, 1864-03-05

ValedIctorF Of Speaker Hocock-Tte
Rebel ConGTcs1 Currency
Bill Panic, &c.

Iii. Bocock, Speaker Of tho late rebel Congress,
in response to a resolution Of thanks presented
him, addressed Ealedictoryr from which we give
a few extracts:
And nov as We stand and look back over the
history Of the Inst two years the 1nists already be-
gin to dissolve The clouds to lit themselves up,
and our pathway 10 g1p9 clcar and dletfnct In the
more Clearly than erer before The lread RESPONSE
our action has Involved the fafety Or our country
called 10 leefetate for an infant 1adon, struggling
with SONG Of the c.nbsrzA.tnents within thet u4a-
5 aaiIed S rom witbont @ p by sla5d saeh wai % So
vast in tts dimensions; SO unexanpled in its fero-
city 20 altogether unch1istiAn and unho}y IN
70 "a meet the requirements of such waf has indeed
been no easy task-to give the men and the money,
And yet we have not shrunk from the performance
" S1e .ois 81 .be ste Is vi viz
sufficient number Of troops, rssed By State author
ity, rendered II essential that prompt and strong
country, and thus We saved alike our army and our
se have al t. We e. have sV ensed M
scope OF that 1aT sad 'eesenet the number exempt
cd nom It's operations tt!l 1t lsst, hy rseent enact @
Gent az present circumstances will allow. There
is party who desire peace. Let them get control
oIef rs q&d har nays 4saqi5
In such au crcnt, there might be few who would
we to eee ua teatored our former status and the
old Union rc-esabli.ted, but their voices would he
lost ID tho wild whtlw1nd and tempest Of fanatica,
triumph and fury, Men want peace-do we not all
want peace! Pence how gladly wou}d we hail It's
ADVENT How apxiouf1y do We watch foE its COM
people .re resolved. The. are selI devoted. They
viii make all necdful sacr!dces. The fires Of inde.
pendeuce are burning brightly In their ho.oma.
prod:giee Of military and civil greatness. We
have not now a hero here and hero there. EverJ
VILLAGE and every hamlet, and almost every home.
stead now haa its hero. Qualities OF hero1sm
have found their Way into the bosons Of the softer
EEK and men dare not. II they would, be otherwise
than brage and true. Victory sits far OF. On her
Eountnln throne. Between Us and her there may
he def1es to be passed, rayfncs to be crossed,
c1u1nb1frE lodges to be snrmountcd that may break
beneath our feet and throw us back. But Il, not
withstnnding ALL VIC will move on with steady Btep
be overcome. and eoo1, aye. sooner than ve think,
ne ehQl eeize her on her high seat, bring her home
to ourselves, and enthrone her over our fortunes
for long years TO come.
TIE REBEL CONGRESS CURRENCY ELL rAS1c.
From the Richmond Daily inquirer, Feb. sa.1
On the publication Of the currency bin passed by
Congress prices Immediately ''leaped rp." Every
thing has IN upward teudency+ Yesterday whisky.
which had been selling ten days ago for ninety dol.
lars per gallon, could not be bongh at one hundred
and half per pound By the hogshead, and none Of
fel1ug. Some OF tho dealers hare absolutely shut
up and refused to do buE1ness at s1, preferrng to
hold On to the goods rather than receive anything
In the shape of money larger than dEe dollar
note.