Daily State sentinel., 1863-12-15
The lniou and Rebel Armies Con-
structing Winter Quarters.
THE NATIONAL LOYAL LEAGUE WAIT
UPON THE PRESIDENT,
They Request the RennOraI or Scr.
eraI PrOmineaf Office
Holders.
= conrt OF inquiry tn Trnee out shc
Movements of the Potomac Army.
Ac. &c. &c. &c. &c.


NEW YORK, December l4.-The Times
special Washington dispatch, dated the 18th,
saws
Both the rebel army and our own began con-
structing winter quarters. Indications of quiet
never to be mistaken are the liberal granting of
furloughs by corps commanders and the return
TO the camps of exiled suffers. f-4nfI : s
The three wears men are re-enlisting.
\ reconnaissance on Friday by the lst Massa-
chusetts and lst Vermont under Maj. January,
toward SDerryvile furnished little fight with
detachment Of the 9th Virginia, but developed
no other force.
The Tribune saws q committee of the national
council of the loyol leagues waited upon the
President on Friday and strongly urged him, as
the duty TO his country to remove Postmaster
General Blair Attorney General Bates and Gen.
erals Halleck and Schofield
Governor Letcher's message to the rebel legis-
lature of Virginia concludes as follows:
Look at the picture on all sides, and il pre-
sents hopeful and encouraging features. Ii we
are only true TO ourselves, to the cause and to
the country, we cannot be overthrown. Is there
a man who doubts the result of the struggled if
there be such one, he is a traitor ar heart who
deserves TO be anathamatized cast out from
among US. No State has been more loyal more
faithful and more devoted; none has contributed
more literally in means and men; none has
the storm and none has sent her reapers to the
harvest of death with the self-sacrifcing devotion
than the Commonwealth of Virginia. She en-
listed for the war after full consideration and
just appreciation of all the consequences which
were TO follow the separation, and she will be
true TO the end; she will never sue for peace, be-
cause she did not bring this war; she will
never propose for compromise, for she struggles
only for her rights--for liberty and independence
she will, as becomes the mother State stand up
boldly and meet her scorn aud defiance in the
face of her foes until they our terms: she
will never consent to n treaty of peace which dis
members her own territory, nor will she consent
TO treaty which does not recognize fully the
Southern Coniederacv; she knows what is due
to her own dignity and character, and she knows
what is due 10 the Confederacy and her duty will
be performed with scrupulous fidelity. Kneeling
around the alter of their country her sons will
allegiance TO her and fidelity to the Con-
federate government. Their prayers will ascend
to heaven for blessings on Virginia and the
Southern Confederacy"
Deserters from the rebel army state that large
numbers of their soldiers will take advantage of
the amnesty offered in the Presidents procfama-
ton soon as they can become acquainted with
Its provisions. Armed soldiers would have come
over to us in bodies long since If they could have
been satisfied that they would not have been i'm
pressed into the Union service. They have been
assured by their officers that would be the fate of
every deserter. No doubt large majority of
the North Carolina and Border State troops are
heartily sick of the war; and desirous of return
ing TO their allegiance.