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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-27

purple haze Of the mild autumnal morning,
thirty miles distant. On either hand the
mountain battalions, here and there clothed
with the grogeous hues OF autumn, waved
from the lake shores in sublime array, "a
Each group seemed to have its central chief
towering above the rest. Escohosse, bald rat-
ed and hoary, was the monarch of the array
westerly. BigeIoav and Lone Glue divided
the dominion northward Saddleback was
satrap the East; and in the South, many
miles away, over five distinct ranges of. eleva-
tons, the White Mountain triuuayirate.
Washington, Adams andTJe9erson,5 towering
and grand, but indistinct, asserted their right
to dominion. 80 'e.., ''''N
Over all the vast scene my glass Ia very
powerful one) detected no sign of human life
or habitation save one lone cabin, supposed to
be the camp of the noted hunter Rich, at least
twenty miles away. And, to intensity the i'm
preston of loneliness which this wilderness
created, our guide directed our sight to an is
olated point jutting far out into the lake, where
MettdIlak, the last Indian hunter of the re
gion, not many years ago, buried his squaw,
in his old age, and left her alone forever--he
soon afterwards to be indebted to the white
man for grave away from the woods and
n l' where the greater portion ofhis life
had been spent. -. =, I. .'.s,..agssA ,nrss.
pus : am fearful of fatiguing you with such
aeIaiis Atter tarrying on the summit three
OH OF iou ~ nOus' we descended at somewhat
hazardous speed, and arrived at our boat in
less than an hour, heated with the exertion
enough to make abath in the clear water tJ,at
was now dashing in noisy waves uDon the
beach, a luxury which we could not resist.
An hours pull at the oars, brought us to
Indian Rock again, where we set our accomo-
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21
From Havana.

The steamship Liberty, Capt. Wilson. arrived
ON Monday morning with dates to 18th inst. We arc
indebted to Mr.. {. H. Denson. the Puser OF the sap.
for fdyors.
There was nothing Of interest transpriny The fa.r
was stil progressing and attracting large crowds
Havana bids fair to out-do Nassau as plsos o.
refuge Tor blockade runners there being Il of SAcn ia
port at he time Of the L.bcrys departure. The steam
ship Columbia Capt. Barton. from New-YorA was In
port.
Correspondence o. the Assosaiei Press.
HAVANA. Wednesday. Feb - 1866.
Since my last 10 items OF Interest have trans
piEcd.
Tic Columbia arrived on the night Of the 18Th. hsg'
ing stopped of Indian River to furnish mails to sons
Of the Block aiding squadron
TIE United States gun boat PrOteus leit on sunday
last having completed her repairs.
Tic Iu1a Is nearly ready toi sea, and VIII Leave ias
day or two.
Several of lhe hockaderuI have STATED out aid
returned, reporting distress th0ugh II Is genefiy
supposed 10 0e thc fact that they meet onr cruisers
The steamers win probably be sold no" s. tue
blockade. running is broken up.
Galveston is useless. Guns and powder are Nv
cheap there here, and there Is ho ootonso or''s
buck. - ~,
Ihe Coole.trale Is opening a~ain. The French saip
NidoC OOi Jilns arrived on tie l2ih INSTANT WIZ
three hundred and i've OF these poor dipped wa"s
slaves. ,
The scccsh nrc now going 10 purchase snail school
en-, 10 run to the coasts OF Florida and viii Probably
succeed well unless Commodore Suibling viii con-
descend 10 aptrre schoOners. 1t Is gieai pity Con
rno,orc Bailey was removed for he was The moss en-
cient man for the post OF ke, West.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21
THE aTEZ CANAL.

M. Ferdinand de Lesseps gives public notice
that his projected Ship Canal, uniting the Red
Sea with the Mediterranean, was so far COM
pleted in 1864 that a daily boat has been run
from Port Said to Suez since the LIT Of last
month-a large bark, towcd By a steamer, and
conveying twenty to thirty passengers, having
passed from fea TO sea within twenty-four hours.
As yet, the depth of water would seem to be but
four or five feet, with a width Of thirty to
forty; but it is confidently calculated that the
Canal will be prepared for effective transporta-
ton by April, when six steam-tugs are to be
ready for service upon it.
This Canal is 90 miles long, and is to have
when completed, minimum depth Of 20 feet,
with a width Of $50 feet at the surface. 1t was
commenced in 1859 by private company, on
subscribed capital of Si0,000,0OO. We infer
that NJ. de Lesseps does not expect to complete
it Immediately, but to deepen it by degrees
without interfering with its use. A British
railroad, %? miles long, passing from Alexan-
dria through Cairo TO Suez, has for some years
afforded expeditions transit between the two
seas.
The Suez Canal has been favored by the
French Government, but has, for some not
very obvious reason, encountered the jealous
hostility of England. 1t would naturally be
presumed that the European nation whose pos
sessions and whose commerce in the far East
much exceed those Of all her rivals would wei
come and support every enterprise whereby In
dia, China aud Japan are rendered more eheaply
and readily accessible.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21
rysERrsAR,s ADVANCE.

Some details IN regard 20 Gen. Sherman
movements wiz be found in the dispatches from
Rebel papers. II is plain Columbia was evacu-
atcd in great haste, Shc-man's approach having
been unexpectedly rapid. Part Of the Rebel
stores were removed; part had to be destroyed
But for neither the whole nor Ar part did
sherman arrest his advance. From Columbia
lie pushed forward at once with his
main army ond it looks now as if he took the
road TO Charlotte in which direction Beaure-
card certainly retreatcd. Charlotte is on the
direct road to Raleigh, and as Sherman has a
fancy for occupying State capitals, he may mean
10 best0w the same attention on North Carolina
as on South Carolina and Georgia. Meantime
the Rcbc, hints Of movements from Newborn
and Moorhead City indicate direct cooperation
from the coast with The efforts Of Gen. Sherman
in tho interior and the activity Of Gen. Scho-
field in front of Wilmington manilests a similar
purpose Boauregard may turn where he will
not inglc point but is inmnenlly threatened,
and before be can concentrate the fragments OF
routed and rctreaiing armies which constitute
his command. he seems likely to find the last
state Of the Confcderacy passing from under
hi, control and firmly repossessed by the forces
Of the Union.
Never was the value Of time so clearly
demonstrated There are troops enough
in the South to make O respectable army were
they only united into one coherent force, or
had Gen. Sherman only delayed his advance
til the scattered divisions Of Hood and Taylor,
and The rest had been able to reach the eastern
battle ground-but Gen. Sherman would
not delay. He has swept through Car
Dina a, If he were running race
rather than conquering a State, and it is the
unparalleled CELEBRITY Of his Increment which,
at this moment. makes lin the uncontrolled
master Of North aud South Carolina together.
Let Beanrogard and Lee strain every nerve
they cannot regain the time they have lost,
and Sherman i, the last man in the
world to lose what he has gained. H. D. to-day
twice a, strong as any force tina, can be brought
against him til the abandonment OF Rich
mond frees the garrison OF that capital
1t is possible enough that the COM
pletene,5 aud brill.ancy of bis success thus far
may extend and enlarge the plan of his cam
paigD, and that whether or no, he originally
meant to 20 to Raleigh before touching The
coast, he may at such a moment and with
such chances a. now present Themselves feel
himself abmlan,ly ale TO take The hazard that
he would not haze projected when hii campaign
began.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21
--latest FROM Salisbury, North Cero'ina-
Death Of Prisoners There.

One Of our escaped army correspondents yes
terday received letters from some Of his quondom follow
prisoners AZ Salisbury North Carolina, bearing dates AZ
late as Feb O. Little intelligence of the horrible state
Of affairs. already depicted in columns is given. OF
course in the agoftrucc letters, which, wcrethe truth
told therein, would not be forwarded by the Rebel su
thortes but enough is said to show there no I'M
proyement of the condtOni Of things in that Haaeaa
hole.
The deaths continue in the same aarminS proportion
as before; and among them a number OF o,viliaa
pr soners. both Northern and Southern. Estepp two
brothers Walker james, Edward =. Davies Southers
Union men, Capt. Francis Low Of Brooklyn newborn
Keyser Of Chalnbersburg. pennsylvania. and others
have deceased, after long ond hopeless captivity.
Some or 20 Northern citizen prisoners followed
the example Of correspondents and made theis es-
cape; but nearly all Of them had been recaptured.
Unless something be done quickly for tho unfortunate
eap.iyes in the South they must all perish; aud re
sincerely trust the partial exchange tina. has boea BE-
gun will be rapidly hurried forward for the sake OF coa
mon humanity.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21
sAN DOMINGO.

The people of San Domingo, according to our
latest adviccs. had not learned that the Spanish
Government admit their inability to continue
the war, and that they have, therefore, con-
cludcd to withdraw their troops from the
island. But the fortune of war was more and
more turning in favor of the DomincaDs. The
Spaniards were completely defeated by them on
the ith Of December. Spanish soldiers dying of
hunger and thirst made their appearance daily
in the Dominican army. Several towns were
abandoned by the Spaniards, and immediately
occupied by the National forces.
The President Of Iioyt having offered himself
as mediator between the contendng parties, the
Dominioans decided upon only two articles,
general exchange Of prisoners ofwar and state,
and the sending Of a commission to Madrid to
ask the peace, liberty and independence of the
Republic
Nothing could prove more conclusive'y the
mistaken confidence of the Dominicans in the
triumph Of their cause, than these peace propo-
sitions. They refuse 20 listen to anything short
Of the recognition Of their independence, and
undoubtedly prepare themselves to continue
s,ngle-hauded the struggle against one of the
great nations Of Europe.
We deeply sympathize with the wrongs
which have been inflicted by European mon
archs upon the republics Of Mexico and Peru.
Bat We cannot but think that If they had OK
hbiicd an equal devotion to republican institu-
tons aud taeir independence as san Domingo,
they would not have been so profoundly hui
inflated as tlcy have been. And It is well to
remember that these gallant defenders OF
American institutions against European en-
croachments are negroes.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21
List Of Casualties.

Official liSt OF casualties during Feb. 81, ID
Gen Terry. reconnaissance near Fort Fisher
GIN. AMEs's DIVISION.
KuLsp--Cspt Janics H. scott <7th n Y, and w. H. "s
yonpoIt. 18th Ind. -, -, ,f.. rs,,
Ps. BEN. Brooks !0jdPs.
col ABBoTrs BRIGADE.
KIrIPp-Martin GilplSnp, ID " II: -. ,,,.:.L
MorNprp-trank Everett Fat Nelly, ~ W \, 60
chs n Weytnou,i Chss u. FriShon al 81 n H. yep.
.Ien.. T. Shll,r Cert. VIM. Hsso, Lewis Iape'' "'
lhhbelt, all 1h y. Il.
GEN. P,INE's DIVISION. .,.,-.
SCapt John W. Dl.inbech. Jacques Noble; H. . c1n ~
" Io,ter scrrt Robert w. Eurgos, !. Minor. 'SR u
H. puni,v Corp Jaucs Thomas L. ils,ton OPP nsss
Bndd Chas. joyce Gym. Brown, W. EdwAr n,..rv
Nil, ans John Chss Flint joseph Nihian,, ~ ILL e
JoLp WiIlsmson Henry Moore, w. Gardnef IL
Wheeler. Nm Ard, rson. A. Cromwell loiS' n gohrso.
Innrs Chunk all Of All 4. = too,rd t,n, p Moore,
Lieut., d. n Heay. Cummings Cues " ,,ns Gee HOOK,
Tss freeman John smith. Benjamin w .,,.nJ Alfred
Cha. Wilson. Peter Johnson uoofr pnckmsTr ali ON
Butler james Pstter. Geo w lIen'' Nl.,hsr Sergs %.
urned state. Colored. Corp. H. stSsssi, Rosers
i nos, souo, Charles H. Roberts Csl4 oeerss ~
,,, nS-,b Jfnilrd States Coored; hka' \. ~
iit ha'e. I,r.gius Scret. IL bGiet Ssty, ~, 49,.
c'sn' , Dors,na, g. r. Kelly, lssss Berry [. Wool
s9rp' 1s'o smne, Rowe. g. w Downs, Bensm,a Lsr.'
ti S,,S ~ johnson. HeuIy Jones' John u. ",,..
on Ronner Thee. Derhys r. Jon.. 'sns ie,sls
80. uoy,on Albe,l johnson. all 10Th United S.sZ
,a, y Cn,er S.rst. Chss. II. HAYES h"e. uo -
-, p.lmer Ccep. &. W. Smith benz Cfon~e Iii
H.an iIeery Bond Perry WRIGHT fen!on ,scaoaa sr
Jane SSt Moses Powers Grsca Eohss p
-, Samuel Jones. Eli Rchard j. Cra< ioio So. ssk
- a., simpssu. ". Dcb,on, Jsncs ti"h -, "a
T,,ai state. ColorcN II. Wa,hin:sor, B"s'f' 20 '"-
s',G,. cclo,si C,y,ry. Tcal isI
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21
educated Dentists may enjoy their preference.
We judge this but reasonable, and trust the
Legislature may attain kindred conviction.

The ". Y. Eyprcss, commenting on - or
rather caviling at-the recent suspicious War
news, and especially On See. Stanton's despatch
to Gov. Fenton, says:
ave think the War Departments last blow bulletin
calculated to discourage enlistments.'
We are not among the believers IN Mr.
Stantons infallibility, but we hold him entirely
right and The Express conspicuously wrong IN
the premises. We believe the Secretary right
as to the fact that the Rebellion is very near It's
miserable end, and right as to his inference that
this fact, being understood, must greatly stlm-
ulate recruiting. orwhy did volunteers in tens
of thousands struggle for acceptance by the Gov
demonstrating the first three months ofthe War!
Manilostly, because they believed there would
be little or no fighting and speedy ree'!aplsh'
ment of the National authority. So long as thls
prospect lasted, no bounties were proiiered ana
no arts of recruiting were requisite. When the
National sky darkencd, all was sadly altered
Now, we firmly believe that Peace 10 near at
haud-that the last call for soldiers has been
made-that if it were filled this day, not one
third of the men raised by il would ever be re-
ouired to fire shot. If such were the general
conviction, the quotas of every State would DC
filled in week. Men hesitate to enlist, fear
ing that the War will last for o year or more,
and that there arc still several great battles to
be fought. Every Copperhead oracle, whether
Of the undisguiscd JEFF Davis type Of The Meas
or of the see.saw genus of The World, or the
half.and.half variety of The Express, tries to
make the prospect as lurid and omlnouS as may
be. Perhaps they are all trying to stimulate
recruiting but We do Mt believe it, and they
do MT act like il.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21
rRowmNSRTm CAROLINA.
Union Feeling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
for EvRcunting WiiminCson-Hmmens
Stores OF Coffon--Leuscd Plantation.
NrwBgRN, n. C., SATURDAY. Foo "A Iss,

NEwBERN, n. G., Saturday, Feb 49, 1866
The fall of Fort Fisher is making revolution
the minds of the people Of this State which, Their,
is any meaning In half Of the threats emanatins from
the State Capitol must result in the departure Of Mort.
Carolina from the Confedcracy. Soon after Raleigh d
garrsoned by the Union forces which is the necessary
protection required by the conservative party major
lily OF them says Rebel paper will favor return to the
Union, even with emancipation.
The enemy are removing their supplies from Wa
miugton, With view is thought, Of eyacustlg the
city.
lt is estimated that there Is over slC0.0OC0Oo
worth of cotton stored from Wilmington along
the line Of the railroads reaching into South Caro-
lima and the southern part Of North Carolina
which the enemy will order 70 be burned soon %
our forces approach
Sherman movements regarded with much alarm
by the Rebel papers of this State, which predict that
he will attempt to hold Goldsborough and Raleigh
The ReleigA On. ca Standard and ROleieh P,ogre".
and the other conservative papers, in this State are pay
ing high tributes to the military genius OF Gen. shsr
man. whose approach they welcome with open mani
festaons ofIoy.
Tie experiment adopted here last year by tho Treas
ury Department OF leasing abandoned Plantations to
both white and black persons, who were placed on an
equal footing in this respect has brought forth resats
highly favorable to the blacks. In the important report
Just published by Col eaton the supervising Treasury
Agent he says: "The sangune expectation too oftsa
INDUCED in that legislation may now DO exclusively
depended upon. the sovereign antidoie for all the
TEMPORAL ills the freedman is heir TO- is f3accus and
vi.ionsrV"
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21

There is to be National Convention at
Philadelphia on the 9Th proy., of that peace
party whereof Mr.. WIN. Cornell Jewctt has
been so active and conspicuous member: and
we are favored by Mr.. j. with letter with
drawing altogether from the movement. Mr..
Jewctts idioms differ 50 decidedly from those
TO which We are accustomed, that We are not
sure that we catch his meaning exactly; but it
is not material that we should. Suffice il that
Mr.. J. remains peace" man, but withdraws
from the peace faTty-as he says "to re-
sumo his heretofore independent National posi-
ton" This il 80 satisfactory that ne trust nc
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21

STATE RIGHTS: A Photograph from the
Ruins of Ancient Greece; with appended dis
scrtaiions on the Ideas OF Nationality, Of
Sovereignty, aud of the Right Of Revolt
ton. by Prof. TAyLER LEWIS Of Union
College," is, in our view, by far the
most striking and memorable essay evolved
BY our great struggle. Unlike most others,
il has little TO say Of Slavery, and that
little incidentally, while it deals with the pre-
tended Right OF Secession and the doctrines
which undehic il with eminent originality, pro-
fundity, carlessness and force. A new and
much improved edition has just been issued
which sc mean hcnceforth TO keep for sale at
this Office; and we urge those who would pro-
yoke meditation or satisfy Inquiry with regard
to the ideas and principles which underlie orr
Republican and Federal system to procure and
study it thoughttully. Price % cents; by mail,
post paid, 80 cents.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21

We have made room in this issue for Hon.
CHARLES SUMMERS late speech in vindication
Of the right of the people Of the United States
to untaxed transit across the soil Of any State,
and we ask for it the earnest attention OF every
reader. 1t is concise, luminous and mastery
calculation Of q subject Of grave and general in
terest. If the doctrine affirmed by the MOnOp-
oily Legislation of New-Jersey is sound then
no lot il this city, no farm III the Great West,
is worth the price asked for il because its value
lies at the mercy Of local or corporate cupidity
and may be destroyed by legislation wherein
its owner can have no voice. Ii oeery State
lying between 1--WE Will say Wisconsin and the
seaboard has an indefcasiblc right to taxat discre-
ton the transit Of the products of Wisconsin
across its territory, then those products are
worth at home just so much as the Intervening
States choose graciOusly to allow to the pro.
duccrs, after having satiated the rapacity of their
managing politicians during its progress to mar.
ket; and the value Of every lot m our seabosrd
cities is subject to like deduction. Yet Sens-
tors speak of the issue herein presented as mere.
IL struggle between two rival corporations
The bill before the Senate is 1--WE presume>
defeated By the arts Of Dostponing and Gghing
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21
EI2EE lIARtL.ANU.

II
With an old friend who had been n lifelong Nir-
gnia Democrat and STAKEHOLDER mp to the ont
break Of the Rebellion, whom, though Le had
ardenry supported Brcckinridgc for President
he took ground for thc Union, and was com
PEELED 10 leave his family and plantation in the
hands of tho Rebels. Hi family he has since
recovered; his plantation is abandoned his
slaves havo gone whithersoevcr they would
and he ha. made a new home On on estate in
MARYLAND on tue Eastern shore Of Chesapeake
Bay, where he is planting fruit, Sc, oxlen-
siycly.
The point in his conversation which seems Of
general interest concerns the Freedmen o
Maryland. lie assured us that their average
behavior had disappointed the friends and con-
founded the foes of Emancipation. Though
suddenly emancipated. in ti@e of social con-
vusion and dear bread, few Of them had emf
grated. Most of them hired ont at moderate
WAGES 10 their old masters or some neighbor,
retaining, if practicable, the humble homes to
which they were accustomed; only the hardest
and crueest masters have any difficulty in pro-
curing labor in abundance on satisfactory terms.
Our friend employs large number and was
never better served nor on more reasonable
terms. considering the cost of food. He thinks
labor a. cheap and abundant in Maryland as in
any other State, while considerably more eff
cient than under Slavery. Meantime, land is
rising in value; farms are in request,
cmigronts are coming in; the Blacks
have mainly filled the quota required
for the Union armies; and I'll are prosperous
and hopeful. Maryland has rarely or never
been 50 thrifty and enteTprising rs at present;
while tha relation of her Black TO her White in
habitants was never so kindly and trustful. If
anybody wants TO cxpatriatc our Blacks, he
may count on the energetic opposition OF the
ex-slaychOldcrs Of Maryland VINO do not mean
to be deprived Of their present doele and re-
spectlul laborng class till they see how It's place
is TO be supplied.
We beg those who have ever been led to re-
peat the monstrous assertion that Whites and
Blacks cannot live in the same community I'M
less one caste OWES the other, and who have
been accustomed TO parry all appeals for Justice
and Freedom by the query" If you enamel
pate, what will you do with the negroes ITO
lay these truths to heart. And we ask our Irish
Democracy, who have been terrified by assur-
anccs that, if the slaves were set free, they
would allcomc North and underworld orr White
laborers, TO look facts in the face. Already two
Statcs-Missouri and Maryland-hayc formally
and absolutely, while several more have yirtu-
ally, abolished Slavery; yet the proportion of
Blacks in our City has not perceptibly increased
in fact, we are confident it is smaller to-day
than it was ten, fifty or one hundred years ago.
The Blacks love Freedom; they do rot love
cold: they will sometimes brave cold for the
sake of liberty; but, mako freedom universal,
and they will nearly all prefer the South to the
North. Abolish Slavery, and black faces will
become nearly as rare in our City as in London
OF Dublin.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21
FROM TEE Aanx or THE POTOMAC
Deser.ers Continually Coming In.

WASHINGTON. Monday. Feb. 20 1850
Information from the Army of the Potomas
az late as yesterday morning reports all quiet.
Dcserters constantly coming in aud sie mo.e AT
merou5 than Cor long time They have averaged oves
20 day for The past week. among them several officers
The utmost dependency prevails through their ria0
since tie late fight and they seem determHea to Keep
the field longer. they claim they can neTer gaia
their independence and reason why ihey Should
remain and he Killed. They also say that de'erting IS
so general to the rear OF their lines that Lee has
ssled an orderto arrest every man found hal' nile
away from his camp or pest.
One man said his company was thirty strong vss
60 but that fifteen had disappeared since ten to tho
nited States and five 20 their homes
Many OF the desorters bring in their arms With them
nag Of truce appeared in font Of the Second Corps
on Saturday asking Tor the bodies Of some Rebel ohcsfs
Killed a. tho late battle Of HatoheIs gan Their re-
quest was finally granted and their bodies conveyed 10
the Rebel lines.
JOHN Hoeher ofthe l2ith New.Ycrk. was executed
Oh Friday for deSertion.