, 1865-01-29

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brief and derived from rebel sources, such as
they are. According to the Richmond papers,
Sherman is advancing against Augusta, Ga.
Our position at Pocotaligo is still held, but
the rebel pafers do not rs yet chronicle an
advance from that point. That important
movements are on foot, however, aM that
Sherman will not lie idle. is eyideneed from
the fact that large rclnforcements hare
reached him at Savannah.
The steamer Eclipse, which was being used
as Government transport, exploded her
hoilers at Johnsonsyille, Tenn, on Friday
and sixty mine injured. The guns Of the 9th
Indiana battery, which were on board, were
lost.
A destructive fire occurred al Cairo on FIJI
day last, bY which business property to the
-amount Of s30, 600 was destroyed.
One of tho most marvellous changes
wrought By This rebellion is the proclamation
of Gov Hahn, Of Louisiana. congratulating
Missouri AID Tennessee upon the passage Of
the Emancipation ordinance. -Four years
ago tho man would have Seen called mad who
should have predicted that in January, 1865,
Louisiana would have congratulated Missouri
i, and Tennessee on the downfall Of slavery.
UfEuGA LII GEN 101A &A N4kNIuAf III
.1s20and closed at 215G-
:. An English neutrality blockade runner,
which lift Liverpool recently, sunk IN the
Merscy bar, Ncwgate. All her crew were
lost. She would have met similar fate,
probably, at thcother end Of her voyage
JEFF. Davis has issued proclamation calling
for day Of fasting md Thanksgiving. 1t is
easy to see why he should call his people to
fast. 1t is not go easy to see what they will
give thanks for.
Our St. Louis dispatch contains an import
ant item of news in the fact of the rebel
Gen. RGddey's conversion to Unlonfsm. He
has been fully pa1doncd by the President,
and the pardon sent to him through General
Thomns.
The Supreme. Court OF Michigan has deci-
lcl adversely to the soldiersf vote in that
State. This decision, if applied, vaeates
four seats in the State Senate, end sixteen in
the lower House.
As another instance Of the affection txist-
Ing between Southern masters. and their
slaves, it is stated that since the capture Of
Savannah 5000 of the "chattcls" have
come into our lines at that place.
Upon the question Of the propriety Of
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The Neso Eng,ander (Quarte1ly), Senator B.
Gratz Brown of Missouri Theodore Tlton,
editor Of the Independent, the Hannibal Cou-
1!er, the Chillirothe Consultation, the North
Missouri Courier, the NissonTi Democrat, aud
Gov. Fletcher Of Missouri, all i&vor the cx-
tension Of the suftagge generally to MI blacks
Tho Gun read. This Is the fundamental prin-
.ciple upon which right Of suffrage will yet be
based throughout our Union, for whites and
blacks, native and foreign, the freedmen and
those born free. Loyalty md intelligence are
the surcst tests Of honesty and the right to
vote; Senator Green says he is entirely will
ing that bfr. John Jones (colored} shall vote,
but this By no means implies that oil negroes
shonld rote. Let him base lis rule on p,in-
ciplc and not on an individual, and he will
haycn platform worthy Of support. The fun.
laulcntal. distinction between John Jones and
an ignorant field hand In the rice swampsds
that John Jones rcads-thc other do9>uot.
Any man who reads is1it 10 vote-black o.
white: any man who cau1sFeaa Is not flt to
vote-black or white Not color, but intelli
gcuce is the test.