The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-01 00:00:00

marching inland. This must have been the expe,
dition which left Morris Island on the 3d, under the

command of General Seymour, and accompanied by

General Gillmore. The force is reported to number
at least ten thousand men, and it is currently be-
lieved that the operations of the expedition are pre-
liminary to a land attack upon Savannah ElAd
Charleston. _ _

Richmond papers contain the following address
to the Confederate troops by Jefferson Davis :
"Soldiers of the Armies of the Confederate
States—ln the long and bloody war in which your
country is engaged you have achieved many noble

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triumphs. You have won glorious victories over
vastly more numerous hosts. You have cheerfully
borne privations and toil to which you were ur used.

Youhavu readily submitted to restraints upon your
individual will, that the citizen might better per-
form his duties to the State as a soldier. To all

lose you have lately added another triumph—the

noblest of human conquests—a victory over your-
selves. As the time draws near when you who
first entered the service might well have been ex-
pected to claim relief from your arduous labours and
restoration to the' endearments of home, you have
heeded only the call of your suffering country.
Again you come to tender your service for the
public defence--a free offering which only such
patriotism as yours could make; a triumph worthy
of you and the cause to which you are devoted.
" I would in vain attempt adequately to express
the emotions with which I received the testimonials
of confidence and regard which you have recently
addressed to me. To some of those first received
separate acknowledgments were returned; but it
is now apparent that a Like generous enthusiasm
pervades the whale army, and that the only excep-
tion to such magnanimous tender will be of those
who, having originally entered for the war, cannot
display anew their zeal in the public service. It is
therefore deemed appropriate, and it is hoped will
be equally acceptable, to make a general acknow-
ledgment instead of successive separate responses.
Would that it were possible to render my thanks
to you in person, and in the name of our common
country, as well as in my own, while pressing
the hand of each war-worn veteran, to recognise
his title to our love, gratitude, and admiration.
Soldiers,—By your will—for you and the people
are but one—l have been placed in a position which
debars me from sharing your dangers, your suffer-
ings, and your privations in the field. With pride
and affection my heart has accompanied you in
every march ; with solicitude it has sought to
minister to your every want ; with exultation it
has marked your every heroic achievement ; yet
never in the toilsome march, nor in the weary
watch, nor in the desperate assault have you ren-
dered a service so decisive in results as in the last
display of the highest qualities of devotion and self-
sacrifice which can adorn the character of the warrior
patrict. Already the pulse of the whole people
beats in unison with yours ; already they com-
pare your spontaneous and unanimous offering of
your lives for the defence of your country with the
halting and reluctant service of the mercenaries
who are purchased by the enemy at the price of
higher bounties than have hitherto been known in
war. Animated by this contrast, they exhibit cheer-
ful confidence and more resolute bearing. Even the
murmurs of the weak and timid, who shrink from
the trials which make firmer your noble natures,
are shamed into silence by the spectacle which you
present. Your brave battle-cry will ring loud and
clear through the land of the enemy as well as our
own, will silence the vainglorious boastings of their
corrupt partisans and their pensioned presa, and
will do justice to the calumny by which they seek
to persuade a deluded people that you are ready to
purchase a dishonourable safety by degrading
submission.
Soldiers—the coming Spring campaign will open
under auspices well calculated to sustain your
hopes. Your resolution needed nothing to fortify
it. With ranks replenished under the influence of
your example, and by the aid of representatives,
who eve earnest of their purpose to add by legis-
lation largely to your strength, you may welcome
the invader with a confidence justified by the
memory of past victories.
" On the other hand, debt, taxation, repetition of
heavy drafts, dissensions occasioned by the strife
for power, by the pursuit of spoils of office, by the
thirst for the plunder of the public treasury, and,
above all, by the consciousness of a bad cause, must
tell with fearful force upon the overstrained ener-
gies of the enemy. His campaign of 1864 must,
from the exhaustion of his resources of men and
money, be far less formidable than those of the two
last years, when unimpaired means were used with
boundless prodigality, and with results which are
suggested by the mention of the names of Shiloh,
Perryville, Murfreesboro, and the Chickahominy
Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville.
" Soldiers,—Assured success awaits us in our holy
struggle, for liberty and independence, and for the
preservation of all that renders life desirable to
honourable men. When that success shall be
reached, to you, your country's hope and pride,
under Divine Providence, will it be due. The
fruits of that success will not be reaped by you
alone ; but your children, and your children in every
generation to come will enjoy the blessings derived
from you that will preserve your memories ever
living in their hearts.
" Citizen defenders of the homes, the liberties, and
altars of the Confederacy—that the God whom we
all humbly worship may shield you with His
fatherly car© and preserve you for safe return to the
peaceful enjoyment of your friends and the associa-
tions of those you most love, is the earnest prayer
of your Commander-in-Chief.
JEFFERSON DAVIS."
President Davis has signed a bill which was
passed by secret session of the Confederate Congress,
prohibiting the importation of luxuries into the
Confederacy.

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 8s Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load.
Trade slow.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 1040 d ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load.
A slow demand,
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103 ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 10s por load.
Trade dull.