The New York herald., 1862-02-28

tive ana prices were irregular In favor Of purchasers
espcciA ~ Tor common and medium grades. Corn wa
lower, vi, rather more doing at the dechle: sales
Western mind were made az slc a es1c IN store an
desvorsd Pork was firm and IN good demand, In par
for fature delivery, at $l4 a si4 so for mess
and so 50 rs f prime do and at SIS for 500 5b.s
deliverable i'm the first half Of June Sugars were frn
and sc. better thS weeks sales The Transaction
snbraced 1850 hhds C,lba and 200 boxes, at prices
given in aaother column. Coffee frmer with sale,
OF $500 bags Rio At 2Oc a2lc. Freights quite
| STEADY, while engagements were fair.
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| This COllaI,sing HebeIlfOn-The Groans
OF tho Traitors.
Tle so-callcd "peYmanent government" Of
our rckellious CSnfedeRats States stands before
its managers and its victims to-day the most
humilisting Revolutionary abortion, and the
most painful mock 5Ty. Of y national reforma-
ton, with which any people have ever been
afflicted since the rsvo4t o. AbWlom against
the govecnment of his father, David, the
anointed Ming of Israeli. Our Southern traitors,
late so bcN and defiantj are res1sced to the
depths of despair. Jeff Davis, in sackcloth
and ashes, resorts to ths saorilagioas mockefy
Of another day of fasting, Humiliation and
prayer, wls2e the members-of hiB Cabinet and
corps legis5utf are bitterly dsnouneing each
other like detected roguss, and while among
his newspaper organs, from, Richmond 10 New
Orleans, wa. hear nothing but the sounds of
''weeping and wailing and gnashihg Of teeth"
From the bombardment. Of Fort Sumter
forces of this rebellion. were raised and
marched into Virginia under the war
cry of "Washington-the city Of Washington
for our capital, and the Liberation of Mary
land" For many wesks, after our disastrous
day at Manassas "Washington" was still the
boasted object of the army of Beauregard, and
our efforts were mainly directed to the safety
of our federal city against threatened rebel
invasion. The rebsl flag was advanced to Mum
sons Hill, within sight Of President Lincoln
from the southern windows of the White House,
andfo some time the speculations of the news
mongers at Washington were mainly directed
10 the question whether Johnston and Beaure-
gard intended to Cross the Potomac by fording
the stream above or by ferrying the river at
some point below the city.
That was the climax Of the rebellion. From
that day down to this the bluster and insoleat
boasting of the rebel journals in regard to
their designs upon Washington have decliaed,
until at length their music is of the most dole
full and dismal description. The Richmond
Dispatch whistles desperately to keep Its cour-
| age up, but confesses that "there are tories in
the South Union men), as there were tories
| in the Revolution, whose only synpatbies are
| with the enemies of their country, who lament
| its victories (rebeD and rejoice over its de-
feats;" but still ne true men of the South,
If driven FROM ..cir seaports and cities into the
interior will, it thinks, " resist as long as
resistance is possible, and, if conquered, they
will not stay conquered" The Richmond
Enquirer says, +" if Nashville is taken, and il
we lose, in consequence, all the country Of
which Nashville is the centre and capital, it i
question whether the Southern FORCES would
not be stronger and betteg abls than before to
carry out the 1efensiYe ideas that have hitherto
regulated this War; and from this opinion oul
Richmond philosopher proceeds 70 suggest q
prudent backing down to the defensive interior
line of the seaboard rebel States, leaving
Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas and
western Virginia, as States and ground o
doubtful Southern loyalty, to the tender mer
cies of "the Lincoln governm ent."
The Memphis Appeal complains bitterly o
the increased rebel restrictions against thu
introduction of cotton into that town; th'
Knoxville EAST Tennessee) Register finds som'
comfort in the fact that the property of loya
Union men in that region, including Senate
Andy johnson and hundred and fifty Others
has been sequestrated as "the property 0
alien enemies" to the extent Of million
and half of dollars; the New Orlean
Delta is sorely troubled about our gunboati
and says the experience we have already ha
has demonstrated the impracticability Of dc
stroying the iron-cased and strongly built CUR
boats of the enemy by the cannon of forts" bu
suggests that those boats may be captured b.
boarding them. This is the idea of the youn
rat who recommended that bell be put o.
the cat; "for them" said he, I" his approac
will be announced, and we shall have time t.
scamper off, "But who," said the old RAJ
lis to put on the bell ~ To conclude thes
quotations, however, the Charleston Co,rie
confesses that we have sustained heavy losse
J in munitions of war y that "our country ha
been deprived Of the services of several thou
sands of her best disciplined and bravest sol
diers," and that "the enemy pushes on, fushe
with victory, to win more triumphs," but tha
Southern heroism should learn to become fami
} lar with defeats and never despairEr
The last hope Of the rebel government an
its organs is in Southern heroism and Souther
: endurance, against the loss Of their princips
: States, their seaports and inland cities. Br
stubborn facts are very stubborn things; and th
, history ofmankind has shown that when people
scattered over large area Of territory, are n
r duced to the alternative of submission Or d
struction, they Invariably submit. Moreover,