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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-19
THE PLANTATION LABoRERs IN LOUISIANA

The New Orleans correspondent of the New York
Evening Post speaks in favorable terms OF the
ment recently made by Gen. Banks for the employment Of
the slaves on the plantations under the direction and s
pernendence of their respective owners and anticipates
from it good and lucrative crops Of the leading staples
Here is what he says:
Iuquiry among those connected with the planting
interest convinces me that the arrangement entered into
between Gen BANKS, in behalf Of the Government and
the negroes on SIDE aud the planters on the other
really works toersbly we'll great many planters we re
dissatisfied with the results Of their convention and confer
with the commanding General but they we're unwl
Ing TO make allowances in conformity with the state of
affairs here, and many insisted legal rights they had
themselves by direct acts against the Government rem
dertd impossible utuhere they have CONNER ced work
proposing to make the best Of circumstances they are sue
ceedhg In the parish Of Assumption there are not more
than ten plantations that not worked under the
tract agreed on by Gen Banks and the convention The
provost marsbas generally take to inform the negroes
that the Government will not support them in id ene.s
that they must work either for the United States or their
masters; and thereupon large proportion return soun
tsry to their homes to work for wages and work we'll
The plantations suffer about much and often more for
lack q mules than from want Of negroes The Govern
ment has taken up great number Of these animals for it's
own USE aud the usual Kentucky and ennssee
are cut on by that az yet impossible barrier the rebellion
Both because es labor 10 required and the crops bid fair
Nto os unusually lucrative, cotton and tobacco will be-
largely cultivated this year in the ugargrowiDg districts
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THE WAR ON THE MISSISSIPPI

uen' ELLETs Marine Brigade arrived safely at Cairo
on Saturday last and will proceed to
the important duty for which it was orpapzsd that of
keeping the Mississippi river open for navigation BIZ drv
ing from its banks the msrauders who for months
pact have been displaying their murderous traits BY crouch
ing behind bluffs and firing upon unarmed steamers The
brigade ia composed Of infantry, artillery and cavalry
whose movements are made rapid by the steamer.
upon which for the greater portion of their time il il nm
derstood they will be quartsred Such a command has
long been needed on the Western waters and from the
well known qualifications Of Gen. Eet and the experience
OF his men successful results can be anticipated
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LATE NEWS FROM GALVESTON,

NEW YORK. MARCH lS-Advcss per steamer Union
state That the rebels have erected formidable batteries At
Galveston mounted With guns taken from ths Harriet
Lane aud the Westfe.d
Inc United States feet OF Galveston on the 2sth Of
February consisted Of the seamgate Brooklyn and four
gunooafs On the 18th the Brooklyn threw few shells
Inc reoei Tort on Pelican Island and the oath did
70 ne town. setting 1t on FIRE in three places.
The fumes, however, soon suppressed
The Harriet Lane Is up the river seventy m;Ia. .nd .
being roncad 1t not probable our feet az at
constituted, will undertake any thing against the ctv
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A BRILLIANT CAVALRY EXPLOIT.
DEFEAT OF REBEL CAVALRY.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POToMAc
Wednesday, March IT, 1853
most brilliant cavalry fight occurred yesterday beyoud
keilys Ford reconnaissance, under command of Gen
Averill forced passage the river ia the face of
determined resistance by considerable body Of rebel
snarpshooters, who covered by houses pits and
dry mi-race with abatts in front The ford admit
'ed put single horseman at the time and the was
| swollen and rapid
Arriving on the south side Of the RIVER our cavalry
charged the rebels in their killing and cap
sufos nearly the entire force, besides securing large
number Of horses pcketed BY short distance from
the shore.
Zen. Ayerrs command encountered the rebel cavalry
under Generals Stuart and Fzhugh Lee who had bssan
cd from Culpeper to prevent our passage They made
some dashing charges upon troops who repusd them
and IN turn charged them with fatal effect using sabrss
only in the conflict Whenever the enemy made STANG
tney were immediately charged upon and routed from their
positions with great loss
The battle lasted five hours and was series Of CHARGE.
aud handto hand conflicts resulting in the enepys falling
back
The force was about two thousand on each side The
enemy ut last took refuge behind entrenched battery
tour miles from the ford f,nked by rfapts and absts
Gen. Averi having accomplished his object and secured
his prisoners the wounded beth sides and large num-
Der OF horses recrossed the river without attack or de-
monsaton on the part of the rebels who were 80 badly
whipped that they could not follow to annoy him. Among
Tue prisoners Major Breckenridge Of the traitor
1onn u breckinrdge The prisoners characterize the
CONNECT on our part as Of the abest most CALAMITY
fought cavalry raids Of the war; and admit that their
troops we're totally demorazed gallant sabre charges
OF our cavalry.
About eighty prisoners have been brought in The
wounded OF the enemy bear sufficient marks that the sabre
was the only weapon used on our side
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REPORTED UNION REPULsE AT PORT HUDSON.
REPORTED CAPTURE OF MEXICO.
EXCHANGE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS

FORT MONROE, MARCH ls.-CoL Ludlow has just re.
turned from City Pint having completed arrangements
Tor the exchange Of all political prisoners Those in Rich
mond are released to day those ia Salisbury will be rs
leased next week
There was some fighting at Bsckwater yesterday Tho
particulars not received The rebels attacked New
bern last Friday and were defeated
Richmond papers Of the 18th that Rear Admiral Far
ragut attacked Port Hudson and repused The steam
or Mississippi stated, burnt and Farragut went
down the river in his flag chip disabled The land force
did not join in the attack.
The City Of Mexico has been captured by the French
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DISPOSITION OF THE SLAVES.

letter from PAnsoS BRowNLow," dated at Nash
vile on the 9th instant, among other things, says.
told the people Of the NORTH my speeches. as thou
sands Of them will recoect what repeathat is to
say one half Of all the slaves the seeded States will 6oht
for their owners and fight to pepette their own bond
age
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SUCCESSFUL SCOUT IN TENNESSEE.

MURFREEsBoRo, MARCH Is, 1868
mayor Gen. HaHeek, COMMANDMENTS Chief:
nave the pleasure to report the gallant conduct of our
cavalry under the brave Col Mntey They drove the re-
Dol cavalry wherever they met them, captured ono Of their
seventeen wagons forytwo mules and one hum
ded and fourteen prisoners They used the sabre where
the carbine would delay.
w s RosEcRANs Major General
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BRIEF AND TO THE POINT

The Ohio Legislature has adopted the following resou
ton, offered by Mr.. FLAG, Union Democrat AZ a re-
spouse to some petitions for armistce and peace:
ResOired BY the General assembly Of the State Of Ohio
That we will base dissolution Of the Union that we will
have no arms'ice that 6sht long rebels and
traitors can that the shall 90 until law restored
and VIC will never despair Of the Republic"
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ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

New York, MARCH ia very interesting meeting
addressed by Cyrus w. Field Esq the subject of the
Atlantic Telegraph Over four hundred pounds sterling
subscribed. committee aiterward appointed
to act in concert with those previously appointed by the
Chamber OF Commerce and Produce Exchange in securing
subscriptions
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POLITICS IN PFNNsyr.vAN1a

HARRISBURG, MARCH la The Union State COMMITTEES
have called State Convention to be held at Pittburg ON
the 9Th Of july to nominate candidate for Governor ana
Judge Of the Supreme Court They also pas,ed re.o.
luton recommending he organization Of Union League. in
every legislative district
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NEW JERSEY Legislatures

TRENTON, MARCH l8-The peace resolutions n,.,aa
To-Day In the House by vote Of yeas 49, nays ls after
very animated debate. The million loan bill WA aI.o
paesed
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DISHONEST CLERK

NEW NEW fnRk, MARCH IA clerk recently employed by
thousand dollars IN gold His name is Young.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

;. New YORK, MARCH 1S.-IIA A. M-Fir.t Ro.rd-rr
:, Coupon 6s 1881, lo4t 7-3o Treasury Notes 1904
Certificates, $685. Demand Notes, 1884. Gold I53t 49,
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COLORED MOSAICS.

The New York Tribune complains that four millions
OF Americans bornthe natural, instinctive, mpacabe
enemies OF the slavehOders rebeon-want to help
their country and arc repealed with singing insult by
faction which making loud professions of loyalty does the
work OF treason"
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time to create division and dissenson in the loyal
States it was only in its immediate or in its remote
effect upon the slaves whom it "ordered and de-
clared" to be free, that We could possibly look for
any good resulting from its PRONUNCIATION. Its I'M
mediate effect has certainly not been to produce
that heeira, of slaves from the service of their
masters, and that rallyipg of "loyal blacks with
in the Union lines, which we were assured by the
Tribune and its coadjptors would be the conse.
quence of proclamation" No fact is now
incontestible than that the "oyal blacks" arc
either spathetic to the summons Of the President
or that they cannot avail themselves Of its benefits
if SO inclined. In point Of immediate effect the
proclamation is admitted, on all hands, to be
nullity.
As to its ultimate effect nothing more need be
said to int its inefcacy than is said by our New
York contemporary in the paragraph above cited
1t is there admitted that if the insurgent States
would now consent to lay down their arms, or, VIC
presume, IL they shall do so at any subsequent day.
they may re-create the institute of slavery, using
for its subjects the very persons ordered and de-
clared !" to be FREQ by edict of the President. 1t
thus distinctly appears that whatever injury the in
stitution Of slavery shall receive in the war, it will
be an injury resulting from the actual havoc Of
military operations, or from the shock of arms dis
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-18
The SneakersIlIn.

The Speakership oI the next Congress,
is absorbing the attention of the bar-room
politicians in Washington. 1t is appre-
hended that if BLAIR and his followers
hold out, the Radicals are bound to go
under. Some nine Republicans members
heretofore regarded as certain for the Radi-
calls, are said to he ready to rally around
the BLAIR standard. If this be correct
only needs a diversion of two or tb
more to leave the RAIDS" high and
At all events there is likely to be .
spirited over fight this "bone of r
ton"
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-18

"Eauai and exact lus,ice 10 all men, OF whatever
state or percussion, religious or political;
Peace commerce, ana honest friendship With al
nations, cntauglng alliances with none
The spBD9rf ~ me- Sidt0 d0rcfrnfu't IN al ftft
domestic concerns and the snrest bulWarks ngainsl
anti repub can tendencies;
Tho preservation Of tho general government ~ lts
whole constitutional ygor, a. the sheet urhori OF our
peace az home and safety abroad
jealous Of tho night OF election by the peo-
Pile;
mild and safe corrective of abuses, which are lop-
ped by the sword Of revolution, whore pearonbie RENE
dies are unprOyided,
Absolute ncquiesctnce In tho decisions Of The ma
iority the vital principle OF republics, ifom which s
no appeal hut 20 fOrc9 the vital principle and medi-
ate parent Of desp0tsm,
we'll disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace,
and for the irst moments ofwar u regulars may re-
heve them;
The supremacy Of the civil over the military an
thority;
Economy in the puble expense, that labor may bo
lightly hurdeued;
The honest payment Of our debts, and sacred pre-
servation OF the public faith
Encouragement ofagnefture, Snd ofcomrnerce as
itq handmade
The Illusion ofinformston, aud arraignment Of all
ahnset ~ tho har Of puelc reason
Freedom OF religion
FRgEpOa PHEss,
And fesios Of person under the protection of The uA-
BIAS CORPUS;
Aud trial by jures mpartislly selected"
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-18
twHt.su eSroisiy for tho dayton Empire.
A NlsARAPHRASE.

Avenrng ana ersbt fnlls the swift sword of justice,
ON those whom Ot tirthrigh' Of ireemen botray'd;
And FOR every oud eyothat tear has been walked in,
a drop nom peir hrsr.wound shall weep DER the
blade,
ny the rod clouds that hang DER the graves Of our
iathers-
by their sons tbat ~ sleeping In gore
BY liberty murdered sud banished
TO some iar. of flesolate shore
We swear TO ayenge thee,-no JOY shall be tasted
our songs shall bo silent, our maldeRs uIwed,
Our halls shall 10 niutt and our fields shall lie wasted
unti vengeance b wreslyod On the murdercrs head.
Yes, brothers. though sweet are our ONE rccollec.
tions,
Though sweet arc the tears that ftom tenderness
fall,-
Though swest are oar ffiendshps, our hopes, our
affections
Revenge on tyrsnt is sweetor than ALL
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-18

the administration SOW the scrpont's teeth
with willing hand, but not like him, will
they be able to overcome the enemies that
will rise spontaneous from the ground.
The people might as well prepare for the
worst and meet it with becoming forti-
tude. Let us enter our protest in the name
Of humanity and civilization against the
iniquities Of Abolitionism, that the anti
quarians of coming ages may know that
all virtue had not departed from the
greatest Republic ever known.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-18
An AbOIitIOnIst Is Negro Sol.
daeFe


The gallant MontgcIksty. who burned the
town Of Blufitcn, ia South Carolina has been
having some trouble &ilh his "loyal Ameri.
cans Of African desce1e The valiant Othel-
los refuse to receive lhcf pay unless the
Government will put Diem on par with their
white comrades, and their suffering sptler
finds II impossible 10 cpllect little bill which
they ran up with him BY the simple process
Of breaking intohis tlnre during his absence.
Montgomery is m1h shocked at all this,
and is trying to bripe his followers to sense
Of their duty. He edopist the Horatian maxim
and mingles honey with gall in bis address
He tells his ZouayhA thqy have been deladed
by the NOISY Abolilionists' telling them
they were better than anybody else but he,
Montgomery, like Paul, fuses plainness
of speech" iYod ought to be glad be ex-
claims, ito pay ~ The privilege Of fighting,
instead OF squabbliug about money"
"You are a rice 81 slaves A few years
ago your fathers worahiped snakes and croco-
dies in Africa Ipur features partake Of q
beasty character Your religious exercises
in this campsre d mixture Of barbarism and
Christianity. lam disgusted with the mean,
low habits yeWf have learned from the low
whites hear them say to you, "Bully boys,
bully boys, dbTt lake this pay" What do
they mean bythis2 DO you mean to bully
the Governinent out of your money, or that
you are stubhofp as bulls Education ex-
pands the brain and improves the features
Your teaturesc9h be improved. Your beauty
cannot recommend you Your yellow faces
are evidences oi rascality. You should get
rid Of this bad blood My advice to you is,
the lighteht of you must marry the blacEest
woman,
These are the motives to humility which
tho Colopel presents to bis men; but lest they
should be hs Eilch cast down by them as Mr.
LncOlniw wal when an article upon his policy
and persoif ID the Independent made him
doubt whdfher he was "a man or n dog" he
cheers them up with a view of the advanta-
ges which they possess These are all sum
med up "a the honor and glory of being com
mandsdiby Colonel Montgomery:
"I Anl your friend / made the first anti
slavery speech ever made in Kansas. l was
the firstnian that employed negroes in the
United States service. fought six years in
KausaRfor nothing, and | do not come here
fir pay ! can make $4,000 year. l get
only $500 here sacrifice my ease and
comfott(for enjoy myselfat honey have
ought United States soldiers There is
General ncw in the rebel servic whom fought
killed bis horse from under him, and took him
prisoner when in the United States service.
i would have been hung long ago if | had
held slill"
Can anybody but copperhead doubt, after
thig, The exalting and ennobling influence
upon loyal Americans of African descent of
violent emancipation and armed enlistment in
the business Of burning their masters houses
at the command Of men who "ehjoy themselves
at home but "would be hung if they kept
shlY'-N. y. World
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-18
Carl Schurz TO General Leslie
Combs.

An affair has sprung up between Gener-
al CARz ScHURz and General LESLIE
CoMBs, which promises fun at least. 1t
will be remembered that LESLIE COINS
was invited by ex-Govemor Hunt of New
York TO come to that State and speak
against Abolitionism during the late cam
paign. He wrote letter in reply, and in
speaking Of Kontucly's devotion to the
Union, took occasion to use the following
language:
"Our children have fought on every battle
field and never one fled as Carl Shurz and
his gang Of freedom shrekers did at Chaacel.
lorsville,'
In reply to this rather equivocal COM
pliment, ScnuRz. writes letter to the
Louisville journal, in which he says
81 wish, therefore, to say that, in asserting
that Carl Schurz fled at Charlottesville, %
Mr.. Leslie Combs lies. | choose the word
"Gcs' although with extreme reluctance and
regret--upon due consideration Of its mean
ing; for, if Mr. Leslie Combs has inquired
what is false and if he has made no such
inquiry, then he gives with objectionable
levity the sanction of his name to a statement
which is most injurious to another mans re.
putation, and which he does not know to be
true | wish to add, that, in saying "Mr
Leslie Combs lies" | hold myself responsible
for what say
But after penning these very brave
words, General ScHuRz seems to have
thought better of it, and modifes it won
derfully by saying he does not "mean to
fight duel with Mr. CoMBs," but to prove
his courage, invites Mr.. COMBS to accom-
pany him personally in the next battle, and
not leave him a single moment" 1t re-
mains to be seen whether this childish
proposition will satisfy the "wounded
honor" of General COMBS.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-18
Gross DeceptiO

The Abolition press are d 'E Ior-
ing to impress upon the Pr ruin
ously false idea that the pros
pering under the ravag most des-
tructive and desola'u war. In
proof Of their asser' 5ls e point to the
prodigal exhavsg e aged by Mr..
and Mrs Shodd .arge cities f; to
the rare jewels on the brows of
richly dresss ), the wives and
daughters ntractors and shoddy
dealers re careful to keep in
the bacl C suffering and priva-
tions O ing class, and of the wild
ows ,f MS made so by this cruel
wa .ell the people that money was
nsa snty before. True, but in the
that the country is flooded with
able paper currency having no
les the rock on which the prosperi-
opes and fortunes Of the people will
aoner or later be shattered. There will
e long sweep over this country hnan-
cial crash that the unsuspecting and un-
thinking have little dreamed of. 1t must
be so, else the laws of finance are not
immutable. as they are believed to he
This seeming prosperity is as unstable as
a butterfly existence, and is destined tC
lure the people to irretrivable ruin. Th'
daily expenses of the Government are ovel
three million dollars How much longe
do you suppose we can stand such an i'm
mense drain upon the resources of the peo
pie. The country is now almost hopeless
iy in debt, and is daily plunged deeper
with reckless prodigality. There are terri
Bile breakers ahead, yet how few, compare
lively speaking, will be warned. Parnas
sus has magic power over its victims
binding their eyes 10 the future, searin,
4 their hearts to the past. and setting thei
Drains on fire with frenzy, at the present
hike JAsoN in pursuit Of the golden fleece
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-18
The Gratitude Of Republics.

The victimization of General Fitz John
Porter and Doctor Mcclellan, of Philadelphia,
fboth of whom were turned ont of the public
vice to prove to General Mcclellan and the
1r nat republics are not ungrateiul, nor
It CHEST officials unwilling to testify their
CATION to the man who twice saved the
apita and themselves from the onemy) is
well known to the public, but the case of
Major Haller has not been so generally under
stood. The Washington correspondent of u
New York cotemporary thus speaks of it:
"rhe most ptiful exempiiieation of politi-
cal malice and party spite has been perpetrat.
ed upon Major Granville O. Haller, of the
Sventh Infantry of the United States Army,
for the fagrant crime of being the devoted
friend of George b. Mcclellan, upon whose
staff he was an officer until the relief of the
General.
"Maior Haller is hgh-toued gentleman of
the old school of army officers, who has re-
ceived the public acknowledgment OF the
commanding officer of every engagement in
which he has been since his entrance into the
army.
"ile served as Lieutenant in the battles of
do, Cherubusco, El Molino del Rey, On the
storming pariy,) Mexico City, in each of which
engagements he is honoraby mentioned by
name for bravery, skill, and military charnc-
ter by the officers in command, in their OIL
cial reports. He has fought many battle for
his country, never one against it,
"He was the eompanion-in arms, the mess
mate Of the illustrions General Ulysses S.
Grant and not less distinguished among all
the brave young men, who "a Mexico, gave
to the county guarantees of its growing mil
itary strength and prowess was Major Haller.
| He fought brayoly in Florida, and conducted
the military operations, for the most part in
Washington Territory, against the Indians
He was on the Pacific coast when the present
war commenced; but no inducements could
seduce him from his integrity to the Govern
ment and fidelity to his trusts He went
through all the battles of the Peninsula, aud
was in the late Pennsylvania raids
"Whle in the faithful prosecution OF his
duty-unwarned, in regular correspondence
with the War Department, without knowl
edge Of his sceusers, il be had any, without
summons to trial-he was notified that he had
been dismissed from the army.
"He has inquired for his accusers, begged
10 see the accusation, sought explanations, OF
fered to disprove any ISLANDERS, explain am
doubts, to prove his devotion bat not even
letter is answered His is the highest of al
crimes against this Administration is
Democrat, the friend OF General George b
Mcclellan, Of the Constitution as il is, anC
the Union as it was
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-18
Battle Expected.

The telegraph informs us that battle
S expected to be fought between Gener-
is MEADE and LEE before the close of the
resent week. General MEADE is to adj
ance to the Rapidan, and failing to bring
n a battle on the North side, win cross
yer and itpossible force fight on the
outh side.