The weekly Butte record., 1863-04-04

with by the enemy. Here Is a the opening for
free American citizens of African descent
The rebel Captain. J. Newland Mafit, of
the steamer 0reto or Florida, is an Irisbman
by birth, and son Of the sensation Methodist
preacher of the same name, who created such
o stir not many years ago. Capt Mafit serv-
ed over fifteen years in the United States navy,
and bears the reputation of bold. dashing
officer. He joined the rebels early in the war.
Commodore Preble. who was dismissed from
the navy, for allowing the Oreto to run into
Mobile, has been restored by the President,
probably because some half dozen other Off
GERS allowed her TO run out again.
The new conscription law, which the present
Republican Congress will have forced upon
the country before this reaches you, makes the
payment Of three hundred dollars necessary to
exempt man from military service, thus vir-
tually driving the poor men up TO the canuons
mouth, to be slaughtered for the benefit of the
rich This is wrong. This law ought to be
made to operate equally upon the rich and the
poor Allow DO substitutes. If a man is
drafted, make him stand it. Give no class of
men an opportunity to bring on q war and
then compel others to fight its battles. Make
all equally responsible, and all will be more
careful how future wars are provoked
\ NUTISY recently occurred among the rebel
troops at Charleston, in which several North
Carolina regiments we're engaged. The ring
leaders were shot by order of Beauregard-
Such occurrences would have been much more
frequent and extensive in the rebel ranks, but
for the extreme partisan policy which has pre-
vailed in the councils of our Government.
A WRITER iu the Boston Commonwealth
thus plainly and boldly announces the treason
able determination Of the Republican party {:
" Rather than see the institution Slavery ap-
pear in our National Congress, l would rejoice
in seeing not one stone left upon another of
this proud fabric, which was raised like Daho-
meys throne on human skulls" That fellow
has but little reverence for the patriotic foun
ders of the Government, and ought to be ban.
ished to some negro monarchy.
A GENTLEMAN recently escaped from Rich
mond, reports that the rebel Merrmac No. .,
was at Fort Darling the latter end of January,
having lighter on each side of her, owing to
top-heaviness She carries four guns, but is
pierced for eight. A formidable battery, truly
if the lighters don't get fred into. But for the
conservative Republicans, who are controlled
by and act as lighters for the radicals, they
would topple over also
A REPUBLICAN Chaplain in one of our regi
ments in Virginia, is proving himself entirely
unworthy of his position, by appropriatiDg
articles sent to the soldiers to bis own use and
benefit. The mention of Individual instances
however, would be the labor of Hercules So
rank is the corrupt peculation of unprincpled
men in every department of the army and
Government that, the man in the moon holds
bis nose, as he sails over " the continent.
"HoS. EARNEST CHARLES RoUMA1N, Consul
General and Charge de Affairs from Hayti to
the Government of the United States" has ar
rived at New York, accompanied by his Secre-
tary, D. Bruno, Esq. Room for the darkey
Minister. CHIC.