, 1863-02-03

peattdly ayowed itself to be, whenever thu
States bordering the Mississippi River or any
o. them, snail nave declared their inclination
toWfthdraw from the further prosecution ofthc
war upon the South. (Which, could it be sue.
ccs8tnl, would only have thu effect of destroy
ing tlicfr own best markct,) to guarantee TO
them, In the most ctlrctual md satisfactory
manner, the peaceful and uninterrupted nayI
1arics, and to open to them ut once the mar
kets of the South, greatly enhanced In value
to them Us they would be By the permanent
exclusion of all articles of.:New England
growth and manufacture.
| Z. The course Of practica1neutrality in re-
! gard to the pending war heretofore pursued by
| the States and Territories west Of the Rocky
Mountains, has afforded the highest gratifica-
! tiOn to the people Of the Confederate States
! Of America; and it is hoped that the day is
| not far distant when said States and Terrific
rics, consulting their own obvious safety and
| future welfare, Hil withdraw from all politi-
cal connection with a Government which has,
heretofore, been rsourcc Of continual Qppres-
| sion to them; and when said States and 1err.
tof1esf asserting tleiF separate Independence,
shall appropriate to themselves the manifold
adsantaees sure to result from such move
mtnt-among which may be >reckoned, Ist.
Relief from grieyious aud ey1iausting tariff
regulations now being rigidly enforced. I'd.
Neliet from al1 the discredit resulting ineyita-
Ply from the prosecution Of tue present .un-
Just and unauthorized war. sd. Relief from
the pressure of dcspotism the most heart1ess
and atrocious ever get established. 18th. Relief
from the crushing weight Of taxation IN
avoidably growing out of the var 5th. The
exclusive use md enjoyment of all the rich
mineral lands stretching along the slope Of
thc Paciile: 9Th Free trade with all the na-
tlous Of the Garth, and > future maritime
growth and power that hats no parallel: and
lastly, q monopoly Of the trade
!. That The President be respectfully re-
luested, - hee shall approve these re-
solutions to cause them to be promulgated
aaa sE transmitted to the States Of the North,
by such lnca1is as he shal1 decm most judi
c!ous; and that he accompany them, If lie
shall think 1t advisable, with such tn address
or pryelamation, c1pository Of tue matters
embodied therein. ~.
Mr.: Foote sustained the resolution in a
speech of characteristic power. The rcsolu-
tions passed, without debate, to the Commit
tee on Foreign AHlirs.
REBEL VIEW OF PEACE nUMoRs.
From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. q.
IN ancient times it was thu habit Of Eastern
despotg to slay inco,tinently every bearer Of
dispatches. Some sad apprehension serms to
possess the minds of those doubtful gentle
men who arc constantly slipping across tile
4otomac at dead Of night, and coming to
Richmond for the patriotic purpose of es-
pousing the Confederate cause, not by the
vulgar method Of joining the army, but by
tic far 1nanlier plan Of dodging into 1hu office
OF the Qua1termaster- General or ClIief. Com
missary.
Notwithstanding the fervent piety and iner,
hanstibie clcmcncy Of our beloved Chief
Magistrate, these "night wandering wcazles''
appears to have horror Of tmparting to him
anything that might in the least discompose
his 1neditations.
Duridg the past week the arrivals from
Washington, Baltimore and Now York, have
oh n1}
the underground railroad has bronght tho
most cheering intelligence and. strange to
relate, each new conner confirms the story Of
his predecessor.
Collision being impossible, apd sinister de-
slgns & out Of the question:, these Blockaded
caught up, believed, and disseminated iu this
inctedulous city. Peace BY the first Of June
1sthc very least that is promised us by these
ans-Pot omac story-tcllcrs. 1t is whispered
that Ex-Governor Pratt has written an as.
founding letter to the President. The distin-
guishcd name Of Carroll Is given Us authority
tor the most encouraging views, and the out
spoken ayowals Of tho Trustworthy Robert j.
Walker arc quoted, aud altogether an array
of 1anlcs and Of fac:s Is made, such as. to.pro-
duee conviction in thu mind Of tic most
"doubting Tlomas'' amonG us tlntt the end Of
the war is ut hand.
Gov. Seymour is as thorough+going South
erner as Toombs or Cobb; New York city
wants Jefferson Davis for its President:
wall ana Parker Of New Jersey arc in accord
with Mcclellan, who mcltates fearful scenes
against the Abolition anarchy Mt Washington;
the Northwest il ripe for revolution; the
armies arc in mutiny and only waiting the
time Of payment to- disband, 20 back home
and hang every Lincolnitc On the continent
This i tie substance Of the charming inl-
pfor1sations Of the latest runners Of the Po-
tonlac blockade. They are plausible because
singular and inexplicabir coincidcncc!-
Yankee newspapers, just received By flag Of
truce, hare little paragraphs, inserted deity
here and there, which seem to corrobor1tc
them. Old women i'll breeclcs, who lounge
up and down the streets Of Richmond, be-
licye these stories and circulate them fur and
wide, with additions borrowed from their
own crcduAty and lack Of common sense.
Ille President pays no attention to tllenl
his mind, according to the Sanders dispatches,
being absorbed in efforts to repair the disas.
ters TO thS Kentucky campaign BY ''ncw COM
binations'' and old Generals. But Jerusalem
swallows them all.
Happily, the people have number of solid
facts to stcndy tlcni, aud arc III no danger Of
being carried away by the whirlwind Of fic-
tion.
They know that several thousand prisoners
hare been taken at Arkansas Post, and infer
that tile President will hare to resort to t'new
com mbinations" in the matter Of retaliation,
for the enemy laye more of our officers than
M uAsE u tnclIs. 1uc I'LL OF ARKANSAS f06L
leaves Little Rock open to McClernlnd The
loss Of the State capital may rouse Gen.
Holmes from his stupor, but it remains to BE-
seen by what strategy he will bring together
liindnlan, Rains md Parsons, and thus pre-
vent them from being cut off in detail
In Tennessee, Bragg, with an ovcrworkcd
army, is confronting Rosecrans, who Is being
reinforced with all The recruits from the camps
Of instruction in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
report is abroad that Gen. Johnston has
returned to Tallahassee and taken command
in person Of Bragg's army. We trust tho re-
port may be true, but eTeu Johnston will
need all his skill to cope with the enormous
columns Of Rosccraus, unless his command is
strengthened. The telegraph this morning
brings us tidings Of formidable movements
in North Carolina, and the enemy claims to
l:lyc crossed the Rappahannock preparatory
to another battle at Fredericksburg.
These ficts show that the scnsationists from
Washington and Baltimore. when they tell US
Of peace within ninety days, are but SO many
tfnlliyers and Munchausens, who would be
kicked back to Washington by any Govern
mcnt less gulliblc than our own. Tic Yankee
army now In the field is very large. It will
bc nude to fight. When it is whipped, and
well whipped, then, and not till then, we may
begin to think Of the possibility Of peace.