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, 1863-03-27
James l.. Ie1iSru and the
Union.

Vim. II. Hubert. ESQ.,, publishes q letter
in the Niorld denying tue report that Mr.. Pet
igru, who died recently at Charleston, became
secessionist previous to his death. 11r. Il.
says:
AZ have now lying before me letters from
Mr.. Petigru, Of the dates Of Dec. IL, 1863, and
Of Feb. 4, lsts;. lr Tie first Of these letters,
he says: *Those who said that had changed
my views Of secession are wonderfully mista-
ken. Every day coavfnces me more and
more Of the soundncss Of the opinions which
expressed at the time when secession took
place, and hare ever since nyowcd.' In the
second lie says: 1t may be thnt by that time
(witlin five years( the Union may have be-
come impossible. somuch the worse for all
of ue.'
Ofthe sholy confederate cause and its lead
ers, blr. Pctigru, as have the best reason In
the world to know, entertained but one unva.
r.ipg opinion from the hour when South
! Carolina left the Union down to the lalnentable
hour Of his death--;s death hastened, let me
say, by exposure incurred in the discharge o1
| his professional duties as IN advocate protect.
| ing private rights aguinst what he considered
and declared 10 be the tyrannical and unlawful
contiscation acts Of the Confederate Govern
| mtuf -
, 1863-03-27

that, II our own manufacturers and public
men we're to send missionaries to England
oshow the workmen the advantages which
they would derive by coming here, they
would meet with no very friendly reccp-
ton. And, if the master manufacturers
are alone alluded to, in the supposidon Of
our contemporary we dare say there isreason
for it. But there is no fear Of opposition
from The Lancashire operatives themselves,
who would be only TOO glad to seize any
opportunity Of bettering their unhappy,
and, 80 far as England is concerned, their
utterly hopeless condition. Addto this, that
these men are all radicals, and that their
sympathies are unmistakably with the
North in the present war, and we think
that the ground for q venture Of this sort Is
clear Of all difficulty.
, 1863-03-27
The HnbeaS Corpus.

Gentlemen who, in denouncing the bill re-
lating to the hd1ras corpus, declaim about
Charles First losing his head for disregarding
the writ, etc, should be very sure Of their
history before beginning their orations. The
reSolution that killed Charles and banished
his son James was completed by the corona-
t;on Of William Third IS king OF England,
and the law Of England respecting the sus-
pension Of the AaJeds corpus was settled by a
precedent in the first year Of Williams reign.
In 1859, when Ireland Was In open rebellion,
conspiracy against the King was discovered
In England, and the leaders were arrested by
order Of William He then at once applied
to Parliament for advice, thereby acknowl-
edging that tue act must be approved by them.
The House thanked him, empowered him to
arrest for 4 limited time all persons whom he
should have just. cause to suspect, and re-
| jecol an amendment that 1t should never be
| made \ precedent.
Thus the English Law is that the privilege
Of the writ is to be suspended by the consent
Of the ,ohozt Government, executive and leg.
| islative. Or, as Blackstone states it: at Is
Parliament only, or Legislative power, that,
whenever 1t sccs proper, can, authorize tho
Crown, bJ suspeuding tho habsas corpus act
for short and limited time, to imprison sus.
| pected persons without giving any reason for
SO doing. 1850. The nation parts with its
liberty for q while In order to preserve 1t
| forever"
The English practice has been that In the
absence Of Parliament, or even while 1t was
In session, when the case demanded instant
action, the ministers hayo suspended the
privilege Of the writ, and then naked the con
sent Of Parliament, whose authority upon the
subject is conceded to be supreme, and whose
sanction is retrospective in Its operation.
Ar. Lincoln's ac'ion has conformed s5ast1y
ct constitutional liberty. In the absence oi
Congress, and in the extreme peril Of the
country, with the plain provision Of the Con
stitution before him, which allows ths sus'
pension without naming the suspending pow
er, he did e1aetly What William III what an5
clear sighted and honest supreme executive
officer, would instinctively have done. A!
the same time he summoned Congress. ant
directly upon its assembling, laid the case he
, 1863-03-27

On Thursday evening, at the great Union
meeting at sturses' Hall, Chaplain Collier,
while referring to the desertIous from the
army In consequence Of the advice Of Copper
heads ut home, said: "sir, the letters our
soldiers receive from certain men ut home,
advocating peace measures and denounciug
the war, haye q worse effect upon them than
any defeat. The letters are always diacour-
aging, and these traitors pessistsntly and con-
tinually urge the men to desert. Why, to-day
I received u letter from the Assistant Adju:
tant General Of my brigade, in which he m
uouuced the arrest of number Of men who
hid deserted because Of the encouragement
received from persons, some Of whom reside
In this very city (Alausaeld,) and have their
names. And while ten of these deserters to-
night Lie in 4 wretched cell, guarded and
ironed, under sentence Of death for their
otIense, see before me, seated in the audi
encc, one Of the men who couuselIed them to
desert" The effect Tas thrilling beJond de-
scription. Applause and Kisses, and cries Of
Name him p Put him out!'' were inter
mingled, nud for several minutes the uproar
continued. Everybody looked around to see
who the individual might be, and, whoever he
WAS, he kept quiet, and the speaker did not
na1ne him.-.Nan:FeM, O., Herald.
, 1863-03-27
PERSONAL.

BrtgadIer General Burns has resigned be-
...,saha 4ho,,,.f...+ -r,,,,o+to, a;a,,,. .o,na
~ 49,
last enough. IN thls he ont Shows mat an1ni-
lion, not patriotism, has controlled him. It
Is vc}, that he has resigned The service is
ho.t.. ~ r,,ha,. 4,.,, ofv.sr.
oe11e1 on "'.nous suen oneers
"A Washington correspondent writes that
the Government has received information that
- p,r;o,n;, md ot1er rphe1 officials ore
o. ~"1 "AAe'
conTertipg their property INTO foreign eS-
change, in anticipation Of coming disaster.
The reports Of speedy rehsl retreat from the
Rappahannock, If not IN evacuation of Rich.
moud, continue. Though the Southern press
is muzzled, our readers will not hare filled to
perceive, in the extracts We have lately pub
nshcd, That The writer's ere ans thing but conf
dent and cheerful.
We were visited In our sanctum on Mon
day last By Clement L. VallandighamIno he
o. mar name VINO pas aue IL ;en h;s
md trr5son,h1c condnct. butan old tTpo. NOW
q so1dier-chief bugler il the 1l5th Q. Y. l.,
and son Of Dr. George =: "a v'snannhgnam'. % o.
o.eat As lecess;on nu e'enSant Ya,iandieham-he
| flat was pelted with old bones and rotten
onions by the OHIO boys at Arlington Heights m
1or eompety With 1ta,.or o,a ast so1enir
! hofl T., rrantina and rheorr While the uncle
, 1863-03-27

Col. Dustin, Of the 105th Illinois Infantry,
addressed the citizens Of SYCAMORE, in this
State, On the 18th inst. The Court House
was crowded TO its utmost capacity, and the
speech Of Col. Dustin was to the point.
4 meeting Of the loyal citizens of LAKE
Zun1cu, Lake county, WIS held on the 18th
inst. for the purpose Of forming Home
Guard. Some excellent resolutions we're
passed, and steps taken to organize Home
Guard.
AmeetiDg of the loyal citizens Of Diamond
Lake, Lake county, was held q few days since.
Thomas Ransom vas in the chair. Some ap-
propriate resolutions were passed, and steps
taken to form Home Guard.
Pursuant to a coil, . large Union meeting
was held at GRA11oT, Wis, on the 18th inst
N. B. Richardson, President. A series o.
patriotic resolutions were passed, and somt
appropriate speeches made.
, 1863-03-27
(Ut)itaqo 0rib11ne.
GOLD AND CoPPERHEaDs.

We need not again call the attention Of
the people OF the Northwest to the fact,
that as danger from Copperhead resistance
to the Federal Government grows less and
less, the price Of Gold, (paper being the
legal standardo goes down and still down.
Assure The 1nass Of our countryn1cn that
there will, in the next ninety days, be per
feet unaninity among the people Of the
North, in the firm resolve to put the re-
bellion down at all hazards and at what
ever cost, and Gold would 60 down in all
the markets. Of the country to 109a110.
Let the Northwest see what tribute 1t is
causing the Government to. pay for the cx-
istence Of Copperhcadism among us. Let
it see what load Of ftaxation, to be by and
BY discharged in gold coin, Coppcrhead.
ism Is pi1inF uni
, 1863-03-27

~-"7J ~-~-N~
We arc glad to notice that the Canadian Par
Lament will probably order an official surrey
Of the route for ship canal from the Geor-
gian Bay TO Toronto. Among the notices for
motions on the 18Th were the following:
Mr.. Robinson-On Monday next-Commit-
tee to take into consideration the practicable
i,y Of establishing nayigablc water commu-
uication between Lakes 1inron, sfmcoe and
Ontario, BY means Of the contemplated Geor-
CLAN BaT Canal.
Mr. Morrison-0n Monday ncxt-Addrcss
to lis Exccllency the Governor General, pray
Inc him to be pleased TO order, that the sum
Of 80 100 may be placed in the estimates Of
1868 for the purpese Of obtaining IT. 1h an onieial
in contemplation for the proposed Toronto
and Georgian Bay Ship Canal, to connect the
waters Of Lake Huron with the Atlantic By
lake Ontario and the st. Lawrence, SO that
the the 1roctIcability Of the said canal may be -
cc1tiined ard placed on fair and equal foot:
ing With the Huron and Ottawa route, which
las been officially encouraged and reported
uDDD.
, 1863-03-27

drawing near, Russia enters upon the spring
Of 1868. Surprising both movements to ser1e
each Others turn, Poland, II j., hoped BY the
Poles, will at least be seadn.itted to the en-
joyment of some liberty and the restoration
sian rising Ing behind, fresh troops will be
purca into the country, and in spite Of vola~
tile lights tho grip Of the bear will clutch the
throat OF the expiring eagle. At this moment
one Of the chief difficulties the Gar has to
combat is the impossibility Of dcnudfng Rus
sa Of troops, in anticipation Of the events
apnrehende1 at home,
, 1863-03-27
FROM NASHVILLE.
The Exrcdftion After Van Dorn-The
Rcmnnnt~ of the Captured Hcgi-
uaeut.-EorrcCtfouH- to Come,


u 1AoAA4 ~44 onA AUA1EePVAAGAssI
NAsH,111E, March Is, 1868.
One week ago wrote from here, telling Of
my purpose TO JOIN the expedition that was
on The eve Of pushing in pursuit of Van Dorn.
an again in the capital, having accomplish
cd the work that was before mc-wltnessed
the alght Of the rebel army beyond Duck
River. I cent quite lengthy dispatch last
night from Franklin, announcing the return
Of The expedition and briefly stating ita ac-
compltshmcnts, and do not now propose to
write important details.
Van Dorm certainly did q very smart thing
refusing battle, for sheridan's veterans were
after him. men vino could hnvc annfhilated
many times their numbers-those war-grim
regiments that in the Northwest have made
household words Of tue figures SO, IS, u, IS,
q, 81, 4a, 81, 2, Is, y, and p.
It has been q hard march for the boys, with
out tents, and for over thirty-six hours IN al
most constant rain, but they have borne Its
hardships nob1y, without grumhling and like
soldiers.
During my sojourn at Franklin, visited
the remnants Of the four regiments that were
surrendered by Coburn. The S5th and SD
Indiana are cncamped at franklin, the 10th
Michigan at railway crossing Of Little Har-
peth and ed Wisconsin at Bcntwood-all
within compass Of ten miles. One can
scarcely meet J1uer men than the feW who now
represent those once line regiments A. Inc
time OF the capture, Co.'s Of the 33d and
D Of the S5th indiana, and = Ct tue I'd
Wisconsin, and D Of tile 10th Michigan were
detached, guarding station at Bcntwood, and
we're thus saved the misfortpncs Of their fel-
lows.
In my first dispatch from franklin, the
TRIBUNE makes me eay that First and Second
Lieutenants Grimes we're known to have been
killed. Now, the friends Of those two off,
ce,B have been. caused needless suffering, as
the displacement Of period made the dis
patch convey an idea directly opposite tho
ono intended. Let the period fall after the
name Crimes - ard you hare the officers In
question Chased among the Lieutenauts cap
tured, as was intended. Then, you begin
&C., &c.," and you ha7e the dispatch as
wrote It.
The dispatch WAS bunglcd, too. in othel
respects. For instance, I was made to sal
that the G9th Michigan and 12jth Indiana wer'
regiments captured, when 1t should hsy'
really discouraging to see ones communica
tions 50 shamcfully distorted, knowing tha
TRIBUNE readers will curse The blockheai re
porter tor making mistakes. "Let justice b
done, &C."
The clear sky and warm Winds Of the pas
twenty -four hours, have rapidly dried tn
roads. But q few days Of such weather vii
sta1t the army Of the Cumberland on 1t
southward journey. How many miles will b
accomplished before the enemy resists
force, is to be determined. Men differ
OPINION about the matter, and as you CO
Judge as inteiligently aB I, my opinions nee
not be recorded. Tnllahoma or Chattanoog
possibly each, will lie known in history as t
scene, or scenes, Of great Union victories.
, 1863-03-27

In another column we have referred to the
forciblc rescue Of the prisoner, Frank]ln, from
clc was written, courier has reached this
place in quest Of powder, who states that IN
army Of several hundred men frbn East Ten
nc.see, is regularly fortified ct the line be-
tween Haywood county and Tennessee. Some
reports put the number at 1,1o0, but we snp.:
nose it Is hardly so large. The militia Of
4eSee aSSxflndd lpdans. M Holding them IN sheek
Winners % have beerssnt to Gen. Kirby Smith,
informing him Of tie condition ofali4lFs. and '
formation With anxiety. The1oca1itJ ts about
. Is miles west Of this place, md bordering up
on thc most t1isloyA portion OF East Ienne, N;
probably Of dIsafiected men who have fed
rom theiz homes 70 aEoi1 the ConscEipt Law.
, 1863-03-27

fore them In few words Of simple good
sense, which NC reproduce here as most time
II and most wise, and Indicative Of that can
dor and sagncity which arc not less rcmarka-
bic in the President than his answering fldcl-
ity, not only to the laws, but also, what is to
us IN unaccustomcd spectacle in the Admin.
istration Of the Presidential office, to the
spirit ofthc laws,
Tho whole Of tlelaws which we're required
to be faithfully executed we're being resisted,
and falling Of execution IN nearly one-third
Of the States. Must they be allowed to
finally fail Of execution even had 1t been per-
fect1y clear that, by the use Of the means ne
ceskary to their execution, some single law,
mnae In such extreme tenderness Of the c!ti-
zen's liberty, that practically 1t relieves more
Of the guilty than the innocent, should, TO
the question mare directly, are all the laws
but one to 60 unexecuted, and the Government
Itself to 20 to pieces lest TINT onebe Violnted
Even IN such case You'd C not
believed that disregarding the single law
would tend TO preserve it2 But 1t was not
believed that this question was presented. II
was not beliered that any law was violated. Inc
provision Of tho Constitution that , the % PfiTi u
suspepded unless when, in cases Of rebellion
or Invasion, the public safety may require it,
| is equivalent to proyision-is provision
that such privilege may be suspended when,
! In cases Of rebellion or Invasion, the public
safety does require it. It was decided that
VIC bare case Of rebellion, and that the pub
| lie safety does require the qualified suspen-
sion Of the writ which vas authorized to be
made. Now 1t ia insisted that Congress, aud
! not the Executive, Is vested with this power
But the Constitution itself is silent as to
which, or who, is to exercise the power; and
as the provision was plainly made for o dan
| gerous emergency, it cannot be believed that
the trainers Of the instrument intended that,
in every case, the danger should run its course
until Congress could be called together; the
very assembling Of which might be prevented,
as was intended in this case, By the rebellion. n
| He then submits all necessary legislation
| npon the subject to the better Judgment
Of Congress, and Congress has responded By
the act which patriots OF the Marshal Kane
school declare to be subrersiye Of al the lib
/ critics Of the citizen. It does most emphat-
ically subrert the liberty Of the citizen to con-
epire against the unity and existence Of the
| pAtion.
The whole question is most thoroughly and
exhaustiTely discussed in Mr. Fishers "Trial
/ pf fhn C1nstituffn -
, 1863-03-27
Ickpouse TO the Copperheads

Response to the Copperheads.
1t will be rccol1ccted that the Copperheads
in our Legislature, ty very contemplate
trick, deprived the city Of Warsaw, Hancock
county, Of its charter. This rascally conduct
has just been passed upon By the people Of
that town. An election was held on Monday
for Town Trustees. Tie result Of the vote
was Us follows: For the Unconditional Union
ticket 241; for the Copperhead ticket CO.
, 1863-03-27

The enforcement Of the conascation Law,
which went into operation short time since,
has been commenced in South Carolfna. A
tract of about GO, 900 acres has been bnflt in BY
the Land Commissioners at Hilton Head for
tie Government, and about 10000 acres hare
been sold to indiyidpals for one dollar an aero
cash. a number Of negroes Joined together
with yiew Of buying, but were ontbidden BY
the Commissioners. The general supcrintend-
cnt Of the plantations, 1fr. Philbrick Of h1ass-
achusetts, has purchased from Is, 900 to 5000
acres, the Government being his only compel
itor, The sales are to be continued.
, 1863-03-27
X" On hoi theo, phllous.n, apothncskci ncos:
To gar thanein ouk afschron, al atschos tharetn.'
Rich. Franc. Phil. BrunclS.
IbetG Gnomiet, p. 231, edit. 17S4.
III submit, without comment, the following ex-
tract from my note book for the month Of January.

tract from my note book for the month Of January.
E. 81
"Ai1c1 I'd got I'm set agsin' the tree, and he'd
took drink ont n my cantecn, ht began to IN
button his jacket. thought he WAS goln' to try
to stop the blood,-which seen 1t want no use;
but mas wrong. Hcput his hand into his bosom,
md with he took 1t out, It WAS NIL blood, and he
had 4 little lockct. / knoWed whose it WAS, as
scon as seen the hair He held it up, and looked
at it, and then he put it to his lips. II I'd had
time to think, I believe should a Dried.
II nsver could make 1t out rightly,-it was
more'n four mile in, knoWel; but perhaps 1t
want morc'n Two mile to the river. besides there
was right aharp wind blowin' from ths cast
but heard q bell toll as plain as stand berc.
coaptcd four times. He put his hand to his FORE
head, 'n'when e took 1t away there the print
Of is fingers, n C looked wldliko, n is voice
was 20 Gurus n soft. 1t want bit uko tho Sharp
roics that belonged to 'im,-
"'1s 1t sunday. said he.
"Tou know, sergeant, vc troopers don't often
| know when It Ia Sunday. remember whcp and
| poor Sam-him Al was shot at the Gaize, do you
! mind that time :-when him and me was in the
| Criu-''
"Ne.c1 mind that, now said I. '' He Was
thinking Of home, you were saying
] N4al! no Wo0Qcr, e!Lner. IL AlAae nc tu1uk
Of homeland I'm no girl. Just then the rangers
come round the corner, and sesn ny horse, and
eet up yell and their bugle bloved charge. Hc
looked round At that, and says, sharp and quick,
.Are they all gone but you: you musn.n't ttay
here And he pulled hsir ont Of his head, aud
put 1t with hers, and put 1t back In the hlcoaa.
locket, aud eare it to nc, and eays, Give them to
her and tell her, and he kind o choked. Yes,
eays Land jumped Into the saddle mighty sud
den, for expected to hear the bullets singin' 4:
directly Yes, I'll tell her you died faco fore
moet, like man.' No. says he, and he partly
raised up, and spoke under hla breath, but nwful
clear. and his facc Lit up wonderful no! tell hcl
| didn't forget
"Do you know what they did with hlm:"
asked; after = moments pause.
-"Weu-no," said he, hesitating1y. ~ 1aid
close to Sir Louis neck, and ran like mad for 4
whole mile. But heard half dozen shots, ant
! --and-tsn yon what, sergeant, them rangers an
neither hsh, flesh, nor fowl. What would got
have, There 3 come things won't bear thinkin
on
, 1863-03-27
THE MORMON QUESTION.


Our attentive correspondent at Salt Lake
City furnishes us, in advance Of all our CO.
temporaries, with the particulars Of there
cent popular demonstrations in Deseret;
and lis letter, though long, will, we are
sure, engage the attention Of all our read
erE.
We have neither the inclination to make,
nor the room to devote to, any extended
comments on the facts that he relates; nor
do we care to hazard any predictions as to
The consequences Of the imbrog|io, the ex-
istence Of which he has unfolded. We
have only this in way Of warning for those
who will he compelled to deal officially
with this Mormon question: It is the too
common supposition in the States " that
those who teach and practice Polyga-
my-we mean not such men as Heber c.
Kimball and Brigham Young, but the rank
and file Of the Latter Day Saints-arc mon,
ste1s Of depra7ity and concupiscence, and
that their religious professions and thco-
logical eccent1icities are but the reils be-
hind which the most disgusting beastiality
is INDUCED; and that, in dealing with
them, we arc freed from the supposition
that they can regard themselves as any.
thing else than moral lepers. This is q
fatal error; and though VIC can utter nc
palliation or justification for the practices
which the Mormon Church sanctions by
its authority, We entreat those who are en-
trusted with the delicate task Of enfor
cling the late law Of Congress il
relation to Bigamy, or its congene1
Po1ygamy, to remember that the abomina
ton with which they have to deal, has
with nine-tenths Of the Mormon people
been clothed with the sancttty of d1S1n
command, and that howmuch soever tn
the victims Of the gross delusion may hav
been misled by their prophets and teach
crs, they long ago ceased to doubt thu
their temporal welfare and eternal happ1
ness are to be measured By the fidelit
With which they keep in obedience to thei
idea Of the law Of God. It is easy to pre-
woke such men to fight. Indeed if th
law is.to be enforced, ne do not see hoz
q fight is to be avoided. It is inevitable.
Mormonism is, like S1avery, not thin
to be blown away by breath 1t mu'
be tolerated in all it's prctensions, ian
how odious they are our correspondel
shows, or it is to be e1tcrminAtcd with IL
andsword. Weare for the latter; and o.
readers, af1er they peruse Brigham Young
speech, knowing that his words are Il
concrete rtterances Of all his people, "
not care how soon the work begins.
, 1863-03-27

HEADQUARTERS ron RETCKsIE0 DEsEnTERs
AsD A1sESr1Es FROM TUE AnAr, IN TILE
sfATKs or ILLINOIS. INDIANA AND ONO,
INDIAN r0f,A ~ March p4 1SS8

szATEs or LIMOS. INDIANA AND ONO,
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, March 33, 1853.
All deserters md ehsentaes from the army
afc hereby notified that one Of their number
WIG mas 9een apprehended aud tried for de-
seItlon "lal, IN r. lew days, be ahot to death in
th1s city: VIII yon now take The advice Of
ana anGse Mnp wS for yoo connt
time. After the lst Of April next it viii f,c
too late. The whole community should h..
stir themselves and see that not one Of ,nIa
class is at Large in either OF the ata.es ahnye
rncntio-ed. M11o 8: HAscALl.
E:ig Sen. Voluutccss.