruction, and end the of that thing is by no means yet. i5ut destruction does not create governments, though exhaustion may in one sense be said to do so. . We have in time to come bacV to statesman ship, which oat of the materials which may be then about it, will do the work of construe . S V . J m lion, w nen me eye 01 statesmanship can in our country discern a nearer way that is possi ble to peace and prosperity, which is govern ment, than the "Union of the States and the constitution of tin Union," I too will begin to despair. jam oay nas not yet dawned, eraot t faat-it -neVer wmmns VsjairaTaagaTsl stand me for a moment as meaning by 'Union,' this bastard birth of Abolitionism and plutocracy that) now in possession of. the Federal power, is desolating nut country and destroying our property, I mean the union of my text, the ttriibh of your toast, "the union 'of the Stares, anj the constitution of the Union." , How then, sir, is this Union, so dear to "us all, to be preserved or restored? By , war? Yes sir, by war. I, too, am, in this sense, a War Democrat'. Waf, In every age and nation, is the not urifrequent providence of God, and the institutions of a country that will not bear that test must be ephemeral and short-lived. Ours, depend upon it, -sir, are not of that class: they were given to us by statesmen who had been warriors too, and who understood the require merits of that as well as the gentler phases of humanity the sword has been apealed to, a more truly popular appeal than the ballot box which it has overwhelmed, and the a word will settle it. Ndt, sir. by this cursed war. now waging for disunion and despotism, but by war upon its great enemy, Abolitionism, 'which inaugurated this war and made this appeal to arms. Sir, the blood of Abolitionism will re- cement the Union of these States, and it is the only earthly remedy for our present ills. This war. Upon Atnoan slavery is false to the Union. Slavery stands in the Constitution upon the same platform with your property and mine, nay, sir, upon the same platform'with what is, I trust, dearer to us than our property, free speech, free press, free person, trial by jury, our glorious American institutions. We be gin to see and to feel that the destruction of one js the destruction of them all, the enemy of one is the destruction of them all. That enemy, the American people il true to them selves, as I believe they are, will put to death, and woe betide its coadjutors and associates. iiut, sir, war has been a popular appeal, I agree, and true to human r v A1 tr lvi I mar C ILI1U LI LIE in 11 II IUM.I1- lty, but a stern tyrant, a rough master, who works out truth acd justice in the end, but with a rough hand and by terrible means. War, sir, pardons no iklse issues, ' requires rtera principles at our, hands, rejects policy and the expedients that thrive in peace, p'tin-ishes severely all tampering with strict tnltH, cavil war supersedes tbe popular appeal of elections, and makes the ballot-box a delusion and a deceit. These are not hoilrs for ; trifling in America. Let us not cJeceif apurs'elf esj let us nb't mislead o"ur jjedple. . This thing to which Abolition has pledged the Federal power is not g0tefnrheiiti.it is revolution. Let us not, sir, close bur eyes to the truth, because that truth is a terrible one. .. t : ( - Is this revolution or is it our goyernmentT Ask.' sir. the sunDrestiion of a. fr nmn K Federal possession of the telegraph, and the numueness suppressions 01 newspapers. Ask the suppression of free speech by the Federal and military breaking op of meetings of the people. Ask the falae'euppreesioBs of the writ 01 habeas corpus. Ask the military trials and imprisonment of citizens for all political offences. If you or I, sir, are arrested by the Federal powerrihlslnTghTiwhefe'Ts bur remedy and whatJs odf fate? Sir, this is revolution that ji npon os, openly so proclaimed by iil boldest suppdrtere ttt Washington, and ' to which, worst of all, the property of the north- .1 rv""MJr "r kcv,8.'4 iweii. - Aye, sir, in ottt etaerency, property has proved false to coniervaiisrn, laise to itseir, false to the Insti-tntions of the country, which would ha4-e prb-ifct nd iL8.10 br themi and great will Sf r pindmg and overwhelming popular sentiment,, Which was always sound and t" STF081 of disunion, property pJrfnred fnto' it and has carried it onr JThe Union League"Uttiiit eltyy -irhlch! W'ti&S composed of thii ilerifnt, has found tui iut now that property tfititoSit men cannot hear si war and cnes cnt to the emitfefht fbthelpw The answer has been pvem 'deilerae 61! are right now and.your position is. iyjundV but you iboold have sooner found ft ont,' Bevo-Intioni dbnVjbrglj, tefV blonder much leaf fV Stjro$rselvee..tQ this Moloch which has devoured half toot substance and will hare the rest. 5 ... What thtn sir, is the duty of fcoodeiitzev !n'bbrrnerffeh-CTi totX brana look:' oil calmry atlbe alrocTties tbVve progressing' to people to defend tl fnsfl'Uifons of theiircoan try; : Boaselhemv sgitaU, tlk over with them the things that are; doing; tJsemble frequently, band; combine, (for M yott R; miriuryman have told us to-nteht without combination "nothing Is' aecompliRnedtVeombine $ say; not secfetely, but openly to defend your Vws and the insU-tutions of your country, pe-Ceably if you can, forcibly if you must;: t'f-- "- . Will tbe American people give -np the institutions and glories of Uy pastl Is any. one coward enough, or unmanned enough by the brutalities that are'' being . eommitted in the name and by the authority of the Federal pow er, to believe that AbolnU)aisra, with property at iaoack, can deprive the American people of their bistorv .and of all their glorious rights? is it poasioie 10 neneve tnai me . American, people are going to" give in exchange for " the names of Lincoln, Seward, 11 and Stanton,' the names of Washington, Jeffitreon, and Madison, and of Jackson, too, whose great southern Victory we celebrate? for Jackson, also, though a son of Tennessee, was a grandson of Virginia Virginia, the mother of American statesmen Virginiathe nobleat star in the American constellation. Sir, the love of Virginia is deep seated in the popular heart of Penn sylvania. These are her heroes; they are her nuaren; tney are our heroes; they are our household gods. Sir, tha? people will have theiu back, aye, sir, the people of the North ern country will have thenf back; not soiled. degraded, denied, subduedas the hero of the DutchjjGap'canal and theV brutalities of the Shenandoah Valley would "give them to us, but a glorious, radiant, immortal, triumphant, tbe fathers of our liberties, or our Udion. ". The Peace Question. Eamor of an Armistice Lincoln and Sew ard , Betirmed to Washington Their Interview with the Commissioners. Baltimore, Feb. 4. A special dispatch to the Baltimore American from Annapolis; after announcing the arrival thereof President Lincoln and Secretary Seward, says: It was ru mored on board tlje steamer that brought thera thai art armistice of thirty days would take place and the prospects of an early settle ment of our difficulties were brighter, lhis, of course, is all rumor. Washinotow. Feb. 4. President Lincoln and Secretary Seward arrived here from Fort ress Monroe this morning. They had an in formal conference with Stephens, Hunter and Campbell, on board the steamer River Queen, in Hampton Hoads. The conference occu pied four hours and is positively known to nave resulted in no change of attitude either of the Government or of the rebels. In oth er words, it was a failure,. 'Nir York, Feb. 4. The Tribune's City Point dispatch dated February 1st, savs: It is understood here that Mr. Stevens is instruct ed by Jeff Davis and his cabinet to make peaoe on the beet terms he can. but to make peace hi Jtere that Mr, tepnenffTrniorTetuTisUHUOoiw fiseVs be does not succeed in ihe object of his mis sion. .. ". From various demonstrations in front of the 9j.h corps last night and this morning, it is apprehended by some that the rebels intend to make an attack to-day, and by others that they are about evacuating Petersburg. There was considerable artillery nring last evening, brought on by the enemy, particularly in the neighborhood of Battery No. 5. - I tnink. however, that all demonstrations of strength oy tne repeis at mis 11 me are tor the purpose Of giving tone to Air. Mephens peace mission The Post's Washitigton special says Mr. Seward declares, without reserve, that the Peace negotiations were a total failure. There are indications that Peace will speedily be won by war. Decisive news is expected from Sher man early next week. '-' ,-,",-', " ; . c The Interview Between Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners. ' WW ' w- . " m " '-' rsi ftiff iork, reb. 0. the morning papers throw no light upon negotiations between Lin coin and Seward and the rebel commissioners The interview lasted sixteen . hours.. Accord to the Herald's correspondent the President is reported to have proposed, to Mevsrs. Steph - TY 1 f I It '. -.1 A . ens, riunier ana ampoeu, mat 11 they were prepared to promise a return of their States to me union ue was ready 10 waive all minor questions; but that as the Chief Magistrate of " a 1 ." . ' w me tvepupuc, sworn to maintain tue U nion. he could take into consideration no terms which involved its division. This great point the rebels confessed they aid not teel author zed to decide, and the conference ended. The conference took place eritirely on board of one or the other of the three steamers which were nnAKitfeil m llamntin RiMna ' wKava tit. ti. t goi'tors pouid not pe interrupted. It was ! .1 4 . 1 " 3 i l . i . - I : 1 . , cubuucku in a most curuiai ana i ran k manner of both sides, but on the part of Mr. Lincoln at least, with equal firmness. Great anxielv is now felt to hear from Richmond. - Serious Bail Boad Accident. CincikaTi, Feh. ijthad accident becured' on the Marietta k Cincinnati railroad this morning," at Lee s creek bridge, sixty miles east of Cincinnati: Th'e middle bier" of the bridge was carried away duride the nirht t bv the gorging of icaand high. atef .gating , th bridge standifig. , THe western.. bound. accom modation train, consisting of one baggage and two passenger cars, reached the centre of the bridire. when it gave way, precipitating the whole train into the creek, below, -a distance of fifty feet. Ten or twelve lives werelosVbe- sices a numuer 01 pursuits seriously, injureu. The rear car fell on end, took fire; and several passengers were burned to death The eastern epre traio on the Centra Ohio railroad ran off th track near ; Newark this morning, throwing the cars down in erd barikmeni: Jso; one 8eusTjmjurd.' - & indiaos on the Overland Hail BonteV; St, Louis, Feb; 3. dispatcV.Trom Oma- oa ui tue ai niti aisrgs. uumoer 01 inaians have been hovering around JnlesburS for eev eral days bathe garmion is too small to attack thera. . Tb-day they attacked the fort and burned the telegraph pmce and the stage company's warehouse, containing a large amount of corn', hay and provisions. The entireY station, consisting bf several .buildings, is reduced to ashes, f A considerable amount of telegraph supplies were also destroyed. An entire train was captured near Fora-Laramie- within the past week by theiCheycvdes. Onexoaairas Killed.,. ? '- -f ff . ii , i v - The tefegranh beibdown ifte reeoli'of ths diUeJtU th'e fiJTt t JuTesbur is not khbwn. Hai " ' T"'- s'? f . otIer'to.tr6Kerthev uu wim otuea w - who, cauea , lor an axe, and deliberately made nince-meat of the body, the pieces lor t-b. ewmjt fbderorir. '-- ST A TmerrfflM;tc5ei- thV .Tfbr; lonilfrido la awesvftfe efttriHs Spirit of tli o Sotliera PreaaC? Would the South. - If 8ubjusited; .Join the Horth $o ,Fight Great Britain? ; From the Richmond Dispatch. January 5T-1, i A hVrn'!writerras.that.thr6r of lh"e British ministry, though they are too blind to see it,' will as certainty lead to war with the United States as that the eaf in endures, a .war n which the South, if subjugated, will not be reluctant to enter. That the United States and Great Britain itfay eventually driA into war is among the poasibllitieB. but that the South, if subjugated, will not be reluctant to enterinto that war, is a curious idea to ua n all former wart of the country, in any war which occurred when she was not subjugated. the Has never been reluctant to lake her place -. . . S - . . ' Ml ' . in the front ot battle, uer vanant sons niuah trated the annals of the Revolution and the ast war with England. Her volunteers con tributed a vast majority of the armies of the Mexican contest. - If Bncbanan had promptly resented the indignities effered to the American flag by British cruisers during his admin istration, the isouth would have Jed the van guard of war But that subjugated she will not be reluctant to neht and die tor her" new master is to suppose the South more degraded and ignoble than any sutauzated people 01 whom history makes mention. Her. own slaves would be hidaliros and grandees in com not a probable, thine. But we should esteem it highly ; probable, if we could believe the southern people capable of such 8lf-pollution. Jay, tney would. aesire vo oesuojugai.eu. e do not deny that England is responsible for this wan We are well aware that for thirty years sheTias been employing the anti-slavery agitation to divide the Union, using abolition faction as a cat to pick her chestnuts out of the fire, and oereuadihe the northern Idiots to cut 'open- the goose that laid them the golden ettrf. We mav desire to see sucn aeaoerate and cold-blooded selfishiieesi overtaken bjr Juit rtrihiitiort. Sdcli sentiments we may enter tain so lone as we are permuted to walk the earth as freemen ; so4ong a we have a world which is a world to us; so long as we are not strangers, foreigners, and vassals in the land that gave us Dirm. jjui. wnen . wb, u& h r i ,11 i a -. m more a country: when halters are round tne necks of our beat and bravest; and feWers on the limbs of those who are permitted to live; when all mundane things to us have lost their interest, we shall not be reluctant to tight tor those who have robbed ue of all that makes life desirable. We think we are nearer the mark when we say that, subjugated, theSouth, - - . r a 1 . 1 3 - so tar trom wishin? to ngirt ,ngiana or any other power, woiild rejoice to see an enemy of its Bubjugator, whether the Queen of Great Britain or the Emperor of Austria, triumphant over its Yankee masters, even though it ended in tranferring our own vassalage to the bands of the conquerer. One subjugated, it is not only a matter of indifference to us who are our proprietors, because we would inhnitiveiy rather be the liegemen of European kings than the bondsmen of Yankee task masters . WhaTlKBiaa erate Authorities and the Beplv He Beceived. ' -'-..'.fFrom the Richmond Sentinel, January SBj Mr. Blair left Richmond yesterday morning upon the steamer Allison with Commissioner Ould for the truce boat at Boul ware's landing. It is understood that Sir. Blair's mission to Richmond was emphatically one of peace. After laying before our authorities, informally of course, the wishes of the federal gavernment the interpretation of which' is peace bii a siib-jugatiori basis, and finding that these modest desires were not likely to be complied witli, he came down pointedly-toa proposition of reuH-ion updo any terriis, and desired to know upon what terms the South would agree to return to the sheltering regis of the old flag. He suggesteii th Union as it was, the nigger si he is, add the Sodtbr as it used td ' be. lie suggested also that the North would foot tbe bill and taxes for all the negroes stolen and property destroyed by the armies and emissaries of federal dsiirpatlbn. Cfl cbdrse, heiriade all these suggestions on his own responsibility; but whether deemed authoritative or not, he received not the slightesfenboursgenient to hope for reunion, and was made to undertsand that the South was fighting for independence, and independence only, lis then inquired whether, if the independence of the South were recognized by the federal government, the South would make common cause with the North and drive the French front Meicd, The response understood to bate been given tb this diplomatic feeler was: "Make the proposition formally arid officially aodyou w,ill get a frplj.?' This is tlie substance of Mr. Blair's political conversation with persons in and out of authority while in .Richmond, so far as we hare beeri able td learn. : There rear be abmetliing yet tub rota, but we doubt it, though,' probably, there may have been some allusions to driving the English out of Canada, in connection with the lasfpropositioji. Peace Proposition nt Discussed iii oa-: ! ; ffress ITot Peade fctt War. Frvm the Rickmond Sentinel, Janaarj 23. We violate no confidence in stating as we do japonadeuate aathority. that the House of Representatives 'as noVaevdted thirty min-titespf all secret Sesslbris. Since' the - commencement of the present; tefdi, to the consideration of. peace- prbpVwitidils". t TH is" statement will relieve tb'e House atfd reassure th'e conn-try; and is therefore dus tb both. We are, of course, riot to be understood in the above as Lsajing tKat tib prbbbsitioos have been present- ea, lor uie contrary nan keen aiauosea m uc debates of the House; AYe are satisfied, however, from what we have learned of the spirit of. that body, that there is no danger .whatever of th'e passage of any irregular measures howeyer h'onestbjr proposed. Both Houses have just adopted a, resolution which, speaks to the country in the language of unfaltering heroism and 'determined purpose, and that resbiution may be taken sis theltey to its Ieff-islation on whatever subjects." " ; ." - -Accounts. ' ; - '-" ? : i"' WiSBtiiroTox, Feb, C The? Richmond Whi of the 2d says: Gen. R. JEL Lee was nnanemously conflrmedhy the jSenfttejeeter-day, Commander-in-Chief of the armies of tbe Confederate States. The Hon. Messrtv John Goode,Th6s. 8. Boeock. tFIourney -. and John Biadwin,-"'ot -.Va-i and Lester e'f Ga-Tad- dresseu a laree anaiencs in ut nau oi ue tiebsev Tb'ejV a4vocatedra vigorous pjsf-tiori of the war as the eurest road tb u ooo able peace. - ?,-Caaaxyrfo'jr Jasu SLaUrverhenta; of tKs eo'erWy indicate that XuVrfsta Sod-HrancK- fVrt rAllesr from tbrtvr Aieavxterooof infae'tr ry. artulery and cavalry is reported encamped near the junction of the- Salkehatchie and the ol-J Ueion toad. ThJe qrc is aaid to oourfai ville. re tbeu? points ordesltnatiocuV, he autlj armveorrns Occupied Robef tsvilla. "This" iTac U.LiLl iWn'abrWsf fiAvinVa! ifrfi of the 15th and 16th. array corps., .Yesterday morning the enemy advanced in considerable force of.infantry' and artillery from White's land drove in our skirmish' line three miles to Kian'a Creek;.'-r-Our-infantry afterward advanced and drove the enemy back to White's Point, re-eeublisbing their picket Jine, Since then all has been quiet on the Combabee at tliat point. The enemy -made a demonstra tion on our position defending tne pomoon bridge over Salkehatchie, but without Jesuit. It ia reported that" thav burned. McPherson- ville list.nigfit. This yillsge is45 mile northwest of Pbcotaligo. ' -' ' mti : ; Oil Stories. An oleaginous correspondent of the Syracuse Courier gives an account of his adventorea at Titusville, Pa., as follows: Th ere are seven fi rst-cl ass h tela I n th is place of sii thousand inhabitants, besides nu merous small institutions where poor aeebmo- datiors are afforded at good prices. Every one of these six' is filled to its utmost capacity day after day and nizht after .night, many a man thinking his lot a- fortunate one if happi ly he sec urea a soft chair to sit in all nicht.- In Oil City, if I am correctly informed, they have adopted a plan, which has been very suc cessfully followed in other places. A man is first puf to bed, and allowed lo remaiaiu statu quo until "tired nature's sweet restorer" has mastered bun, and then be is taken trom his bed and stood up in the corner to make room for another victim. The sharpest and best business talent of the country is centered, here, and if there were tbe same material surround ings, the stranger would almbat faficy himself on Wall or William street. This is the head quarters of th army of oil operations. If I were to state the amount of money changing hands here dailv I should .hardly ex pect my story to be credited. I will give one fact as Illustration of the rise of property near here. Three years ago thirty-eight acres of land sold at Petroleum Centre for $2,700. For. this same property a Hew York cbnipany now aak Si : " i - A ' Ml " ' I tne modest sum ot thirty-nve minion aonars, and they have already taken over ten millions' worth of oil from it. Eirby Smith Going to Mexico with, his Aray to Join Maximilian. - From the Cincinnati Commercial Jan ."23. . We have, from sources that have heretofore proved trustworthy, a report that Kirby Smith the rebe general commanding the Transmisa-issippi Department, is going tb Mexico, with his army, proposing to join : Maximilian.-Such a rumor, we learn," is current and credited among the St. Louis rebel., who have , underground lines of communication, and know what is going on in southwestern rebeldom, just as the Baltimore secesh.have private in- rtelligence from Richmond. Exactly the amount of truth that may be covered by this report, it is difficult to cabulatS. But it may be observed that indications have long been apparent of some peculiarities in Kirby Smiths department. It is whispered latterly, and the whisper comes from the direction of MexicoJ and the French rtedolebf LbiiiSana. that an independent movement to ask assistance from 'JS-srefVisjs wader the protectorate of Napoleon has been Tnaugefated in the' far southwest. The story is, that the lory is, 1 hat the proposition amounts fb giving to the French, Texrta, for a cbttbri cbibriy. aa the' b'ricebf recognition of.tbe southern confederacy, or of the right of state secession. If Napoleon recognizes the right of a state to secede from the United States, he will have no difficulty in recognizing the right of the same state to leave the cenfederacy and put itself tinder its protection. OrtJat Excitement at a Female Sejnina r , 5 TJ- .'.-". .. The Springfield. (Mass.) 72rpulilcan says: There was a starting-development at. Mount Holyoke Seminary, not long since. Oneof the young ladies had just returned from a visit to the outside .world, and soon after a vigilant teacher looked into her room and discovered a gentleniau's hat there. Another teacher also satisfied herself of the existence of the alarming object; and the pupil was forthwith summoned to tlie Hal 1 of judgment: It was a most delicate subject of inquiry, and the point, of attack was only reached by gradual and zigzag appVpachea,. The pupil who inanifestetl her depravity Uy iialf concealed merriment, and showed no iUpcisition. penitently to unbosom herself, was at last brought up with a plump question as to the hat in the room.-There was a moment of painfully anxious suspense, followed by a sudden collapse, when the offender confessed that she Ijad brought ui one of her father's old hats to cut op for soles; She was pronounced excused and there was great fdn in. the halls as the Btory ejaculated, Loss of the Potapsco and Paiehing. New York, Feb. 5. Port Royal papers give full particulars of the logs of -the monitor Potapsco and the gunboat Pfricbiug, already recorded The Potapsco was sunk in the, harbor of Charleston on the night bf the Irjth bf last .nionth, by one of. the rebel torpedoes She went down in two seconds after she was struck, arid, 60 persons ere drowned,- 4 saved. The Daichirig got aground in. Corabsljie river on the 26th olt., and after maintaining a severe fight with tbe rebel fort for some time and it becoming apparent to . her officers that S,he could not be got off they , set,,fire, o her and. she was burned. All her officers and crew, except four, succeeded iri escaping. JL few hours before the catastrophe the Daichlng captured the blockade runner : (JoqUette from Charleston for Nassau, with a cargo' of cotton .' . - : - s , . Compliment .to Jefil Davis: The New- York 7Ua. oa th's 23tn tiiit.; paid Jff. Davis this compliment: i . Whatever be the treatment which, Da visj is now receiving at the hands oV his own follow ere, we at least niust.noV t efuse. h'ini this dde,- The military defense i of the Gon federacv during tbe years 1861. 1862 and 1863 will always constitute pne of tbe most striking chapters in military history. For we venture to say that .for rapid 'and skillful maneuvering, for dee berate and deterned'fihtjng, and for pru-J uent ana ingenious management ui steamy resources, it has bad no parallel. i It haa excited the admiration of military critics in all parts of the world, our own as well as those of for-eig countries. What has, happened during the last campaign is that Davis has sTrfcctf robed to a stronger and mere skillful adversary. Not that be has proved himself an imbecile; and the abuse which is being heaped -on him !. (j .. - ' tl- cu w uuuiu, win suwjijrn reuisM a rmiiuu lusiraiion. oi fopuiar ingratuude, : 'if " The Bufialb Coifria-truly aaysj ; 1 Vi ;. mtllr, Unjoin maksa a honorable the eonntrw will- of course. :eupport himkll he. p'ropbsea .terwis whoee.; reject would s tfebthen " 'WAQldea the U n ion partj in tL'e ,Uiati ths ebrfnti will still owe him rrai-Hiils. iut if thstfoaejm'pneed -bv tiiJl d. LrM iS trf exa? Derate . JWtbert . . .-. ?ll - na.?.fiaa and rsinfigorilsT tie fitjetfiotf, nis eo'u'rtuitB'lh' wiU hUa him td rfI ptCttUt - ii - tSf General . McClellan'e .friends York have riven thirty thousand dollars for his European tour 'Those are friends worth having. - ' - -' .'': - --'v ' " '- ' The Cleveland tanners" have substitnt ted petroleum for fish oil. after the , seperatlbn of the oil from the naphtha. . , t t" The "stolen Ibnds 'of tha Crawford " county Pennsylvania bank have all bean r covered and the thief has been arrested. . '.- -jt& John Bradahaw and Thomaa. Reynoid, who were arrested on their way to take J-session of one of the California steamers bare been released on the ground of want of jurist diction. : ' " ' t& The newspapers of Tahcbn'ver's Island and British Columbia are discussing the pro; priety of a union between the two colonies Public meetings are also held for the samepur- pose. . tf Wallace W. Flower, who, some font weeks since, attempted to kill and rob a Mr: Prentiss, in Ravenna, has been convjeted and sentenced to the Penitentiary for seven - years. JKaT" Th e trade between New York and Mai-amoras has suddenly and rapidly increased. In the past month twehty-ihree vessels ' have cleared from the former for the ' IsAUr - pOyt; against four in the corresponding period of last year. .. . . - JB There is news from Fort Fisher to Sun day last. Several Union gun boat a have gone up Cape Fear river, near one of the rebel ports; for the purpose, it is supposed, of bombarling it. - - ; :-;;;Vr : 8jy torjwdo boat, having two. torpedoes and two good engineer which was left by the , rebels aground above the obstructions id . tbe James river, at the tune of their recent attaca on our batteries lias been captured by anight expedition'. . - ' . V JS" bf six hundred and nixty- one men lost at Fort Fisher, eleven officers aiideyenty-eevi en men were killed, thirty-nine officers and four hundred and seventy-two men wounded; and ninety-two men missing. Car The Wheeling Intelligencer says that Jodge George W. Thorn paon. who was exQed from Arirginia about two years ago, has Te turned to his home, having obtain el perinjls-sibn from -Secretary Stantoil todo sol. " . j" The Nashville papeis say that. An- . drew Jackson Donelson. : candidate for ViceJ President on the Fillmore ticket in 1856, '.had returned tb that eity. from the South and takea the bath, - .. . " '- " 4 The nomination of the Prince Napb. l'eou asU merliber and the Tice President, ot the' French Privy Owncil is regafdedn Paris by all parties as a blow at the Pope and si return for the recent circular. . JSSf Tlie managers of the different street railroad companies of Philadelphia are taking the votes of passengers in th ir Cars onths question, which has created much excitement in that city, whether negroes shall be - permfM ted to ride in the cars. , t The A'ienna Pressi asert- that the rp! lations between Austria and Prussia continue! Lpxcellent, biit nevertheless Austria Is -determ ined to withdraw from the alliance rather tliad permit Prussia to annex the liiichiea. ' tST The Augusta Constitutionalist prj4 that city is filled "with fugitives from South" Carolina, tt would appear that a panic had seized upon the people of that state on the approach of the union army, and they are ready L to leave everything to Save tlieir lives". - ; S& Last Thursday while a Government train was crossing the Missouri river on tW ice, at Omaha, when about mid way the maid channel, the ice gave way arid two six-mule teams broke through. Both .wagons, were loaded with corn ; seven mules .wefit. Uaitf and were lot; The Gpvernraent by thia acfii1 dent loses about $20,(K)b worth of property: ; - The amount bf notes bf. Our national banks now in circulation WaS ibcieasea last week somewhat more ihah in the weekj pre-' vkus. . Tlie sum ot $2,648,280 was added.-. There ii afeport in dreu'lati?n that thej are epon to issue one dollar notes, which nohe of them have yet done. -'. S1" The eleamer Eclipse r exptodsd her boiler at Johnson ville, Tennftie, on Friday momin'gl Tliere was one" hundreI andfsix(y persons bh' board,' thirty of whu were killed and missing, and sixty-nine ' wounded.' "All the guns of the Indiana battery were lost ; , I The numbed of French" war vessels W Pe disarmed is now announced as thirty-three; The London Globe ad vines the English people hot to expect any re-lnction' hu "year In th'e expenditures for the British' afmy 'and "navy: JB2y General Sherman-has iasned an order setting .aparV the" ifsndr from CliarlestbW south,; the abndbnedrh?e fields along the fivers tor thirty ; miles back' from the "aea;and the country! bordering-" thef St; John'sriveT'; '.Florida, for the settlement of the nrgioes now made frei by the acta of war'and ' the poets'-mation of the President. '."-'-' ' The Richmond Whig seonte the idei of recbnstrncUonV It: declare that lobmlaW ion ia scouted In Georgia," Jf 'd that -not bns Union meeting has been held outside dr&. .vannah.' v' . "'J y .. jtt& 8.' H: Davis, wbO wss? ittXQBed kt Newark; Cio, bonis days since as keeCer cf the Andersonville -(Georgia) rolli jprison,-and who xirfeeeed on bis afreet, that -1? Wai a bearer of dispatches from Richmond to Can ada, baa been sentenced to be hung At John-eon's Island on the 17th of Febnaif . AtTTbm RlchnVbod -&iTtiel sjjya of-tlif. peace ' tniskioa of Euntery- Sieplens," asi CamphblL that if the shaH fail iff their -al- tempt -one good result will certainly, lave bsesT reabhedvlhere wJT Wno C.la" counsel, and it will no lonccr Vi 1 "cordant tLepo w-" ' It bt the Lwvwoa aha una a , tAnle that neaee ean be res. i 1 a a v c.ber path but that. opeoei by e(t.'l I.irt & -i atcl ' V V -" 7"" 7 '" !"r!5., 'fs:'-.r-.. .'