Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-09
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Important fl6mt theSouth
Richmond Papers Of the 7th
JEFF. Davis TO be Deposed, STE
lphens to Resign, aud Hunter
TO be President
Lee Recommended to As
sumo the Dictatorship.
The Rebels "SpoutiBg" Their
JeweIry to Feed the Army.
GOV. VANcE'S FAMILY ON
HALF RATiONS.

est IN tDeiT COlumuty hnnOuHu tncy Gun
tain no positive war news. Everything IL
quiet at Petersburg, although It is evhhent,
according 70 rebel editors, that Grant ls
only waiting for sound roads 70 make q
0vy movement.
The Eaq,drer has m editorial ''pitchlnR
into' certain eminent southerners not
named, WHO have lately returned from
the North, and are preaching submissloD
10 the misguided brethren" Of the sopth.
The tone Of the Enquirer towards these
rebel gentlemen-Ptyor iS evidently one OF
them-is perfectly ferocious.
The Enquirer also says there Is a plan on
foot TO depose JEFF Davis, In which case
Stephens would resign, and Hunter would
become president pro t,mpors OF the Con-
federacy. The Enquirer don't like thu
plan at all, and recommends that Lee
should, sooner than allow the wesk.kneed
citizens to carry It out, assume the entire
control OF affairs. a....r ..
Governor Vance has donated half his
stock Of provisions TO the rebel govern
meot, placing his own family and depend
ents upon half ratlons, and recommends
that ether citizens follow his example.
Ho says that Lees army must, for three
or four months to come, depend for food
upon portions of Virginia and North Car
ollnS. There is evidently great trepldAtlon
ir regard to the supply question in rebel
dom, and 1t is proposed to raise two mil
lions In gold by the sale. of voluntary Offer
ings Of Jewelry, plate, and other valsuables.
II Is asserted that Lee can obtain food II he
is supplied with gold. Wealthy rebels are
"Spouting" their ornaments and silver
cups, and the entire confederacy win soon
"go up the spout" ...
In regard 10 Sherman, the Richmond
papers have nothing positive. They don't
know where he is, his main colum ns being,
as they declare, continually hidden by his
cavalry. They all swear that he Is In .
very perilous condition, that while he
could sustain . great battle very well, .
few skirmishes would exhaust his stock Of
ammunition, etc. ....
tHow can they force him to fight great
battle, or how can they employ him in
SkirEishing II they can't md hlmll
Goldsboro' papers are quoted as saying
that Sherman had commenced q retro9adt
movement, and they boast that he VII tad
several 'lIons In his path"
JED. Davis paper, the SsHRR,l, pre-, gnd,
that rebels who baye returned non tn,
North carry encouragement to the confed
crates, and makes the following frSntit
appes' 10 Its readersi
SPIRIT Gy TIE SOLDIERS AND THE PEOPLE
We have converted with number o
our citizens who have recently returned
from the Unlt6d States, and they all unit,
In the sentiment that we must stand OF
our defence as for our liVes, and with al
our resources and energies. With on
voice they declare that "lt Is folly; Il 4
madnessi II is treason to wrangle amoul
ourselves, or 10 Indulge in sentiments op
posed 10 the most solid concord and III,
most rosolute energy"
Nothing so much astoniEhes and pro
vokCs them as any opposition which the.
1nd OF ditsenSiou or OF lAssitude amonI
our people. With one voice, too, they de
clare, and they charge US to proclaim II a
the unanimous sentiment, Lhlt the law 10
putting negroes into The amy should b
imm sdiately passed. They insist upol
this with great emphAs's, and they testif
that the moral cffecs Wolld DO more i'm
portaLt even than the n ate-ial support
The Yankee managers are making grea
efforts at r. ,rulGlnE They offer bountie
OF dfteen hundred or two thousand dollar
for twelve months volunteers, couples
With the assurance that the tight is nearl
over and It's heavy work at an end. Sue
an enormous brlbs, coupled with sue
promises, proves at once the great reluC
lance of the people to enlist, and the sti
greater unwillingnesS TO enforce or subml
to . draft.
Besides the pay, outfit, &c, three hun
dred thousand men bought up at tn
, prices offered would create an additions
debt upon the northern people OF foe 10 sI
hundred millions Of dollars! This amount
added to the present enormous disabilities
can but produce . most serious embHrraI
msnt, and rapidly accelerate tho ahAl an
: Inevitable catastrophe.
Y This new levy OF the Yankees will nc
1 avail TO oVerwhelm US. We ISill SHrsiy IOi
the aqht II cs do our duty None are moI
) confident Of this than thoss who have ha
the opportunity Of observing things At th
North. None are more enthusiA iAstic, non
: more buoyGnt. with courage and hope; an
/ lot no man suppose that such Is not th
: spirit OF our people.
Let no one imagine thG. the few DO
i troons with boards on, who arc whippe
: without ever having been In light, al
J, samples OF our population. IL Ia q cham,
n indeed, that these miserable tremblers al
!. allowed to vex the patience And tire q
o ear with the exhibitions Of their disgracl
0 full cowardice; but We protest against judl
= ing others by them. We protest again
Q the judging Of Richmond by these Whlppe
croakers, titled or untltled. We wish OF
Q women would take their brOoHl-sticks an
n drive them into the riVeTl
!. We tell our people that he people are I
J, uncOnQueded and resolved as they, an
d will stand up 10 them and sustain them
% Let utSH take care Of the YaRkSeS. Tho
Il who are unable N Join them in the trench'
will take good care of the whipped men
q home We do not intend 70 be sold ol
II or betrayed BY thcSsi lOt them be sure
;. that suGh II the temper Of the pnbl
> mind that 70 attempt this would be
much as the maa's life would be wort
}, II We can lind no Law In the books for sue
i cases, We will he law unto ourselVe
Il An ancient people had no statute again
J. Parrielde, because they did not conceive
such . crime ~ possible, We 700, mi