, 1863-06-27

Signs.
A letter received from H. Clay Hall, of
the first Maryland Rifles, captured by the
rebels some days ago, says:
Il have sen enough Of Dixie to satisfy
myself that It has gone up Virginia SOL
diers they say will lay down their arms,
and that the State shall be the first back
into the Union if jeff Davis leaves Rich
mond.
The Richmond papers hold the follow
ing language:
"If there we're once peace indeed, it
would then be better not to insist too ur-
gently on the inehaceable differences
which make US now and hereafter two dis
tinct races of men; ~we- -. 5id tnen strive
to look upon Yankees only with tranquil
dislike, as the most foreign Of all foreign
ers; most disagreeable of all bores."
Again, they accuse the Wings of Vir-
gnia of acting in the Spring elections in
accordance with their old Union views -
The Examiner says:
They (the Whigs) endeavor to ssduce
Democrats by appeeling to the "old Union
sentiment" by attempting to prejudice
them against Democratic leaders as the au-
thcrs of the present war, and by saying
that they (the Whigs) could have prevent
ed a dissolution and are now the only par
ty capable of restoring the ancient order
of things"
In letter from large planter in Loui-
siana, to the Collector of New Orleans,
occur the following passages
Il am no friend. and cannot be expected
to be- of the policy of the Administration
on a certain great question, but regard it
only as a temporary policy forced upon it
by the inexorable necessities Of acar. Col
den opportunities have been offered to the
South to preserve its peculiar institution in
the State in which the war found it and yet
cherish the hope that before another year
transpires the old condition of things will
be restored. A fatal madness has prevail
ed or the guarantees offered to the South
would long since have been accepted. The
Northern Republicans denounce slavery as
the curse of the South. This is not So
The curse is rot NEGRO slavery. The
curse is, toe are the slaves Of politicians,
and they have ruined US.
The best Union speeches I ever read
were delivered by Davis only three or four
years since in Maine, when he was, be-
heve the guest of Gov Shepley. He com
menced his political career as the candidate
of the Union Democracy Of that State
Disappointed ambition. operating on a tenn
perament VIGOROUSLY selfish, made him
what he is, and brought US o what we are
the slaves of a military despotism.
"The newspapers that you see in the
South are not echoes CT public sentiment.
They are mainly in the hands of the young,
ignorent men, or the instruments of Davis,
having no property but the largesses they
receive from Richmond, and therefore howl
ing "wAR," aOhen 5he great body Of the
people sigh for peace, and would gladly re-
call the past This feeling generally pre-
walls among our large planters, especially
among those who, like myself are NATIVES
OF THE STATE.
"It is a great error to suppose that the
wealthy portion Of the community are the
worst enemies of the Union-just the re-
verse. They have been FORCED into their
present attitude by the military power at
! Richmond, the dread of confscatiOn and
feay of the mob Wealth and agriculture
never breed revolution