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troubles among themselves, We will give an
extract from the Baltimore Clipper Of Feb. u,
frnm it, cnrresnnndent in Richmond

Tiasse in those states. In his general orders, dated January
scripts resisting the laws in northern and northeastern Georgia
AID in southwestern North Carolina. and that the Confederate
Government has dispatched a force under his command q sup
press me iHsurTscf5oHdTy movements 10 capture deseTtsTs.
The Charleston Mercury Of 27th January, announces he
arrival Of Gen Polk in Columbia, :; g; who stated mat ne
been routed and dispersed. 4 force Of 1000 men, from Gen.
| Carolina, attacked them in front and rear, killed many, cap
turei a number; and scattered the rest, -, o.,.us - ,,
South, that the Legislature Of North Carolina il disloyai-aud
moud. gives vent to the feelings prevalent ia Jen. Davis capital,
in regard to the loyalty Of North Carolina TO the rebel cause.
I'VE are disturbed about the action of the North Carolina
without wransiing at home: our hope is that the good sense Of
the people OF North Carolina Will avert the impending trouble,
and ksep that PopeJHf and patriotic State 4" line 'rtf4 Ter
Three hundred Union citizens of North Caro-
lima were imprisoned in Salisbury by order of
JEFF. Davis. The Legislature of that state de-
creed that they should be liberated. Hence the
conflict with the rebel government. The CORES
pondent before referred adds: From these signs
of the times, it is very evident that the South
is no longer that unit that has been claimed for
it-and the people only want the opportunity to
throw off the tyranny which is throttling them
by means of the military d~espotism in their
midst"
The retaliatory proclamation of JEFF. Davis
against Gen. Butler, will be remembered by cur
readers. By the last mail we obtain the COM
ments of the British press on it. The London
Star says:
1.-The proclamation of Jefferson Davis is one Of the most re-
voting manifestations which even the fury Of war has produced.
1t proposes 10 introduce into war, with all the soiemnity OF a
judicial measure, and with an appeal to Heaven itself in attes-
tation Of its justice, a system of random, frantic, and savage
retaliation, the IKE Of which may indeed have been practised
in the conflicts of Eastern races or Of savage Western tribes,
read in order To- find condemnation in the GresSt Of eyerv rltionsI
not to say every Christian man. II would not he necessary d
disproye or to argue with any one Of the clauses of its lengthy,
son Davis against Gen. Butler were true beyond all question,
te - HI ARA % me proclamation would b no Whht
proved. The announcement Of jefferson Davis is that because
LIi' command Inri are to be be ihire, the n moment n at tb h. co mai i9o t u
proclaimed the emancipation Of The slaves, all negroes taken in
arms. and all Federal officers serving along with them, are to re
handed over to the executive authorities of the rebel States to /
be dea,t with as ,i lnsurgs1 ns slaves We are liable to be treated: THIS
Is the Proclamation u winch Ar. Davis has the autacity to de
clare, and to attest the Divine Judge to the truth OF the deelara-
ton, that it is not actuated by any vindictive spirit"
The London Times, which has always favored
the Rebel government, comes out in almost as
severe language in condemning jeff. Davis. 1t
says, with great truth and force
The South should remember that they were the first to draw |
the sword in this quarrel; that they rose against an established =
Go !1 f IN the exercise OF its legal functions that they
ontalnsi' 10y the agency o traitors in the Government, a con-
siderable supply Of arms and money, and that the Union which
Of every American heart"
Mr.. Stewards reply to Napoleon's offer to
mediate, calls out strong comments from the
English press. 1t is n powerful document, and
gives the Intervention subject a heavy blow. Mr.
firmly maintains the right Of the govern,
ment to settle its own internal affairs. He says:
As I have already intimated, this Government has no, the
thought Of relinquishing the trust which has been conideG
tons and il It had any such thought, it would have still abund-
"a /, tms mrrican ne'uiys,, I ttis 81 Ts sreyt %i9ta nIaa'IIbbatTEEy ,r reject
statesmen make, n they suppose this people m GruOrallXel. .
Whatever il case Of an insurrection. the people Of France, or
Great Britain, or Switzerland, or Of the Netherlands, would 10
to saw their national existence, no matter how the strife nigh
fanny no Iess' me people oil the nItet states viii DO 1t neceSs-
to ave for the common benefit, the region which is bound
n n navirstidn of the Rio GraG SI."y Missouri Mmm ut Ar n : "'
Ohio, st. Lawrence, Hudson. Delaware. Potomac,
other national highways, by which this land, which to them
ed and GS pat a ed; ;" "''''1"' '"1 d anu " p'Oin'ss Is open
The London Times says: "Seward, if not
preternaturally right, is comprehensively wrong"
and criticislng and dissenting from his views on
affairs, adds d" it is ut least consistent with all
he has written from the commencement of the
war but, whether it is consistent with the
it would rather leave events to decide.
The London Star praises the dispatch, and thinks
it unanswerablc, and shows that henceforth, not
even the mildeSt form of interference can have
the least hope of acceptance. The London Morn
ing Post is very bitter, and looks upon the letter
Is mere buncombe. The Emperor of the French
not express himself on the position taken
by the American Government, and were 1t not
that European political affairs are beginning
to wear a sombre look, might perhaps be tempt
ID to recognize the Rebel government at once.
The Mexican war is not yet settled nor likely
% be soon. An exchange suggests that the
Government tender its services to me-
between, France and Mexico in return for
kind offer to her. Speaking of the
in Mexico, we may give an extract from
he Sacramento Bee, showing the position of
lfiairs there at the latest date
All the information from Mexico concurs in the fact that the
lcNcans are determined to maintain their position against
'rance-that they fight welfare becoming united. and that
heir army - fast increasing, both in numbers and efficiency.
The French have not passed the Puehla. There the MeNiCans
the first stand behind their forufcauous. where they have
,ooi cannon and NOS bad cauuoniers and in the city Of Mexico
hey have some 10000 troops, which numFtr is ever on the in
tates. The arsenal IN Mexico : kept at work day and night,
where cannon. muskets, etc, are manufactured. They have
all the old cannon from the Castle Of san Juan d'Uuoa.
% Vera Cruz, which they are rcCaStiug into rNsd cannon. and
re now pretty fairly supplied with that efficient arm.
4 correspondent Of the Bulletin. writing from the city Of
ieNicn. saws: " Thus far. in Mexico, the French have made
lothiug but a succession Of blunders, and their own country
men are ASHAMED II their movements.
The Mexicaus are carrying on a guerrilla war in the lower
rmy, in Selling their supplies. a few weeks since they cap
a mule train with 200 terces Of wine also clothing aud
royisIons which were intended for the French army before Pue-
1 find a great many ieserters from the French army in the
ty Of Mexico. Desertion is now quite q common occurrence.
Is also currently reported that a number Of the Goth regiment
ave been shot for attempting to desert
Not long since we had advices that the Con-