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b secession Intrignes in England
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lsnssAs rari. icsrs.spoSdsn4 ~ tho New York
.'aiWasid flssrnhliaan. aundsEdatsisf tho 2at h
- ag January, In 'spsakinga Of the Secsssionin-
y trigues in. .Eyapesssnd Rnglapa, says rso-s,
=, ST IS very certain thai, for the past fort
&c 8frht. there have BEEN 6ciht1u nications bo-
at1ssn ishsst~o lCabinsts. .EfassIEg and fspAss-
) ing daily .hpon this sahjsess and theglibsrai
i. iaurnals Of .PariA, ,thnss .xhish haxstakehIouF
das, have uxpressed their alarm at the pros
pses or a61irs The Opfaioss Nationale, the
hsxSssxal de- DSba.s, and the Presss, have all
sscpposed . reroguitions m&ufuty, and tfhs
Is. fxssse, phiohssines the EfeaF affair, has been
4. little Waysring in its devotion toward ocr T
sauss. 6ays il oannot believe that Franoe " i'll
Lind itssn 10 suoh . rols. snf that she v i'll
ss1oe make Ehsaviss the shaihs lof the slave by
) Ahp veight Of her INFO snesse-es hsltk8 sRN
sI'he sympathiss ofths great mass Of the
fssneh people Is with MS, but you must not
- misled ~ to thsfeetings Of the Government
by the sfayorahls articles yhioh Are quotsd
from the French journals. Every paper In
psris which has sustained the cause OF the
bs16orth Il ssu ePpositt1n tosrnsi aths Detata
!. bsing still oonsijsrsd - shssorgsn of,ths Or
leapjsts, while the Qpipiose, Natiogste. the
4erle and the Presse, are all liberal journals
se ee Republican teuienciss::i On the other han
4NSiC SiCosssifsisass5, tbs fstSie ,and Faye ali
sissfswkich ars hut eeloes oE EthssG sGoseninunr--
) ard have salways been supposed TO BE- invest
"a With = semi-oficiai character--au these
Rave been our bitter opponents. 4 greafy fear
sitkstth knglish Cabinet, n its, Decentralization
d.sn dsstroyaour Government,i IL possibies has
4, 1sxsaoeedsd ie inducins France to; join hsr in
- ne teui s.-g4 ptte 9s7gt S4siia7ro9 II
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From Washington.

NEW RoRK, Feb. lS. j,
The Tribune correspondence says: Gen.
Landrr's resignation has not been receiv-
ed here. and people who know bis impa-
thence for fight, pray it may not come.
Little has been said of the prize money
earned by tho crews of our blockading
vessels. but the amount canr OF be small
The share due to Commands, Alden, oil
the South Carolina. which made 80 many
captures in the Cult, is over $l0O, 600.
Nineteen times thot Sum is to be divided
among her officers and men. t.l;.s 49, i
Gep. Grant vas nominated as Major
General to.day. The Senate, which has
since had no executive session, will no,
confirm him until the official reports are
received. 81. .5=.s u, ~,
The House committee on Territories
will soon reports bill organising Arizonu
as a free Territory. The Wilmot Pro
viso will be part of the bill. 49,,
Mr.. s. A. Allen has been appointed
an agent to accompany our forces into
Tennessee to take charge Of the cotton
crop in behalf Of the Government
The Times dispatch says: Andy John.
son will probably proceed 10 Nashville as
soon as Gen. Baell's army takes posses
sion Of that city. snd assist in organizing
a provisional government for, Tennessee
The people there are painting for freedom
snd resumption of their connection with
the Union, they will probably send a
full delegation Of loyal men to Congress
by the last of March. s.sr, s..,
The President to-day nominated Col,
Garfield, OF Ohio, Brigadier-Genersl. ia
compliment for tbrashlng Humphrey Mar
shall. 80 q
The War Department has proof which
is considered conclusive, that youDg Wal.
worth is spy.
80 - sss WASHINGTON, Feb. 49,
5l Gen. Ulysses s. Grant, the hero OF
Fort Donelson, has just been unanimously
confirmed by the Senate as . Major
General, IN hopor conferred in testimony
of bis gallant conduct in battle ss siisg
sa The reading Of the tax bill will be com.
menced in tho Ways aud Means commit.
ttse tomorrow. The bill will not0 be
printed till ordered by the House of Rep.
resentatives.
In the House of Representatives this
afternoon, Representative Wickli1f of Ken.
tucky. announced the capture of General
Price aud his army.54t.s5 SD 1o3 tisa1s..
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The Stars and Stripes in Ar
Kansas Curtis Pursuing P1ss a.d
81 Cutting up his Rear and GSSssriag
Prisonsrs asa Stores. .,.sg SisSv,


The following las been ssps from head.
quarters to, Major General McClsllaa.
Washington: .Aaf aa1 t5afi' s.sas ssts-sa
'.Ths dag Of the Union 10 aoatipg 10
Arkansas. Gea Curtis has driven Price
from Missouri, aud is several milss aasoss
the Arkansas line. cutting up Prices resr.
aud hourly capturing prisoners and stores.
The army Of the South must be doing its
duty nobly. CSigned,l 81. esd.
5. s sas HI w. HALLECK.H
q - "Major- General Commanding
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Adjournment of the Wheeling
Convention A. Great Ryosesng on ~
Donelson Nicto,y.
WHEELING. va, Fcbruary ]

WHEELING. VA. Fcbruaryl4
The Constitutional CouveHtioa ,tad.
journed this evening. after ffty -nineadAys'
session. ,4at+isnes
- The Free State -msasure wss defeated.
Commissioners, however, wsrs spcpintsd,
with power to reassembls the Convsn.
ton in case the new State IL pot .rpcog-
nized by Congress. sssaf l. seirAs
This provision is Supposed o'ioek 70
free State ss,lsss ss,.9'
There was great rejoicing here ovss tie
Fort Donelson news. Gen. Roseesass
ordered natiousl salotsat "a early hose
this morning ~ .eeS iiss = sseeE
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THE SCHOOL TAX

sa We SOC from the preoesdings .of the
Lsgislsture that aaassropg effort iss being
.asnadelae ssepsad lths School '7az' iOnr
sseitissns should waksn up and send IN re.
ponstraDcss nom every School District
a sbe Ceputy againat.s ssneh Inas an an unjsst
snbemes as5ats lo ssi4sssged edi al !,
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IS seDoCUMRNrssrn

- Our Reprsseatstixssain1thes Ohio Leg-
salassrs request usto sss 80 our readers
ssstAat they nave hdisfdsd 0be s6s documents
:, 50, as to, make an equitable dissEibu;ion
ro of the same a. nearS ar saitheyb can inl the
zncCounticsb of Monroe, IGuernsey anddNe-
-srbIe. They shsve not syes received any
r. locpmsats pristsd 70 Gsfmsd6.:i !, ss.iiss Mise
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3 ZoLL1o ,FFER's FAMILY - 2 Illicoffer
Leaves large family of children uipto
vided for, and the Memphis Apalanche
suggests that they shall be adopted by the
Stuts of Tenpessea,
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.. aky- All the Democratic ppspers in
.1Intiians, With one or two 1exceptf6ht. op.
pose aud 'dedonHcs ths expulsion Of Seu.
ssator Bright from the United States Ssu
saie.s Some Or them propose to re- elect
him next winter, to serve out hfs 7unex-
pired term. 10 order TO rebuke the act.
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- sEU Commodore aQeldsberougb, Eshs
sseeu1mandsr of 7ths susayak5 part ofa aasu
Burnsids's expedition, sis % qatiys of sMa
ryiand, and married the daughter of th.
sacdsnreteds lawyer, orator agsdf satestn- ~
ms. jWIrtesl1s aSqf bsssss aSAs7sa-d 1
q, ysssss--srs 7sze i4ys8 20 ,aal 81 sas no /
7slmsS III p sgskss
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So Single subsepipti Hone IN advance 81 rs
oss II Psid Within Che year. -! =: so
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Col. Robert L. McCook.

Gov. Tod, in introducing Col. Robert
L. McCook to the meeting in the Hall
of Representatives, on Monday afternoon
made the following remarks:
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The expenses of the government, &C.
cording to the New Yorl, Tnl,mc, are
over $4,000, 600, per day. This is at the
rate Of about fifteen cents daily for every
man, woman and child in the Northern
States. At this rate the war costs Wis
consin over SllG,000 every day, and
nearly $4,000 every hour, and over $50
every minute between sunrise and sum
set. The whole expense for one year
would build q comfortable house for ev.
cry family in the Northern States. It
would pay the ordinary expense Of the
State governments for twenty years. II
would buy nearly onehaf of the farm,
in the Northern States. 1t would take
al the wheat produced in Wisconsin foi
three years to pay its proportion for
twelve months. Such is the cost of war
-Migaukcc Ners.
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The True Spirit.

a Yankee correspondent writes to the
Cincinnati Enquirer from camp Chase,
Ohio, where sono of the brave defenders
of Fort Donelson are detained
"The officers are particularly desirous
of again taking the sword in hand and
stated to the Colonel commanding, that
while they regretted their present situa-
tiou they hoped soon to be exchanged,
that they might again raise their arms
in rebellion to the Abolition Government
of the United States. send yous these
statements TO disabuse the public mind,
which has been led TO believe that lhe
rebellion was nearly a on end. aud that
steamers could 20 to New Orleans within
a very short time. The staff officers OF
Buckner stated to-day that the war had
only just begun; that the South was only
now beginning to be desperate, and that
very soon it would be seen whether they
were whipped or not"
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Thn RaHtln in Virpinin

RICHMOND, Feb. 26.-Gen, Jackson was
engaged by the enemy, whose force was
eighteen thousand strong, at Barton's
Mills, five miles this side Of Winchester
on Sunday afternoon.
A dispatch has just been received at
the War Department IN this city, from
Gen. Joseph Il. Johnston, which states
that,the Federals were repulsed with great
loss.
Cen. Jackson held the field, having Lost
two hundred killed and wounded.
lie fell back the same evening, under
cover Of the night, 20 Cedar Creek.
.Jackson's force did not exceed six thou,
sand.
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Yankee Depredahons in Virginia.
I The following letteE from a gentleman
Who has been despoilcd of his property
by the dastards who are now making war
upon the South, has been sent to Us for
publication.
About the 18th of February, lS62, tho
United States revenue eGtter -. Cap
tain Frank, landed crew on my farm,
called White Point, on the Potomac nv
er. in Westmoroland county, Virginia.
and carried oil lot of'poultry, fired "a
rife ball through my dining room, and
several balls through The dauy, breaking
i window sash and nine panes of glass.
On the l4lh of March, inst. two Uni
ted States gunboats landed some men at
the same place, and carried OF the" fol-
lowing articles a seine, rope. and iva
anchors, worth 81 ,050; and all the cook
ing utensils belonging TO AN extensive.
fishery; three well filed bee.hiyos, fifteen
hens. four guinea fowls. six turkeys, six
ducks; killed fifteen hogs. fred Oh the
sAeep, SWAMI a colt to ther guuboats. but
iiNledin getting itoh boAd and iltre-
tmnel 20 land 5robe open the DWELLING
seuse, taking eyeCItldng nom gagret TO
cellar, earihea and, glassware, clothing of
various descriptions, three clocks, Pic
tures, vases, tSo maps, school and mis-
cellaneous books, box Of glass, chairs,
settee, boots keg OF nails, removed
from the transoms three panes OF orna-
mental glass, and two other panes not ia
use, costing $40 per pane; the keys to all
the doors, and many other articles not
remembered. save large supply of gaI-
den seeds-breaking many panes of glass
in various rooms. They then broke open
the servants houses, took their clothing,
and hog each from two aged servants.
who complained Of the treatment, and
were answered by oaths, and said their
master must give them more. They also
shot bull, worth $50, and killed a large
beef, worth S75, which they did not carry
oil. They then broke open my barn.
Among the crew was runaway negro
from Bluff Point estate, neghboring
farm, who was dressed in uniform and
armed with sabre, pistols and rife, and
no doubt brought TO decoy other negroes,
as he gave glowing accounts Of those who
escaped with him.
HENRY B. GoULDMAN.
Oak Grove, Westmoreland Co., Va.
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die sgost.
Fron the Upper River.
: : ----.- ll-,.s., .'.s'iA 4 'i'-- -''l-
Atheas, sSriday, April 4, 1869.

FfON LHS OPPSI 1SAFSA'
The Memphis APpeaL of the 26th says
by an arrival Monday night we have latel
intelligence from the upper river.
Both the contending forces have light
batteries planted on the banks of the rig-
er short distance below Tiptonville-
the Federals occupying several points on
the Missouri shore, and the Coniederates
on the east bank.
The Federal gun and mortar boats still
continue small firing, daily, at long
range, which was being replied to occa-
sionally by our forces, whenever it was
thought an effectual shot could be made.
The casualties upon Island 10 had been
few in number-but one having been
killed.
There seems to be no doubt of the de-
struction of two Of the enemy's gun-boats.
One of them struck by shot from the
Island, somes days since, when she was
Immediately towee up the river. Parties
from Hickman who came down by land
report that she sunk 4 short distance be-
low that place. The second, after being
struck, was taken in tow by two of the
attending tugs, and run upon bar, when
her stern gradually sunk, leaving her
bow and smoke-staclss visible from the
Island.
The forces on the Island are in fine
spirits, and feel confident of their ability
to keep the enemy from advancing by
water.
The enemy, sixty in number, came
down in small boats, through the swamps,
to Gayoso, where they captured seven
citizens who formerly belonged to Gen.
Thompson's army. They were enabled
to make this f,ray in consequence Of the
overflow, which d;feetually.. prevented
them from advancing in force by land,
at present. They have steam saw mill
in operation at New Madrid. Their land
force is estimated at 10000, and the fleet
on Monday was three gun-boats and six
/ mortar boats.
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Coast Operations.

The Richmond Examiner says Ship Is
land has proved graveyard to tho enc
my even in midwinter The first army
which they landed there was halfdestroy-
ed by disease; the second is sharing the
samo fate. The equinoctial storm which
is now upon us viii be over in fefY days,
and then will commence all along our
Southern seaboard the JOINT reign Of mos.
quitoes and malaria. Tho enemy will fail
TO get into the interior, and viii be com
peeled to remove Their forces to higher
latitudes. We have seen their las naval
expedition for tho present season. No
other will be sent out; and those already
on the coast must, in few weeks beat a
retreat.
There will, therefore, b 0 great concen-
tration OF their armies, and consequently
Of our own, in Virginia, during the sum.
mcr The greatest battles ever fought on
the American continent, and as great as
ever occurred on the glo be, will be fought
on the plains Of Piedmont, Virginia, dur
ing the campaign now opened. We are
on tho threshold Of great events; and our
people will bear themselves IN u manner
worthy OF tho cause and tho crisis.
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Uncle Sam as Overseer in South
Carolinn.

D CeAA
The bill of Alr. Senator Foster. turning
I, Uncle Sam into cotton planter, in South
Carolina has passed the Senate
ieds-- MessrS. Anthony. Chandler
Clark, Gaiiamt Dixon, Fessenden. Fitch,
Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Howard.
Howe, King, Lane, Indiana, Morrill,,
Pomroy, Sherman, Simmons. Sumner,
Ten Eyck. 1rumbull, Wade, Wiley,
Wilmot, Wilson, (Massachusotts. go.
Nogs--Messrs Browning, Carlisle, Cow
an, Davis, Henderson, Kennedy, McDod-
gal, Pearce. Powell. Rice. salisbury,
Thompson, Wilson, missouri, )-l4.
4 The bill provides Board OF Receivers
and Guardians to let the lands for year
or less for money, or ON shares, or cult.
vate them themselves, the land to be
laid OFT in lots of from 1000 to 5000 acres.
The board is empowered to.purchase
tools, seeds, animals. &c, to the amount
ofSl0 an acre, and TO employ supaal-
tendent, other as a fixed salary oil 81 $50
a year, or alta compensation not 10 ek-
ceel 5000 sarly, contingent upna the
success Of ls Aeslsndry. a fnri. b." IS
to be kept of ali iBaigeut pegs6ns pho
come intotbep planfation, with deselipa
ton OF each ot such persons. to be EN-
ployed at fifty cents day and properly
cared for; money to be advanced to
them for clothing and other meeessaries.
Hospitals are to be erected for the sick
and physicians provided and paid by Tire
board, semiannual report to be made
Of the receipts and expenditures, and the
profits, if any, to be placed to the credit
of the Secretary of the Treasury, who will
supply the funds necessary with histo-
ry Of the condition of the INDECENT peo.
pie who shall have been under their
care.
The elephant" of 5000 or 10000
pauper negroes being on our hands
their natural South Carolina protectors
having run away--we have no other al
tentative than to turn negro oyerseers.
and work the negroes as well as we can.
Bat "Uncle Sam" is notorously the
poorest sort of a landlord, and, of course,
much worse planter. We have no
doubt that, in his novel character of cot
ton planter, he will run in debt, heels
over head, and that his - board of receiv-
ers," guardians" "superintendents,"
ETC., will eat him out of house and
home, and come up to the treasury
with the heaviest sort of unpaid bills p
But what else can we do? The man that
has an elephant must not let him
starve.-Neg York Express,
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Nashville.

A Nashville correspondents of the Gin,
cinuali Ea7idrcr, says;
The people may eventually return to
their allegiance, and become good Union
men again; but just now they take par.
ticuIar pride in informing US that there
are but six Union men in the whole city.
They submit quietly to force they know
it would be madness to resist; but they
are frank enough to make no secret OF
the fact, that all their hopes and sympa-
thies are with the rebellion, and that for
us, their best wish is that we may get
soundly beaten on every field where we
meet the southern armies.
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Mystoriouslv Enoournrinr.

The following paragraph appears in the
Fayetteville IN. C.) Observer of the 10th;
SREs BRGnrENlNG.--We have been
greatly cheerod within day or two past
by information Of a perfectly reliable ma.
ture. but which we arc not Mt liberty to
detail to the public We cannot with.
hold thus much, however, that q bright.
or prospect opens in the near future, Of
most important results in our favor
Besides what wo arc not A. liberty 10
tell, the fact Of the alfe arrival Of p0O0
guns is Of itsolfof incilcuablc importance.
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Important Capture.

4 successful venture, it is reported,
was made by small body of our troops
few nights since, in the Neighborhood
of Corinth, which resulted in the cap
ture of one hundred artillery horses be-
longing to battery of tho enemy. The
enemy being close at hand, in force, the
assailants were compelled to leave the
guns, but brought off lot of fine horses.
Our intelligence of tho affair can, We
think be relied upon--it having reached
us from seYeral sources.
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Disaster at Sea.

New ORLEANS, March 2G.-The Confed
crate steamer Vanderbilt has ioundered
atGea between Havana and this city, OF
some othernSo Southern port. She had many
passengers and valuable cargo.
On the 2jth inst, Capt, Smith, FIVE OF
the crew and eight passengers arrived
safely on the Florida coast.
Another boat with seventeen men had
NOT been heard from,
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The Spirit of the Preachers.

No class or profession OF ogr popuia-
tion-always excepting that betterhali
always foremost in every good work lis
in advance Of the preachers generally
| We refer to the ministry of all denomna.
tions, largely represented in the Confed-
eracy. There have been very few instan-
ces, among them all, of disioyalty to the
South. On the contrary, the large ma
jority are eager and active in duty, and
many while Fighting as priyates or Off
GERS, are doing noble service as Chaplains,
with or without pay, but certainly wish
poor pay, according to the standard adopt
ed by Congress which considers the SER
vice Of Caesar entitled to better salaries
than that of God.
As characteristic specimen Of the
spirit Of the preachers, we give the TO-
lowing extract from letter to the S. c.
.idgota.t written by Rev P. P. Smith, Of
the Fl, Z. shasls san.h, she FIRST organ
4 ized secession et-
The jacksonville District is broken up,
and Bro. Mills, the Presiding Elder, had
as well rally his preachers and enter the
bsttle field. -Four appointments on the
Madison District are East of Suwannee,
and the whole country is in a stir. |
think we shall have TO shoulder arms
and fight te the death. IT'S no childs
play. Tennessee is gone! The church
and country South bleeds at every pore.
To arms to arms! every man.
can but feel deep interest in these
things. have only two sons old enough
to do service; they are both in the field,
and, if need be, | am ready to leave the
Sanctuary myself, and 60 to the tented
field.
am not a prophet, or the son of
prophet, but years ago | warned the peo-
Pile of my charge of the troubles now up
on us. Many made light of it, and said
the dissolution of the American Union
would be the last thing TO occur in this
worlds history. But it has come. Rent
asunder we are, never more to be united,
and with this ending has come trouble,
blood and death, such as this generation
never saw before. Let the whole land
humbly bow to the rod upon us, and pray
Heaven to stay the storm and give us
peace .-NadiS0a F'ag
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rEy. Fremont has received new com.

E6y" Fremont has received a new com.
mand, said to be Eastern Kentucky,
Western Virginia and East Tennessee
A dispatch to the Northern press dated
New York, March lith, says, Since his
appointment to the mountain depart
ment was mado public, M9jorGencral
Fremont has been oyeIrun with visitors,
who have como to congratulate him upon
his restoration to command. Last night
he left qrietly for Washington to receive
his instructions from tho President and
Secretary OF War. Another dispatch
says "now regiment IS partially misod
in New York to accompany him to Eis.
Tennessee and Virginia"
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From tho West

DEs Arc, March 2j.-The troops are
gathering in large numbers at jackson.
port and Pocahontas. They arc in the
highest spirits, in prospect Of immediate
service.
Gen. Van Dorm and Gen. Jef. Thomp.
son'are preparing for ati early movement
on somo point on the Mississippi river
With this force IL is considered the Mis-.
sissipri valley is safe from tho enemy.
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Plenty of Hnrs

The cit;cn, Vicksburg, Miss, says it is
gratifying to learn that our planters are
turning their attention to the raising of
grain and provisions, instead of cotton
Hogs are being raised in great abundance,
and great caro- is taken in this depart.
ment. We arc told that one planter in
this county has string Of hogs two miles
long; Wen have plenty OF pork in tho
Southern Confedernrv