Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-25

TIE address of the rebel members Of
Congress prior to taking their leave Of
Richmond, is published in extenso in the
Sentinel of the goth. AS specimen Of the
facts recited in it, it states that "the people
of the United States are becoming weary
OF the war" Their currency is also stated
to be in an alarming condition.
Some important and damaging admis.
sions are made by the rebel members as to
the frightful depletion of their armies by
desertiOn. They say:
We have upon our rolls very large
army of veteran soldiers. 1t is true-aud
it is sad truth to confess that the number
present for duty is terribly dispyoportioned to
the entire aggregate This Is too notorious
for eonceGlment, and zoe have no desire TO con-
eeaL anything. We wish to speak frankly
and truLhtulIy to you of the actual condi-
ton of things. The number of sbseutees
from your armies has been a fruitful cause Of
disaIter.
The old song ia sung once more, and the
old story told, of the brutal Yankees-how
they have despoiIed the land and made
war like fends upon an uuofending people
who simply want to be let alone.
OF course the South is still unconquer-
able. Submission is secuted as much as
ever, and the people are advised to initiate
and emulate the Prussians after the follow
ing fashion:
Let US emulate the example of the Rus.
sian people when Invaded by the grand
army of Napoleon. Let us be ,OitLsng to
make any and every sacrifice. and consider
it uut meet Offering on the altar of our
country. By the light of the blazing ruin
Of what had once been proud palace, Ma
poleon read this inscription, which Ros.
topheIim had affixed to his gate: "French
men Ihave spent eight years in embel
fishing this residence. Here have lived
happily in the bosom of my family-tbe
Inhabitants of this estate, numbering seven
teen hundred and twenty persons, have
quilted it on your approach, and | have,
with my own hands, fred my beloved home
to prevent its pUllation by your preseucel"
Shall our patriotism be colder ard more
calculating than that Of the subjects Of a
de5potic ruler2 Have we less reason to
resist-less reason to detest the invading
armies of the North than the Russians had
to oppose and hate the French Our eue
mics with bOastful insolence, upparal-
Ieled in the history of modern civilized
warfare, have threatened not only our sub
jugatiOnr but some OF them have announced
their determination, if successful in this
struggle, to deport our entire white popu-
l4tion, and supplant it with q new popuIa-
ton drawn from their own territory and
European countries2 While such threat
may well excite our ridicule and contempt,
the devilish spirit which prompts it must
provoke in Us an Indignation that would
render the feeblest people invincible!-
Think Of i'll
That is what they are doiug-thinking
of 1t. "Thars what's the matter" The
rebels are thinking of deserting and they
actually are putting their thoughts into
practical operation.
What particularly seems to distress the
rebel members of Congress-the whilom
chivaIric haters Of New Englaud-is that
some Yankee historian will write their fail.
ure, if they do fail, on the page of history.
Failure will compel us to drink the cup
of humiliation even to the hitter dregs OF
having the history or cur Struggles written
by New England Historians
Toward the close of the address the
writer's wax rhetorical, and they put the
cas- ethus:
The crown stands ready to encircle thu
fair brow of our young republic. Tht
shade OF oar martyred heroes hover ovel
us and beckon us on. The fearful entrea
ties of our mothers, wives aud daughter
to save them from nameless horrors, urgt
us forward. Will We pause2 Can we fall
ter? Will we allow the weapons, which tn
God of battles has so often directed to thu
shifting OF the despoilers of our homes
now to drop from our nerveless hands2-
Shall we be discouraged by the superio
number of the enemy?
"The battle to tho strong
| Is not given,
While the Jadge Of right and wrong
The God Of David still
Guides tho pebble at His will
There are giants yet tokilI
| Wrongs unehriven"
In view of the news we ore getting frou
day to day it requires violent stretch o
the imagination to believe that "the crow,
stands ready TO encircle the fair brow" O
the contederacy. "Cau we falter?" say tn
Congressman. We think so. "Shall W,
be discouraged by the superior number o
the enemyH" That's our opinion. 9TH,
battle to the strong is not given" Histor,
records several instances where it has.
THE fluctuations in the price of gold
and consequently in the market value Of
goods, render all kinds of business more
than usually hazardous and uncertain
When gold tails ten per cent. in single
day. the profits of manufacture or trade
are wiped out suddenly, aud appa.