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Year: 1863

Yesterday forenoon passed in the CITY and horbor
without any stirring news or incident of note About
one, O'Clock telegram from Fort Sumter announced
that strange steamer, evidently an iron.cad Ind
just hove in sight The number of the ordinary block
aiding vessels strung along the horison was eleven
With good glass the outline of the iron.clad cou,d
be plainly seen from the city wharves and an endless
variety OF rumors and conjectures in relation to her
identity and designs soon afloat


Meantime, another strange sail made her appearance
in the ofiug. She proved to be the British steam
rgase Cadmus, 81 guns, bringing dispatches for the
Briast Consul and for the Petral, now anchored in
the haroor At three o'clock one of the boats of the
Cadmus brought the dispatches to the city in charge
Of Lieutenant.


We have learned from good authority that the
Cadmus brings intelligence that an expedition of n
very formidable character has been prepared to oner
ate against the City of Charleston and that the enemy
is now nearly ready for the attack. Mr.. Robert
Bunch the British Consul has orders to 90 aboard the
Cadmus and 10 get to Havana with the least possible
delay. We understand that he expects to leave on
Saturday next


From the Cadmus have information that the
mysterious steamer off North Channel is the Yankee
iron-c!ad frigate New Ironsides. She can hardly
cross the bar, she is said to draw nineteen feet
water her OBJECT for tho present. probably, is mere
~ to protect the bockaders from another attack.
The 1ronsides, it is believed, came from Broad
River The transports plying southwark from Beau.
fort N c. are probably bound for Port Royal, as the
rendezvous Of the land forces of the expedition.


In our naval success last week the enemy has had
foretaste Of our strength upon the water But the
preparations for the attack city were matured
previously and it is not believed that our naval vic
tory will either prevent or postnone it, 1t is we'll
however, that our deences are complete and that
we were able to strike the first blow in the struggle
70 hold our good old seaport. The blow, we trust
will encourage our defenders land and sea, to re-
double their activity and vigilance, and to spare no
pains to give bloody welcome to the assailants.-
Mercury Sd inst
Year: 1863

A correspondent of the New York Herald writing
from Albany and speaking of the late dsgraceful pro-
ceedngs of the Legislature, says


They prove clearly that are to-day standing on a
volcano, liable at any moment to break forth with all
It's fury Ii proves also that the public mind is right
ior revolution and is in that condition not 10 be tr
fled with, either by Jacobin abolition faction or anv
other It's as liable to break out in place as another
and when it once breaks loose, when the first blow
is struck or the first pistol red-which at ono time
was mpent here-the Infection will spread and no
human power can stop it. That this is the true con-
dition OF the public mind at present. and that daily
events are developing is sentiment and ripenine for
the future, no one who has carefully watched their
progress in different localities of the North can helm
but admit. Improves that the perious hour Of the
nation is now upon us, aud that we are fast approacb
ing period when anarchy will be the order Of the
day unless rulers take such steps as are
to stay the storm.


The administration at Washington have not conmn-
nicated with Governor Seymour or any of his officials
since he was placed in Office; ALSO the movements If
Gen. Wool, calling upon the militia to report to him
instead OF the Governor. They consider this "a evil
dence that it is the determination OF the authorities at
Washington to force an issue upon the State. Well
may it be asked whittier we are drifting?


IMPORTANT IF TRUE.-We finds the following para
graph in the starksvile Miss Banne, of the 18th ut


awe have just learned from reliable and authentic
source and we accord full credence to the report that
Senator Brights wife, of Indiana, crossed General
Braggs lines in possession of sealed dispatches for
President Davis the contents of which, as announced
solicit our Government to receive into the Conederacv
the States of Illinois and Indans, and in fact all the
States west of the Mississippi We do not know the
ndton but presume free navigation of the river the
paramount one. This will meet with a cheerful and
thrilling response in the hearts Of our people,"
Year: 1863

As gold by FIRE is purified,
As faith in the crusible is tried
The gift by the altar sanctified


And doth acceptance gain,
So our Union fully proved
The dross and tin from her removed
Her righteousness shall be approved
When purged from slayery's stain.
Our Union undivided stand
A model forE, to every Land
This admiration will command


Our nations proud ENSIGN
Her flag with every star replaced,
Every emblem unea'aced
BY despots ne'er will be erased


With brighter lustre slime
Then count no sacrifice too dear
Give the passing wirds thy fear
Crowd the ranks in front als. rear


And put rebellion down.
Then our vation wide and far
l. recognized the climbing star
Freedoms diadem shall wear


Thee with glory crowned.
Year: 1863

it.


Be man of principle in your word.


Do not say that you intend today to
visit your sick friend or neishbor, and
then suffer the pressure OF business to
crowd it out of your mind. He has
been watching for Your coming during
the week that is past, could yon have
seen the bright smile that Illuminated
his countenance when he said II hear
his voice-his footstsp on the stair"
you would have said that the keeping
Of that promise was worth more TO you
than much s'choice gold.' But then
the vision had disappeared, and YOU
came not, there VAS pity ond sorrow,
even for you, written upon those fea-
lures. For dollars and cents Mad be-
come formidable barrier against that
priceless gem, IN every mans charac-
ter, which either shines il. its own con-
spicuous light love ofthe truth, or is
set in the midnight darkness Of distru>t
and falsehood. Then if you wish to do
good, and WELD an influence for truth,
BIZ man, Of your word. For truth is.
the essence Of heaven"
Year: 1863

published by reques,.)
Oh that some power would me inspire
70 string and tune my sunbering Tyre
Fan the patriotic fire,


And open every ear;
Give me trumpet tongue to call
On the nation, great and small,
Rally each and rally all,


Make every patriot hear.
Know We not our peril true
Internal foes would us undo,
Make many succumb to the few


Despoil our country's fame.
Know ye not an internal band
Of traitors, with ruthless hand,
Threaten to divide our land


Entail a tarnished name.
See ye not that martialad lost
OF rebels with defiant boast
In arms agains, the flag that cost


The noble blood OF sires.
Our constitution dearly bought,
For which our fathers brayely fought.
Theseingrates tain would bring tonau.ht


And trample meath their ire.
Year: 1863

The Debuque Herald says "White men
are forced from families dependent entirely
upon them for support; they are driven
in chains and guarded by Federal soldiers
at the point of the bayonet to and from
the termini of railroads; they are fogged
on the bare back until they beg for mercy,
and gasp and faint under the still rapidly
applied lash; they are placed in the fore
most of the battle and treated with every
indgnity and every cruelty, and yet the
scene exctes no Especial wonder" They
are white men, not negroes. Were the
blacks so inhumanly treated, tue pen of a
Stowe would be bidden, write the silver.
voiced Phillips would hurl barbed anatbe-
mas into the ranks of the oppressor, and
maudlin poets would distil their grief aud
coin it into song. But it is the white man
who suffers, and whose oppressors find
thousand ready tongued apologists 1t is
the white mans family that is separated,
the white man who is chained, the white
man who is Aogged, the white man who is
made q living barrier to the bullets of the
enemy"
Year: 1863

In the winter Of 1862, Mr.. Fessenden,
Republican Senator from Maine, in
speech in the Senate said


"In every State of the Union there are
men who are paid from month to month,
not called in the field absolutely, for the
reason that Government has no occasion
to use them, and Yet no step is taken TO
disband these men. Why not disband
them if they are not wanted We have
100000 more than we ever intended to
have. 1t is extravaganza of the most
wanton kind. offer proposition to
stop all enlistments."


Senator Wilson, Of Massachusetts, said /:


III have over and over again been to
the War Office, aud urged upon the De.
partment to stop recruiting in every part
of the country. We have had the promise
that it should be done. believe to-day
100000 more men under the pay of the
Government than we peed or can well use
l think the Department ought to issue per-
emptory orders forbidding the enlistment
of another soldier in the volunteer force


That was before the Emancipation pro.
clamation was issued. They then had
more men than they wanted. They issued
that Observation-Disclosures ceased
and forced conscription was the resul.
Year: 1863

The DEMOCRATIC PARTY.-Let those
who now assail the Democratic party, re-
member always one fact that history has
vindicated every position and justified
every important act Of that party from the
organic alton of the Government down to
now. Discreet men who anticipate flu,
ture, and do not object to the enjoyment
of seli-respect in time to come, had better
ruminate little on this significant truth,
Year: 1863

No man blamss the Administration
more than the soldiers returned from tho
army. If they are thus outspoken iu their
complains why should the ctizens falIer
in hurting the corrupt Government from
powerl
Year: 1863

REBEL DEAD AT MURFREEsBoRo.-Th en-
emy removed all their stores and supplies
before the battle began. They also re-
moved their wounded who were able to be
removed and would ever be able for duty,
and, Notwithstanding 80 many are gone,
they have now at least ono thousand rebel
soldiers in our hospitals, totally disabled
for service hereafter. The citizens here
estimate the rebel loss at near twenty thou.
sand killed wounded and missing. | rode
to-day through the field where Negey and
Sheridan fought the enemy. Besides many
scattering dead | saw two rail pens piled
full of them in one field of not more than
two acres. They had buried many, but
all they could not bury, The same condition
of affairs was apparent in the city, Upon
the streets fronting the Public Square we
found the dead lying upon the sidewalk
almost before every door. This clearly
demonstrates the fearful extent of the slaugh-
ter of the rebels, when after four days they
were not all buried, although among their
friends, The rebel authorities took all
their hospital supplies-magnanimously
leaving us a thousand wounded men to care
for and supply.-Cin Com.
Year: 1863

HUMAN ToIL.-The sentence ofhuman toll
and the promise af glory have issued from
the same Throne. Even our troubles he.>e
may make the material of enjoymonts above
the circumscription of the earth. All are
agents in the restorative mercy Of the great
Disposer; all turn into discipline. The OBJ
stacles to knowledge, the struggle of the
heart, the thousand roughnesses of the com
mon path of man, are converted into the
muscular force of the mind. We are but
sowing in the winter of our nature the seed
which shall flourish in immortality.-Dr.
Croly.
Year: 1863

The recent riots in New York plainly
teach one thing, that il is the impera-
tive duty of the Government to stop
the mouths Of such men as Fernando
and Ben. Wood. either by hanging
or Punishment. Nothing can be more
manifest than the direct connection
between the wicked harangues Of this
class Of men and the riots; and they
are as much the fomen.ers and head
of the mob as jeff. Davis is of the
Southern rebellion. Ii such meu are
left TO go unhung there will be more
innocent blood shed at the North, and
more burning, sacking and pillaging.


The first duty of the President is to
arrest the ringleaders of the mob. such
as the Woods. the traitor Fitz John
Porter, and all others who have openly
preached treason. and put them out of
the way. As for the man Anderson,
or Andrews from Virginia, who figured
so extensively in the mob, he should at
once be hung as apy. What is the
use Of sending such murderous vii
lain to Fort Lafayette and there feed
ing him at the public expense. Such
folly is insufferable.


If the President will save the country
other scenes of violence like the one
under consideration. be must act with
promptnsss and vigor. Make North
ern rebles feel that there is a power
which will crush them when they at
temp. TO sow treason and breed war in
our peaceful midst. We believe the
men OF the Wood stripe deserve hang
ing quite as much as does JEFF. Davis,
If any difference q little more, be-
cause they are SO much meaner-poor,
sneaking. black hearted paltroons. too
cowardly to come out in open arms and
fight, bu. incite the mob too commit
arson, robbery. murder and treason |!
o, for the Presidency a day to make
such men dansle at ropes end


Il is very evident from the tone and





direct avowals Of the rebel papers at
the South, that the programme of the
traitors there is to foment stiise at the
North, divide the people here. get them
to battling with each other, and then
they (the rebels) quietly pocket the
spoils. his the imperative duty OF the
government to crush out every attempt
of this sort in the bud. and to punish
the leaders with death. Better every
false hearted traitor in the land should
die than one good loyal citizen be
murdered. That is a false sympathy
and false policy which would screen q
rebel and thereby cause the death Of
good men. Had Vallandingham and
all the, traitors been hung at the fis,,
there would have been no riots in New
York and elsewhere. Let the Presi :
dent learn wisdom from the past.
Year: 1863

E1- The Times is mistaken in sup
posing that we were thrussing at the
Conservative in the article on Radical
ism last week. We were no! shooting
at individuals, as such, but a, class
who are engaged in certain evil prac-
tees and following evil propensities.-
AT the time the article was written We
had not seen the remarks Of the editor
OF the Conservative. But We design to
hit all who are thrusting the matters
named into the political arena. to en-
barrass the efforts Of the government.
We are death on all traitors-as much
SO as any radical-but We don't want
to kill the administration with load
too heavy TO be borne.
Year: 1863

We present under our teIegraphic head al.
the news We have from this important point
1t is natural that much anxiety ehouid be fel,
with reference TO the defeuce of this place
and, without presuming to know more than
othera, We predict that all will be well there
on the great day Of trial of strength be-
tween the two armies. There is nothing, in
our Judgment, in the recent reru!se of Cen.
Psmbelton to lead to the belief that there is
suy danger of the fall, immediate or remote,
Of fVicktburg. We are informed from various
sources that our forces within the entrer CHI
men's, extending from the city as far back as
the Big Black. have a sufpy of provisions
sufficient to subsist them for four months.


In the late fight only portion Of our forces
were engaged, and Gen. Johnston, who is now
In command of all the forces employed for the
protection Of the place, with the reinforce
ments cent 10 his aid, had not arrived in time
to participate in the struggle. His dispatch
the day subsequent to the fight was dated
forty miles from the scene Of the engagement.
From ali We can gather we are decidedly hope
ful AS TO the final issue.
Year: 1863

AcciGent -Four negro men, operatives at
the Tredegar Foundry. were very seriously
itj1red yesterday by the falling of a portion
OF burned roof on them. They wera clear
ing away The rubbish Of the late fire when "a
portion Of the debris fell One of the men
bad his skull fractured, and another a leg
broken All were baclY hurs.
Year: 1863

Wanted,

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Year: 1863

Doc DA1s.-1t is said that " every dog has
his day:" and from the number Of lifeless
canines re see about the streets Of late, VIC
should judge that all unnuzzled dogs have
had their day. The same power that orders
their destruction shou1d have them afterwards
removed. Let the Mayor, or Health Officer,
sec 10 this matter,
Year: 1863

THE SIrUATIcx.-There is nothing definite from beyond the Mississippi. In Virginia, Stuart has been at work and captured Yankee regiment In North Cirolila, there had been a battle, in which the federas claim victory, but we have not seen the southern account. There has been fighting at Savannah, but to what extent can not learn. In Tennessee there has been no deci sve battle, or had not been up to the middle of February, up 10 which time we have northern and southern dates. Forrest made attack on Fort Donelson and successful at first, but compelled to retire. There a skirmish at Port Hudson, in which the Confederates successful.

 The Yankees were drowned out at Vicksburg They worked on the canal till forced to quit it by the water coming down through the crevasses above them. It is stated that they have come up the river to the Yazoo pass and are trying to go down to the Yazoo, by that route. The impression seems to be that a number of their eunboats and transports are up the river, and at, or above the mouth of the Arkansas. The canal seems to be given up, at least during the present high water, and they are trying to find some other plan to cir cumvent Vcksburg. It does not make much q fer ence how they reach Vicksburg, for they will have to fight when they get there. The teegraphic dis patch and the items that we have collected and condensed from northern papers, will give req der5 the latest news We have.

 The differences at the No tn increase daily The radicals become more radical and the conservatives more determined The inevitable course of Lin coln's policy will be to kick Kentucky out of the old Union. There is bitter feeling growing up between the two parties that will end in blood here after. New Jersey is taking the lead among the Middle States. Her legislature IS entertaining and will pass resolution to pay part of the appropriation to buy negroes for purposes of eman cipation We are glad to the abolitionsts show no signs of wavering and are not disposed to abate ot of their position. If they will insist on negro regiments and emancipation, they will get up a civil war at home and relieve us. The rapid formation of secret societies at the North is an encouraging sign, for they are terrible and dreaded engines in despotic government. The situation continues cheering, and the end is steadily approaching.
Year: 1863

LEGAL TENDER.-We are in receipt of sever al letters, one of them from our friend Hon. Samuel Robinson, complaining that the people cannot pay their debts with Confederate money and suggesting that it be made 8 legal tender. They also ask what are the existing laws in this relation As to a legal tender the constitution of the Confederate States prohibits anything from being so made but gold and silver. The Confederacy has gone as far as it could by ma king its issues receivable n payment of all dues, except export duties, and tundable in eight per cent stock or bonds. It took fur : ther steps to procure cotton and produce basis for the notes and the result is, that they are ap- preciated by capitalists abroad and by our ene- mies W hen peace is proclaimed, Confederate money will command premium over green. backs. The State of Arkansas, for its own issues and as regards Confederate money, has gone as far as it could go; except to guarantee the payment of her part of the national debt. By the act of the General Assembly of Novem- Der 18th, 1861, it is provided that any judgment debtor may have execution issued and tender in payment Confederate notes or bonds and if the creditor shall refuse to accept these, he has no further remedy for the collection of his debt until one year after treaty of peace is ratified. The State also provides that this money shall be received in payment for taxes.

 Upon the refusal of creditor to take Con- federate money the only remedy that we are aware of, is public opinion. Let the tender be made in presence of witnesses. A law com polling the creditor to take it might operate in iuriously, as where minors, whose little estates are loaned and borrowed in gold and silver might be repaid in funds which the borrower bought at heavy discount with their specie. Without public opinion to sustain them, laws are often imperative and the less legislation on such points is the best. In the monetary al fairs of a country the axiom holds good, viz: That Is the best government which governs least"
Year: 1863

MATTERS IN ARKANsAs.-There is nothing stir

 ring or strange among our people. A large num- be- of federas are said to have arrived at Helena, and federal fleet is said to be on the Mississippi

 Part Of Herron's command came down in Madison county and threatened to visit Clarksvlle, in John- son county, but opine that they concluded that it would not pay. We look for some interesting news from the Northwest in few days, and hope to learn that the vandals have been driven out of our State. They have stolen nearly everything yalu- ble, and there is very little inducement for them to stay, unless it is to murder and outrage. With these exceptions State is quiet and confident spirit possesses our people. Our river is falling; the rains of February have given way to the bus- tering winds of March, and it is to be hoped that roads will become passabe once more. We are told that wheat everywhere looks we'll and our far mers about to prepare for large crop of corn. Cotton is out of the question, and the whole force of the country must be thrown upon the cultivation of grain and vegetables and the raising of stock
Year: 1863

e The country s full of spurious and fraudu- lent change tickets, and we long to see the day when the last rag of good bad and indifferent will bedriyen from circulation.

 Among other swindes we have seen one with s. II Fuckers name to it. Mr. Tucker has never sued any change tickets, All purporting to be issued by him are the work of some thief
Year: 1863

Of this most wicked and mendacious rebel
lion. God grant that England may never
permit her honored name to be included In
the category of the oppressors Of de-
ceived, but a brave and pure blooded
portion Of our own proud race And l
also proclaim 10 the world that the only
legitimate authority which can be ex-
ercised over the n-slaveholders of the
South is that of the Government Of the
United States Of America, and that they
ought TO be restored as soon as possible
to their constitutional privileges by the
combined influence of the nations Of the
earth, and more particularly of their
kinsmen ofmerry England. call upon
Mr.. Gladstone, who spoke so warmly in
the interest Of the negro,' TO advocate
the interest Of the white--the Anglo
Saxon-of the trampled South and TO
aid him, in the way l am about 10 point
out, TO recover his full share of South
ern rights This can never be done by
recognising the right Of the revolu-
tionary tribunal TO ruin them with mo-
lestation in COnfederacy Of Shareholders
and their posterity.