, 1863-04-03

we should be guilty Of the suicidal policy Of
assisting them in this method Of our su!juga-
tion. Thai Mississippi is doing this under the
operations Of her present militi. system. we
hlndles!s. sot II Eli, t.i,us:s',ls If the tllcrs
e tit. sci1 from t.:.ir Legitimate lrld oflAbor,
whereby The f.ri:,irg produce Of tie State
will tt rut alarlningly short. This is q matter
that sEculd be calnly considered By thosc in
authority. Nc shall! allude to the subj.ct
more in detail in future article.
Yet, alter all, We cannot but confess that we
would almost regret 4 peace to-day on our
own terms, had ne an army strong enough for
iAya: iul--1ur retaliation. Tie >Olh AaIla'
is s'roEg within us, and We dare say there are
hut few in the South who do not heartily de-
sire reyenge-revenge by 1etaliating on !" free
soil'' for the bellish acts of vandalism perre-
trated by tht Northern soldiery in the South.
q, for only a months SUCCESS Of an army of
onr Southern boys, Fay In the *sloyal'' State Of
Ohio! The CRY Of "Peace! peace!' would
ti.en he cried il earnest--shrieked out from
hearts wrung with horror and disnay, amid
1uined lomesteads, rayaged fields and burn.
ing cities. o for month Of retaliationi
Then both sides would appreciate the lor-
rors Of . civil war (which the North does not}
aud we would then be ready and willing for
peace which thereby "puld be all th" more
lasting.
SUFFERING IN THE Aa3IY.
We have reliable information from our
forces On Big Black River, from whence We
learn that the soldiers are actually suffering
for want Of provisions. 1t is said they are
nov su1'sisting On rat:ons Of co1nmeal and
nnlaEsts alone, and that the patience Of the
lien, under the circumstances, is well nigh
exhausted. Is 1t any wonder. What In the
Ean!c Of heaven can the "arnv Of Commits
earians'' be doing? At whose door falls the
blame of starving these gallant soldiers? Is
it the faplt of ANYBODY in particular. Or is the
fn hn n%f rfl l,1tf4 fo
ness: in the mode and manner in which busi-
ICES is conducted BY the officials whose duty
It is to keep the camps proYisioncd?
An ARTICLE ON FEAcE--NEyESGs DEMAND
Q! FOR MONTH IN OHIO.
As much as our people may yearn for the
lalcyon days Of pcace-tired as VIC Of the
South nay be Of incessant war and turmoil
yet our longirrs for return Of the legitimate
ayocations OF life-to hear the busy hum Of
peaceful Industry from one extreme Of the
country TO the other, is not as great By far as
the same feeling exists with the people Of the
Eorth-if ut may judge from their newspa.
papers, their orators, and their resolves At
any terms is beginning TO be the popular
cry at the North. t'Pcacc when our indepcu-
denee Is recognized, is the defiant slogan Of
WHO ARE CoSscnlrTs2 Ts2-LEGA1 DECISION.
The decision at Richmond Of Judge Mere
dith, in L hadeas corpus case. arising under tic
conscripl act, Is an important one. Two
young men, claiming TO be citizens Of Alcxan-
dria or Washington, attempted to defend
themselves from conscription, on the ground
that they were non-residcn,s Of the Conftd-
crate States. They had been twelve months
and ninety days IN the army, and were then
discharged and furnished with exemption pa
Tere. Aftsrward they we're taken by the en-
rolling officers, and despite their exemptions,
were held to military service Judge Mere
dith decides that The do1nicil of soldier is
that Of the country In whose service he is en-
| listed and nothing could be clearer than that
| by entering the military service you acquire 4
do1nicl. lie considered, also, that the con.
script act contemplated the conscription OF
al1 residents in the Confederate States be-
| tween The prescribed ages, whether they were
"residents'' in pursuit of pleasure money or
| what moi: In any case they were clearly
| liable under the. act. In this case the
an improper officer, but 1t was evidently the
duty Ut the enrolling officer in the county Of
| which they arc residents, to enroll them on
his lists. This decision is n lnatter Of some
importance, as all the twelve months men
from Maryland and Kentucky have been mus
tered out Of service, aud have, heretofore,
been considered exempt. There are, also,
many thousands Of young, able bodied men
t from those Ssates residing i'll various rarts OF
the Confederacy tor the purposes Of gain,
who viii be brought into the service. The
decision has already caused some futterlng
among tho well dressed, sleek refugees
| from Maryland, WHO block up the street Cor.
Ners Of Richmond, aud two have already Of
| fercd to sell themselves Us substitutes.
MORE ABOUT THE t'yASEEE RrsE.'
The craft which passed the batteries at
Eicheburg On Tuesday night, va, supposed
by many to he a coal barge scnt down 10 re-
| plcnish the 1.dianola. On Wednesday the
Thing was discovered near the mouth Of the
cana1, aid was such formidable and unusual
| looking concern As to attrlct the fire Of our
| lower battery. An engineer on duty at War
| rentt.n, skciehcd her MS the passed, and lis
I ingenious effort LIFT the inftrencu that she
was :, turEetcd iron-clad gunboat. Our mus
I quito fleet, fatieucd from its late arduous and
successful 1aboEs. left in a southerly direc-
and Was blown up to prevent capture by this
! terrible looking nontescript. As VIC stated
yesterday, tie ''forinidable'' craft turned out
to he u Yankee rn%e-without machinery or
| guns-bEt well calculated to deceive the 4uid
'tnnes The Yankees viii hare !. standing joke
| They fixed up 4 scarecrow for the purpose of
inducing the Confcdcr:.tcs to destroy the In
dianola, and it YVES done. Smart Yankee
| Trick that.
COMFORT DRAWN FROM THE CINCINNATI En-
Qu1RER.
Tie Winchester Nn1ttin has received Cin-
eiNnnfi EHQaircr Of the 9th, from which it
IN the Northwest, Ovcr one hundred Demo
CRITIC meetings huyc been held In Illinois and
Indiana, ut nil Of which resolutions were pass
ed III favor Of IN ar1nistice, and a stopping Of
The war. Volunteering, says the Enquirer,
has ceased, and no recruits can be had.
a REBEL 'twuoPpEN"
as 4 significant instance Of the tgranny that
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