Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 June 1863 — Page 2

WEEKLY SENTINEL. MONDAY, - - JUXE 1. I.ojul Leaguei in Convention. There are three "Loyal Leigues" organized in -tbe State oT New York, and the are all base! npon a professed abnegation of partisan" tentiments end'sympathie. But ic turus out that each of these League are composed of cliques who are favoring the claim? of a political friend far the Presidency. Oa Tuesday lust the "National Loyal Leagues," as they are termed, met la convention in Utl?. These associations are in the interest of Mr. Secretary Chase. Ou the next day the so-called "Union League" assembled. It is said that they favor the interests of Mr. Secretary Sewakd. There is still another organizatioa.called the "Lincoln Loyal Leagues." Its corner tone of principle is the fartherance of the political fortunes of "Houeat Old Abe." How different are tbe teaching and the practice of the Republicans. They profess to ignore all party and partisan consideration, and with affected patriotism call upon the country to "rally round the old flag," forgetful of past political or party affiliations, until the national authority and the integrity of the Union is restored. We couM

give them credit for unselfish patriotism, if their practica corresponded with their professions. But whit do we pee? Conventions of National Loyal, or Union Leagues are being hcU a year and a hilf in advance of a Presidential election to promote the interests of Republican candidates for tbe Presidency. The meetings of these Leagues are pronounced to be "political movements." and they are heralded as tbe opening of the presidential campaign of 1864. A prominent New York journal states that these movements are a contest between the Chase and SfWARD Republicans, and it is evident that they bare no other significance or purpose. No one enn read the proceedings of the Conrention of Nation! Loyal Leaguers at Ctica, on Wednesday last, without tbe conviction that it was a mere ebulition of partisan feeling, with do other purpose but to perpetuate party rule. What be . come of all the Republican professions of no partyisro when partisan leagues are being organized inside of the Republican party o advance the dum or prospects of its prominent members for political preferment? To use the sentiment of the Republican leaders, which his been hammered out ill every conceivable char, is it not better to find out first whether we have a country and a Government, before we canvass the aspirations of any man. for the Presidency? .-The rebellion yet shows too bold and defiant a front for the party in tower to discuss the question of t ucccrion. Its management of tbe war thus tr has given it no claim to the confidence of the country. With the control of resource such as no othe ' nation ever exhibited, and boasting of it ability to suppres the rebellion in sixty days, or in ninety days at the mos, the party in power has permi-ted the civil war to as sume gigantic proportions, nd after more than two ye rs coutinu nice M unable even lo guess at its probable termination. We have alluded to the organiz ition of these political leagues to illustrate the piou4 frauds which our Republican friends have practised upon themselves and atterap'el to palm oT upon the country.' To-day there is ju-t as active a canvass joing on in regard to the Interests of the various Republican aspirants for the Presidency as ever preceded a Pre-i lential eliction at so eirly a lr, but it is all nnder the assumed and unctions professions of loyalty. x Gebiet Smith, an avowed Abolitionist, made a speech to the leagues. Little was expected from such a rource, but the sentiments he expressed were in striking contract wiih the personal considerations which had induced the assembling of the Convention. We quote the substance of his remarks: lie declared himself in favor of pat ling Const i tut on amended; he was satisfied with it as it is, aial would not hare it ch anged in the least. Sirae men think the country too large, and would like to reduce its boundaries but he liked it nil, and would not have ore rood taken away ix) t even South Carolina, lie would also be in favir of nutting down the rebellion uncondition ally. -v f he knew that aUwi would come oat vXT'Hiear ni more Dowerlul than ever. His Abolition inend will rail him to task for that remtrk: but he would put down the rebellion be-ean-e it i wicked. Put that down, and the country, Constitution and the Union would t We care of it-tli. He wanted no discussion over what , e'iould be ditte wiih-re-Relielsi or their slaves; pn. down the re!ellion. regardless of that point. He did not want to "near anything about war with Europe n nations; put down the rebellion, and . the country would take care of th it. If such sentiment.- and a similar spirit had animated the party in power, the rebellion would have beti nipped in the bud. Gen.-StcKifc in a letter to the Convention ex- - pressed the following sentiment, which is litle in harroonv with the provisions of the conscript law. lie a): . In all want, ahether waged in the interest of humanity, or of ambition, the great reliance of nation is. upon the poor tlwse who have only a home to lose and a country to nave. Yet is a republic, aei'lier riches, nor office, nor social pos-i ti m sboul I furnish iir ground Iht eaein;tioti from military service Every man not exempt for actual disability, who, by evasion or fraud, fails to enter the ranks when drafted in. time of war, should be forever ineligible to any post of honor, or emolument, and all his property escheated to the State be dishonor and would betray to its enemies. . But the sentiment of both Gerrit Sjtrrn and , Geo. Sickle were foreign to the objects of tbe assembled National Loyal Leagues. They met not to consider the m asurea necessary for the overthrow of the rebellion and tbe preservation of emisttutional liberty, but to advance the schemes '. of some political aspirant for the Presidency. . .Tle State Areenaf. , The Investigating Committee appointed by the peuditnres by the State officials for military pur poses, have concluded tbo investigation as far as the Sute Arsenal is concerned. The Committee, by request of the Governor, v'mited New York City to inveitigate, the fidelity of the purchases mule there by Colonel SrtuK oti account of the Arsenal, from whence they luve just returned. Every attention was'shown them by the officials of that city. No official repoit has yet been made by the Committee, but we le-trn that they were entirely satisfied that Col. Stvbx has tiot . only conducted the importmt trust committed to Ulli Wim IUP FWItKfb IUICIIJ, UUb fcll.lt lie lins exhibited skill, ability aaui energy of tbe highest order- It lj altogether probable that work will Le re-inroeJ )r the Arsenal at an early perioJ, and that it will eventually become a perraanent Institution nnder tbe aospkes ef the Generat Gov- . era ft er.t. '' ' " fc??"Getierl Ilascall 1ms authorised ür. S. P. Cotliii to collect up and restore to theqwuer. the propevtv captured by thnse who made a raid upon - the ci'izeim uf Abi nr. ton ami Center township, few weeks ago. Those who were arrested hate all been releasee, as the cbrge aeainst thrm were wholly anrastalned by any proof when the caie wre investigated. Getkeral H-scatl ha done a just act to ordering that property taken . from persona who were iouocent of any etfense against law or order, shall be reitored to them. We hear that a food many civil juiU are likely ' to grow out ol certain periormaMces at centerTiiie.nf which the participants made great boasts ' Richmond JetTersoniaB "Nobodt Iltar." It is estimated that from tbe eommencemerit of the war, 53,974 Federals bare been killed. 117.023 wounded. 73.218 made prUooers, and 251 JVM died frOM dlcae and wonnJs; thul 50.BJ3 Confederates hive beeo " allied. 11 9.61 i wounded, 52,1 C'J made prisoners, aad 250,000 died from disease and wounds.

Freedom of Speech. One Daniel S. Dickinsox. who in day? gone

by, was an advocate of Democratic principles, made a f petch in Albany a few days ago, lavoring an abridgment of the freedom of the people.' The sciitimeuU. of that speech arc in diievt.con'tradictio:to all 1ms former teacumgs. Wien the" American people surrender the fieedoirrol speech and theptess, the great boon of Constitutional liberty will have departed. Turn we from the degrading sentiments utteied by Dicaisuos to tie glorious andjnspiring words ol tbe Defender of the Constitution, and they should be cbenshed by every man who desires to preserve our free institutions. Said Wirst i a : - "It is the ancient and undoubted prerogative of this !eop!e to canvass public measures acd the merits of public men. It is a houie-bred right.' a fireside privilege. It hath ever been et joyed in every house, cottage aud cabin in the nation. It is not to be drawn into controversy. It is as undoubted as tbe right of breathing the air or walkin? on the earth. . Belonging to private life as a right, it be! on? a to public life as a duty, and it in the la.t duty which those whose representative I am, shall find me to abandon. Aiming at all times to he courteous and temperate in its use, except when the right itself is questioned, I shall place mvelf on the extreme boundary of my right and bid defiance to any arm that would move me from ray ground. The high constitutional privilege I chall defeud and exercise, within this house, and in all places; in time of peace, and at all times. Living I shall assert it; ano should I leave no other inheritance to my child reo. by the blessing of God I will leave them the inheritance of free principles, and the example of a manly, independent and constitutional defense of tliem." A Libel on Mr. Vol landialiani. The Gazette'a Murlreeboro correspondent, in giving his account of Mr. Vallandighams entry into Lis southern prison, says, among other things : , "In conversation with your correspondent, he candidly admitted that the dealings of the Gov ernmeut with himelf were necessary and justifiable. If the Unton was to be restored by war, he admitted that in that case the Government would be obliged to use all the physical force of the loyal States, and could tolerate no opposition.. This, however, he declared, would be at the expense of the free principles of our Constitution; wlfereao, he thought, that by the adoption of his plan not only might these principles be conserved, but the Union of the States ultimately restored." We have no disposition to doubt the word of any army correspondent any more than to doubt the telegraph reports. They have both an established reputation, that makes it presumption in any one to disbelieve either. Yet the above is so barefaced. a canard that we are comoelled, in de-pi te of our indisposition of doubt, to pronounce it an unmitigated falsehood, manufac tured by the reporter or his employees. Through the courtesy of Mjor General Burnside we had daily access to Mr. Vallandfgham while in this city, and up to the hour of his departure on the gunlToat Exchange for Louisville. The subject of his arrest was. of course, the chief topic of conversation; and in no case did Mr. Vallandigham speak of it otherwise than as unnecessary nnd unjustifi able, denouncing it. in unmeasured terms, as nrli'nry, unwarrantable and dangeroua to the pece of eociety. He said the Administration could do no net so well calculated to ruin its cause as bv pursuing the policy it was doing in making arrests for expression of opinion as to its war polier; lor it. .he remaritrd. made the people doubt (he quoted the language of Gov. Sevmonr) whether this war is waged to put down rebellion at the South or destroy the free institution of the North. He used, on occasions, stronger Ian euage than that employed by Governor Seymour, in denunciation of his own arrest and the policy of such arrests generally Had Mr. Vallandicham believed what the Gazette's reporter sat 8 he uttered, he woul I net now be a prisoner, but would be at home erjoying its comforts; for he would not have done any act that would have brought with it punishment which it was "necessary and justifiable" on tbe rnrt of the Government to in flict Mr. Vullandighsm s whole conduct, hra public speeches and private conversations give the lie direct to the statement of the Gazette's reporter. Cincinnati Enquirer. jtldandComtort to tbe Itebels. There was a mass meeting of the Democratic party called at Indianaonlis on the i-THh, which wnj a vast assemblage of the citizens of that State, representing a majority of that State. We are told that the meeting was under the watch of soldiers in companies with arms in the'r hanua; that there were shouts for Jeff. D ivis; that pistols were fired from railroad trains; that the military entered the trains alter they were stopped by ar tillery. and pistols taken from the crowd. Hoe will all this read in Dixie? What will the men in Richmond think about It? Here it is dpemed dangerous to allow the majority to hold a political meeting without a military guard, owing to the assumed di-d.iya'ty of the men composing it. The Democracy of 0'iio hold a meeting shortly, nnd perhaps we shall have the story repeated The Confederate State will be very willing to believe that all this was a military neres-iily, and that, if th it be true, it follows the in ses of the people of the free States sympathize with the re hellion. If that is not the ease it present, the Rebels will argue that these measures of renres sion will lead to it. It is true, the Democrats m ly siv tht-re was no occasion for thi; but the Republcins say there was. They recite th story with a gnsto, and seem delighted at snh doing. They crin and chuckle over itwiih a manifest tlelight, as a crazy man might show frantic expressions of joy as the flimes were con sumiffg his house. How is the Government to succeel in putting down the rebellion in front, if such an enemy is assumed to be in the rear, or measures adopted to create one? This hole story wiil give more aid to the re bellion thnn all the speeches' ever mide on the policy of the war; more than half a dozen Con federate victories on the field. It in it be thought that because the rebels hare adopted violent measures of re.)ress:On, and the South are lu.ited, therefore the North can be united in the same way. These violent measures In Dixie have not been the cauae of strength, but .f weakness. The South has been uni'ed bja different cause; by the development of a party policy in the Government. We are utterly opposed to following Rebel exam ples, ouch a policy would ruin a even if it suited a bad one. ' o ' - We see no reason for such measures, much less justification of them; but the radicals will sweir to the contrary, and maintain a military necessity for it. If they really believe so, they had better not publish their telief. It will eer-, ta inly do the cause of the Government no good,' and it is easy to see the harm it does. View of at Southern I'nlon 11 an. Washisgtox, May 22, 1663. 'The following. Is from the correspondent of the New Yoik Journal of Commerce: Some persons at Memphis having intitrd the Hon Emerson Eiheridge to go there and deliver an address ou the anniversary of the surrender of th it place, that gentleman declined the invit t ti:n. In doing this he improved the opportunity to express his views in his own original manner Urion the present condition of public affairs. Mr. Etheridge was among' the earliest und warmest supporters of Pie-idet Lincoln, but owing to the policy the Government ha p itsued toward the Uidon men of the South, lie i now the reverso. lie U a leader and a tvpeoflhat class of men re-iding in the lionfer State who have the greatest interest in the supwession of the rebellion, who hate the leading iMicIs with a gusto that is q'iite unique, who love the Union with the Constitution above everything earthly, and who consider that thev and iheir people have been Very bailly treated by the Administration. "- ". L ikt Jnlv, Mr. Etheridge went to Tennessee, and in various public speeches assured his friends there that he wi authorized to inform thim that the wsr was not for destroying slavery, or designed to effect the rights of loyal men anywhere, and by hard work succeeded in Inducing hundreds in his own neijrhVwhood to join the army: but when the President changed his policy, the 'Union men of Tennessee became extsjerated, and intimated to Mr. Etheridge that he had deceived thrrn. lie was, of course, powerle to reply. When the letter mi question 3 published, as it proably will be, the public may obtain one or two new ideas, and on the score of style will be reminded ol Ju nin ffr"One of the orders received on Tueeday by Jy Cooke, for five twenty Government bonds, was from Kentucky, and covered three handred and fifty thousand dollar in gold, which, at the present premium on gold, will buy over half a million of the loaav- This, from the State of Kentucky, shows confidence in the right quarter CotarGossif The latest advice from Avn cedledom inform us that Mr. Sqnib-ib is furnUh tng her new hoiir-e ana na given omers lor ar large Bible with a blue cover, "t corrttpond vUh the othr furniture."

Charleston (March 4) Cor spondence f the London Times. . The London TiHie'lCebcl Corres f pondenee. f ; BUNNI.NO THt BLOCKADE. iOn the Hth of Janu irjae sailed from Nassau f.r Charleston, and on the followi-ig day were caught in one of those terrific gales which

bnrsr with such fury over that part of the Atlantic which lies immediately to the north of the Bahamas. The tempest subsided on the I7ih, as we got nearer the land but we had left the tepid waters of the Gulf stream, aud the air became bittet ly col'j A biting northeast wind swept over the deckhand the sTeet and rain fell ' incessantly. . It seemed impossible for us ever to cet warm, and our teeth chattered a if we had a shivering fit. But in the morning we saw in the hazy distance the shore of South Carolina, and then shortly afterwards the low. dark hull of one of the blockading ships. This was a fresh source of anxiety, nnd great was our relief when we found that we had not been observed, we passed the vessel, and got In salelv hilf a mile ahead up the channel. We had scarcely done so when the look outs whispered, "Two more forward." We thought we had eluded them also, but we were mistaken. A bright flash, the rush of a ball "over head, and then the lond report of a gun let us know tht the fleet was aware of our preence. Then rockets were dichrged on all sides, and more guns were fired. we were within no great dtstanre of the bar that guards the entrance of Charleston, some four miles or so from Fort Sumter, inside of which the hostile fleet never venture. In another ten minute, we should have been perfectly safe; but as we approached two more ships were seen Iving right in the narrow channel over the bar. through which it was necessary to pass. The captain hesitated about proceeding lurther, and so nervous did he become that he turned the ship's head round, and ran her out to sea again. She was followed by a howlin pack or cruisers, but speed, good luk and the darkness favored us, and by daybreak we were some thirty miles from shore, tossing about again in the Gulf stream. The same programme was gone through the next nicht, and then we had to retnrn to Nassau for roils. Under another captain we returned on the 2Uth of January to try our fortune again, and this time there waa co hesitation.. "Charles ton. or beach her.' said oar new commander, nd in one hour we ran through the north chan nel, md arrived safe and sound under the guns of Fort Beauregard. a good atcrrrtox. I have good reason V feel gratified with my reception at Charleston. I staid about a week in the town, visiting all places of interest, making friends aud enjoying Southern hospitality. One s first idea, after spenkmg to the people, was that they are an intolerable set of boasters; but I ctme to form a better opinion of them I found that they never expre resnlntions without ma king a determined effort to carry out their pur pose. riaST IMPRESSIONS Or TBI FATIIOTS TBE BEBEL ' LAM FS The more I see of the Southern ladies and the moie I hear of their actions, the more I wonder at their heroism and self sacrifice. Wonls, indeed, cannot express mr admiration for them. The war could not have gone on without them. The women of nil classes have sent, without a murmur, their husbands, sons and those they hohl most dear to the wars, nnd in the absence of the men they have tilled the fields, made clothes for the troops nd nursed the sick. When I contrast the firmness of purpose and soirit of a If sacrifice with the empty bra point; und Indiff'T ence so prevalent in the North. I have no doubt of the issue of the struggle. The Federals may bring three millions of men into the field, but the South will never be vanquished! On the 31st of January, two days after my arriva!. the iron clails went out from ' Charleston and considerably damaged the bhirkv ing fleet. Of course wo were all much Interested In the event, and the capture of a ship of -war carrying nine guns, up one of the rivers the day before, wonderfully raised the spirits of the people of Charleston. ' T8IP TO RICHMOND. At the end of the wee I; I started for Richmond, bearing with roe letters of introduction from England to some of the principal men, and further fortified with additional recommendations from my friends in Charleston. Tbe journey by rail of 501 1 miles, was very tedious, as the rails and rolling stock are in very bad order, there h iv'iig been no importation of material since the blockade. The speed of the trains has in consequence 'been greatly moderated to prevent accidents. However I arrived safe in the capital of the Confederacy oh the 13th of February. " TISIT TO "stonewall" jacksox. The city is one great camp, and every one is striving to obtain an appointment in the-army.. I saw at once that the chances of nn Englishman getting a military appointment were very email. I paid a viMt to the Secretary of War and other influential men, and received from nil of them that kindness and courtesy so distinctive in the Southern gentleman. I brought out from Nassau a box oT goods for (Jen. Stonewall Jackson, and he asked me when I was a'. Richmond to come to his camp and see him. I left the city one morning about seven o'clock, aud ntout ten lauded at a station distant some eight or nine miles from Jackson's or, as his men call him, "Old Jack's" camp A heavy fall of snow bad covered the country for some time before to the depth of a foot, and lormed a crust over the Virgin! t mud, which is quite as villanous as that of Balaklava. The day before had been mild and wet. and my jour ney was made in a drenching shower, whit h soon cleared away the white mantle of snow. You Cannot imagine the Slough of Despond I had to pafw through. Wet to the fkin, I stumb'ed through mud. I waded through creeks. I passed through pine woods, and at last. I pot Into c nip about two o'clock. I then made my way to a small hou-e occupied by the Genenl its his head quarters I wrote down my name anl give it to the Orderly, and I was io.meJiatelr told to walk in. . . The General roe and greeted me warndy. I expected to see :i old, untidy man.mid was r.iost agreeably surprised and pleased wiih his appearance, lie is tall, handsome and poaerfullv buüt, but thin. lie has brown hair nnd a brown beird. His mouth expresses great determination The lips are th n and cflmprcst-ed firmly together; his eyea nre blue and dark, wiih keen and search ing expression. I was told that his age w's thirty eight, and he looks about forty. The Gen eral, who is iudescrioabl.v simple and unaffected in all his ways, took off my wet overcoat with hia owii hand, made up the fire, brought, wood for me to put my feet on to keep them warm while my boot were drying, and then began to ask me questions on various subjects. At the dinner hour we went out and joined the meoabeis of his staff. At this meal the General said grace in a fervent, quiet manner, which struck .me much. After dinner I returned to his room, and lie again talked to me for a long time. . The servant came in and took his mattress out of a cupboard and laid it on the floor. As I rose to retire the General said. ' Captain, there is plenty of room in my bed; I hope you will share it with me" I thanked him very much for Id courtesy, but said "Good night," and slept in n tent, sharing the blankets of one of his aids-de camp. In the morning, at breakfast time, 1 notUed that the General said grace before the meal with the S ime fervor I had remarked before. An hour or two afterwards it was time fo- me to return to the station; on this occasion, however, I had a horse and I turned up to the General's quarters to bid him ndieu. Iii little room was vacant, so I stepped in and stood before the fire. I . then noticed my , overcoat streu hed belore it on a chair. Shortly afterwards the General entered the room He, said, "Cptiin,I have been trying to dry your overcoat, but I ain afraid I have not succeeded very well. . That little act illustrates the man s character'' With the cares and responsibilities of a vast army on bis aho'ilders, be finds time to do little acts of kindness and thouhtfulnesfc which make him the daili:g of Ims men, .who never seem to tire uf talking oT him. General Jackson is a m m of greit endurance; he drinks nothing wronger than water, and never uses tobacco or Buy stimulant. Ue has been known to ride three da)& and nights at , a time, iid if theie i any labor to be undergone he never fails to 'ake his share of it. 1 thought of entering the army vis a volunteer, as many Englishmen have done; but I have lud the ui.exoecied good luck to receive an appointment in the inspecting department. I selected Charleston as the scene of my labor, my reason beinjt that the whole lorce of the Yankee armada Is about to be, thrown against this portion of the Slate.' '1 accordingly returned to this place, and lam now awaiting the fight. I have very good pay, enjoy an excellent table, and am accommodated in most comfortable quarters, with some other Englishmen, in a well ftrnishel house. ', . . . . : - - i , . UOINO TO CHfBCH SO orS JTBOM THE "COFFF.R- : V -' HxAt'S." ! ' ; , March 5ih. 163. I have been at church to day, the Governor of South Carolina having proclaimed it as a day of prayer. - I leave to morrow morning with the I' pect or General to examine some rwp at Se cessionviile, a town some ten miles from here. At any moment we may be railed oat to fight; so I feel glad jo. have a loi letter in readiness in ras I should unexpectedly e diapotwd , of by Yankee bullet.

For some time we had an idea that there was

a peace party in the North suflideiitlv strong to detach some of the States and to oppose Lincoln and his unconstitutional acts; b'Jt the passing of the Conscription art and Finance Bills by Congress has dashed these hopes to the ground, and the South is prepared to conduct the war on a triore gigai.tic scule this cpring than heretofore. 1 he emancipation scheme is believed liete to be nonsense. . I he slaves Co not want to rise, anu will not do so unless tinder the press rtof North en bnjanet. The ankees thought they could raise a servile war; but they have failed signally. I see little chance now, though I thought differ ently some time ago, of this war ending until Lincoln retires Irom ofhee; but it cannot be carried on at its present prodigious scale unless the Yankees meet with some great suet-esa. - FOHTTAaDINQ A MAIL. Maech 10, 1863. I am finishing th's scrawl, as the gentleman who is to take it to England leaves to morrow. We are living here ery comfortably, and enjoyourselves. although we still expect to be attacked every day by the Yankee armada. The weather is lovely. Richmond Correspondence ef London Time, Harth 31FEABSOr TBE FATE Or RICHMOND. There is littln apparent ground for the belief which stems to have found favor in Lngiand, that the greatest and most eventful struggle of th'S war will occur a' v icksburg. rrom acci 1 dental circumstances, and chiefly from the "sen aation" writing of the New l ork press, an amount of interest has attached itself to Virkaburg", which is by no means entertained with re gard to it in the Southern Confederacy. If ever my letter from that remote point has made its ; way to England, it will hive been seen that the chief strength of Vh ksburg consists in its inaccessibility. From the river alone can it be for midably attacked, and all the immense hailstorms of shot and shell which have hitherto been thrown into the little city from the river have produced indescribably little efhVct. In hall a dozen dif lerent ways have tue Federals tried to flmk or evade it. Anparemly. the least formidable of all iheir effort ha been through what is called the Yazoo Pass. A tort at the mouih of tlu Tallahatchie river has driven the Yankee gun boats nnd transports headlong back to the Mis sissippi, nor is it likely that the New York Her ald, the correspoiKient ol winch announced, witn the customary farfurre of that journal, the ad vance of the notillii, ni ail that it was about to accomplish, will record its disastrous discomfit ure and headlong re'reat. I he canal or cut tin in the immdiate neighborhood of Vic kshurg is more than ever considered, what it appeared to mi, an entire failure Of a third attempt the perforation of a route through Lake Providence, on the right bank of the Mississippi, by which an entrance into the lied liver hi been sought to be effected bet litt'e information has reached us; but the impression is that the Federal have abandoned the enterprise POINTS OF DEFENSE AFTER VlCKSBtEO. If Vicksburg can be turned or in some manner negatived, there letnain hundreds of other points round which the Confederate batteries would im mediately duster. Such a point i Warrenton, where the Hartford h is recently been leaten ofl"; such a point is Natchez, where thcbtuC are said to be more favorable for defense than those at Vicksburg. It is not to Vick-biirg, or generally to the Mississippi river, that the eves of the Con federate are anxiously turned, but rather to Charleston, where the long delayed blow nn.it inevitably tall shortly or never; and to Tullahoina nnd the army of Gen. Johnson. My own impression still is that want of sagacity h is been shown by he Confederate Government in not strengthening the array ot lieu. Jolitistoiiby sm n large reinforcements rs would make the issue of the impending battle "beyond a per.d venture " It is to an ordinary spectator incomprehet sib'e how on both sides the policy "fa Napoleonic Concentration of troops has been neglected and over looked. It is knon that many of the wisest he id in the Confederacy, an I among them Gen. Joseph E Johnston, have warmly advocated . the concentration ot all available troop iu Southern Tennessee, even ihouidi Tex and Arkansas should be left destitute of men, and the defenders of Vicksburg should be reduced one half Vo ila Di iilucnd. For o'i,l iuscrutable re ison, the strength of the Confederacy is frittered away l.y squandering troopt in insignificant numbers over vast areas of territory, and by provoking such attacks as recently led to the surrender of more ib ii 4,000 Confederates at it place called Aikans is Post. The consequence is that war languishes on without anv victory being gained by the Confederates in the West of su h magnitude as to confound the mendacity of Northern journalists, or to strengthen the h iml of that large and growing party in the North western Slates mini sei- that out of the vast ocean of blood which ir"econcilably divide the two section it u not possible that peace nod conci'.iatiou should have a chance of ari.-iug. FOTiriCATlO Or RICHMOND. But if ever again the fortune of war shall lead to the collision of great hosts ot coinb it nit in the vicinity of Richmond, let no such advantage be again looked for by the North. On evety hill and c:e.-t in thn neighboihood of this city, on every stream and poiut of vantage in th ncihborhod of Pefrsbiirg, work and fortifications have, under the inspiration of the best engineer ulcers ol the Lulled State army, been elaborately prepared, and well may the conti lent alle gation that ngain-t such woikslhe whole might of Yankcedom will expend itsell in vain, and credence iu the breast of any observant spectator. IS THKKK A FAJIIXr, Meantime, in Secessia, more than in Yankee dorn, the rapid nnd incessant manufacture of pa per pro nis-es to pay continue to .depreciate the currency Irom day lo day. and it is nlly - tancieil iu New York ih.it no nttiou which is giving $5 a pound lor coflVe, and $7h a barrel I for flour. (its price in M bile.) can long protract lis resist ant e To no effect are the Yankees told that never was a determined nation checked by a de preeiation of its paper. . Board in tho hotels. which six months ago, was $'t p?r day. h is risen to $?; the scarcity ol supplies, and sun worse their ui.cert.-r?hty, make it hardly possible for ho lei keepers and owner of boarding hou-es to fur iiisli foxl for their guet. But not font moment let it be the thought that scarcity will ever ascend to l imn e, that . a oatioii , winch is more Mian cqmlto it nein v in the fi' I will yield to the gum! dictates of a monitor, who, il necessity rnf, a-ou'il be rpiMed as M issen resisted him at Genoa, and the indomitable Protestant of ! land fought .Inm at Londonderry.' - Everywhere evNiein-e is ofterwl lo prove that no Such necesfi tv can arise; everv here it is ad mined that three shoil months will c irrv us over the pinch. . The corrtioiident ol tbe New York World, who was c iptnred neir Vicksburg, thus sums up hi experience in D-x;c: . . ... - The conclusion formed in a three week so-. Jo'urij within ihe limit ol the Confederacy, and a trip almost across the entire extent by a circuitous route that lei almost down to thf GuK. then op again through the mountain of E ist Tennessee to Richmond ind along the valley of the James, may be thus briefly summed up , j Fimt The people are brave,-determined, and in the main, united. Second -There may be temporary suffering lor want ol sufficient food, but starvation ia impos:lle. .-..:-,,. Third Although they cau . never prabahly have their army again at as hiuh a uuoi ter as now, a the material for conscription i almost exhausted, yet a the war baa bv-cn conducted thus far, their military resources are u(Beieut to keep up the struggle for two years more, . - Fourth Their strength is" thrown entirely to" the frontier, and if that frontier line were once pierced; if our Generals then began to do their duty, the whole fabric of rebellion will be toppling down like a house built of card. Fifth Union and perseverance t the North are what the Rebel most dread. Trn.ir greatest hope lies in onr division, and their (neatest en eouragement la derived from the eotidue.t of such men as Vallandighmi. He Is regarded there as a martyr to the Southern cause, and they are con vinced that be roust have a considerable portion of the Northern people at hi back. ' ' "Prsn THF. War North "Since 'the first bat'le ol M-iin a-xis, the Sondiern army has never had mi evident an oppoittmity to gain a victory Wiih all our gloiiou battles we have not yet re coveied a single lost city, or delivered uny subjugated State from thelhra'l of the invader. If we can ever do Mich a thing, we must hope to do K tdiortly, for we shall never behold our foe so weak again. From the first day, the only rea sonahle hope of the Confederacy has been the transferor hostilities to the enemy's teirifory If we cannot do that, ihe progress of invasion, boa ever slow must. "after a time, over helm u No treaty of pence is pot-sible, aave thai signed or. the ciicniv' soil,, und if our armies can ever go there at all. the time is nt hand when they will do so.' Richmond Enquirer. No guns can be sent away from the armory at rtprinu field for some lime, and 'ihe upply in the arsenal ia rapidlv increasing. j There are now about 9U.G0O ou hand, 70,1)00 of which are packed ready for shipment.

President Lincoln bai an Interview r ith the Spirit Itappera Secretaries Manton und. Well, and John -W. Ferner, Present lafajetle, Franklin Washington etc., Consulted on the - Kebelllon Tbc Fate of the Alabama Predicted. We find the following interesting account of an evening spent by Presideut Lincoln aod others with the spirits, in the Boston Gaxette: Washi.xotosc. April 23, 1S63. A few evening! since Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, was induced to " give a Scriptural soriee in the oiinson room in the White House, to test the won lerlul alleged supernat um I powers of Mr. Charles E Shockle. It was my goo I fortune, as a friend of the medium, to be present, the partv consisting of the President. Mrs Lincoln. Mr. Wells. Mr. Stanton. Mr. L , of New Yi ra, aud Mr. F , of Philadelphia. We took our seats iu a circle about H o'clock, but the President was called away shortly alter the manifestations commenced, and the spirits, which had apparently assembled to convince him of their power, pave vishde to kens ol their displeasure at the President's absence by pinching Mr. Stanton's ears and twitching Mr. Wei la' whirkers. lie soon returned, but it was some time before harmony was restored, for the mishaps to the Secretaries caused fuch

burst of lautditer that the influence was very unpropitious. For some half an hour the demon Orations were of a phvsical character tables were moved, and tbe picture of Henry Clay, which hangs on the wall, was swnyeil more than a foot, and two candelabra, presented bv the Dey of Algiers to President Adams, were twice raised nearly to the ceiling. It was nearly nine o'clock before Shockle was fully urder spiritual Influence, and so powerful were the subsequent manifestations that twice during the evening restoratives were applied, for hew.isniu h weakened, and though I took no notes. J Khali endeavor to give you as faithful an accoutrlas possible of what took place. Lmd rapping, about nine o clock, were heard directly beieii.li the President's feet, and Mr. Shockle r ". xl that an Indian desired to communicate. " " " Weil, sir.'" nid the President, M I should be happy to hear what bis Indian M"jesty has to say. V e have recently had a visitation from our red brethren, and it was the only delegation, black, white or blue, which did not volunteer some advice about the conduct of the war." The medium then cilled for pencil and paper. and they were laid npon the table in sight of all. A handkerchief whs then taken from Mr. Stan ton, and the material were carefully concealed from sight. In less sp ice of time than it ha re quired me to write this, knocks were heard and the paper was uncovered. To the surprise of all preent. It read as fdlows: ' "Haste make waste, hut delays cause vexa tions. Give vitality bv energy Use every means to subline. Proclamations sie useless; m.-ke a !old fn-ut and fiht the enemv; leave - traitors at home to the care of loynl men. Le-s note of preparation, ler-8 psirade and policy, talk and mere action. Henbt Kxox " "That is not Indian talk, Mr 5lvfkie," said the P.. sid nt -'Who is Henrv KnoxT' I suggested to the medium to ask who Gen. Knox was. nnd before ihe word were from my l;ps. the medium snoke in a strange voice, "The first Secretary of War " "Oh. e, General Knox said the President, who turning to the Secret iry, said, "Stanton, th it message i for you it is from your ptede ee-or " " Mrj Stanton made no renlv. "I should I ke to ak General Knox." said the President, "if it is wiihin t he scope of his abi.itv to tell us when this rebellion will be put down?". I u the same manner as before this message was received: "Washington, Lifivette. Franklin. Wilberforce. Napoleon ntnt mse'f have held frequent consultations upon ' thi point There is somethi. ig which ourspiiitn 1 eyes cannot detec' which appear well formeil ' Exil ha come at limes by removal of men from high positions, and there are thoe in letiiemeut whose abilities should be m ole useful to hasten the end. Napoleon says concentrate tour forces upon one point, Lafay ette think' that the rebellion will die of exh mst:o:i. Fr inkliii ses the end approaching as the South mu-t give up for want of mechanical abi'itv to compe'e agnint Northern mechanic?, Wilbet forte see hope only in a negrc armv. Well,' exclaimed the Pi evident, "orinions lifT r among tle saints a wi 1- a among the sinnerv. They don't seem to understand rutin'ng the in ichtiic among the celestial much better than we d Their talk and advice sounds vcy much Tke the lalk of mv Cabinet don't you thii.k so, Mr 'Welles?" 'Weil, 1 d'ni't know I nil! ihfnk ihe matter over and see ah it conclusion to arrive at " Heavy raps were heard and the alphabet was called for. when 'That's .what' the matter" was sjelld out There wis a shout of laughter, and Mr. We'.Ie strofcrM his beard. "Thit me.nj, Jlr. We'Ies." said the President, "that you are apt to be long winded, tnd think the nearest wav home is the longest way ronnd. Short etits in war limes I wish the spirits could tell u ho-v t' citch the Alihama." The lights ahu ll had been partially lowered almost inutantaiiponhlv leame so dim that I cou'd not see suflic entl v to distinguish the fea tures ofany one in the room, and on the large mirror over the mant'e piece theie appeared the mot beiMtiftil though su pern i. oral pictni-e ever beheld. It represented a sea view, the Alabama with all steam up, -Rvin-a: from the pursuit xf another large stemier. Two mwehanimcn in the distance weie seen partially destroyed by foe. The picture changed and the Alabama was seen at anchor nnder the shadow of an English fort from which an English fltjr was waving. The Alabama was filiating idly, not a aoul on ttoard, and no sign of re visible nlwml her The picture vsnihed. and in letter of purple appealed, "The English people demanded this of England's aristocracy ' ., "So England i to se're tbe Alabama finally?" aaiif the President. "It mnv We possible, but Mr. Welle'; don't let one gunboat or monitor less be budt " . The snirit again called for the nlphabet, and again "That's what's the matter," was spelled ixit - . i ' . i "I see, I see." naiil the President. ''Mother England thinks that ah it's store for the goose may be satice for the gander. It may be tit, tat, too. hereafter. But it is uot very complimentary to onr Navy, ant bow " "We've iiinn our best. Mr. President," nid Mr. Welles : "I'm mituring a plan which, when perfected, I ihhik, it it works well, will be a perfect trap for the Alabama." ; -. . "Well, Mr Shackle,'' remarked the President, "I have seen strange thing aud heard rather odd remarks, but nothing which conyim es me, except the picture, th it there i iinvthing very heavenly nl.out all t'ni. ' ' I should like, if possible, to hear what Judge üauglas says about this war " "I'll try to set up the spirits," said Mr Shockle; "but it soiieMmes tiajiren-, as it dkl to niuht iu the caseof the Indian, that though first impressed l.y one snirit, I yield to another more power ful 1 If perfect silence i maintained I will see if we cannor induce General Knox tosend lor Mr. Dmglasr ' ' Three r p were given, signifying atvent to the proposition. Perfect silence was maintained, and after an iirerral of perhaps three minutes, Mr. Shockle rose quickly fioru his chair and stood up behind' it.' resting his left arm on the back',' his right ihru.st int his bosom. ' In a voice such as io one could mistake who hid ever hear J Mr. Douglas, he spoke. 1 shall not pretend to quote the language It a eloquent and choice, tie ured the President to throw aside nil advisers who hesitated about the policy to te pursued, and to listen to the wishes of the" people, who would sustain him at all poiut il hi aim was. as he believed it w is, to restore the Union. He said there were'Rurra and Bleunerhiissets' living, but that tliey would' wither before ihe popular apDroVi id which would fo'.low one or' ttro victories, such a be thought' must tike ' place ere long. The turning point in this war will be the proper use of the.- victories if wicked men in the first hour of success think it time to devote theit attr nt ion to party, the war wilt be prolonged, but if victory I followed up by energetic action, all will be well. "I believe that," said the President," hither it cornea from a spirit or human." Mr. Shockle was much prostrated after this, and it Mrs. Lincoln's request it was thought best to aCjoum the scene, which, ir resumed, 1 hall give you an account of. . i Yours, as ever, MtLToa. The Ntw Ktuti. Flau The RAe Con grtso have adopted a new flag. Tb old one had teven stars on a blue ground, and three bar led, white and red. . Now titer have adopted one' with the b ittle fl ift In place of the stars, and all the restor two thirds of the flag white. If our Generals ill do as Grant baa done, the lie bei Congress will soon adopt another fl ;g. knot king out the battle part. It would then be all white, and Joe II do k er should compel them to hoist it immediately at Richmond. : , , A EST Rank and fashion may be all very fine in tiniest) I peace, but rank and file must have pre , cadence of them in time of war.

A Konthern View of the Candliianat

ltebcldom and II Future I'respecta The Richmond Whig of the 23d, contains tie following editorial : 'We suppose Vickshurg has fallen, and the army iuf-ide the fortific-tiiooa captured or de strut ed; Port Hudson reduced or abandoned; Mississippi in ita wliole length controlled by the enemy, anl the lAinleclcracy temporarily v or even lor the remainder of the war, cut in twain. We 8iipj)0e further, tl at this really great success to the foe, and cruel disa-ter to ourselves, is at tended with consequences as certain as they are deplorable. Tbe increased . enthusiasm at the ISnrth. ihe triumphant vindication of the tvranny at Washington, the conscription enforced., even in the rthwest. ailliout opposition; per Imps a revival of the spiiit ol volunteering; peace partie crushed forever; men ami money, to endless sums, obtained, and Europe, buy with its own troubles, awed into permanent silence. We sup pe-e all this, for ir bee mes us now to con sider the worse pif ble aspect of the new. What then? Our duty will then be precwelv what it has always been to maintain the cause unflinchingly, and exhibit a spirit more indomitable and persistent than that of the enemy IS ot hing i to be gained by despon dency. All that has been lost may be re gained by - fortitude and perseverance. It will be more than useless to reproach the Gov ernment, however guiltv it be, for the appoint ment of inexjerienced Generals, or to repine over precious IiIimhI that has been wasted by the mis management ot the force intrusted to incompe tent commander. Great victories would have proved. pparently, the sagacity of the appointment whnn hi br night us so great trouble Great i!e'eat should silence the clamor ahich cannntai all undo an event. The part unwisdom of our rule-8 must be borne as manfully as the evil inflicted by the enemy. Tl e bitterness of our heart which breed despondency and disaf fection, wins no triumphs, rei ai s by disasters. sustain no cause. ; Greatness of soul accepts all the calamities of war in the spirit of defiance, and rises superior , to ever v misfrtut e. If we can't bear defeat as well a the Yankee, we are un worthy tobe free Until some one of our large armies has lceii defeatl a ofien and as severely as the Yankee army of the Potomac, we can't say our courage has been fully tested, or our ability to conquer peice and independence h is been es tablished Should Pemberton and hi whole army be cap lured, i here will be still left in the Southwest the material for a very large army under Johnston. Pemberton me" will soon be returned to duty bv exchange, the balance being now greatly in our favor. "Beside Johnson's armv, there will be others as large, or larger, under I5eaure.'ard, Lee. and Bragg. The combined forces of K;rhy Smith. Magrnderand Price make anarmvequd to either of the above. S long as these great leiders and great armies arc left to us; so lor a.a even one of them remains uncTnhed. our can. is safe. Serious disaster luve heretofore heralded impor tant reform, deeded improvement in the organ iz ition of our forces, the revival of energt . ac cession of strength in ail the materials of war. followed by a succession of brilliant victories. The Ml ot Donelson Memphis, and New Or leans, preluded a summer of brilliant achieve ment, in which the enemy were ne-rly everywhere pushed back to h's own soil. Seeming to imm'tate the Yankee bv underrating the rnnse sequences of the fall oF Vicksburg, we may yet. with reason, count upou compensation in the ap proar hing camnaign. I he loss of Vii Itsburg. it it liati no otner gootf effect, will secure ns in future against the ppo'ntment of entirely inexperienced Generals Ot this we may lie perfectly sure. Mn cover, it will aiM to the 8 rength of our armies. 1 his is a necessity. The North, stimulated bv success. ill hurl it mvriads upon ns. We must meet them with tverv available nun Wohin two veirs we have withstood I 4')0.nno vnndals. What shall hinder o from withstanding a many more during the vear to come? Nothing bot want of the manhood which the South has never yet failed lo show. . "We have veter ins, comm. indeil bv great tfenerls. The enemy hare recruits, comninndeil by General Inferior to our own. Let them come on. and we will soon see hose heart is stoutest, let the war last as long as it may.'' . , Major General Guant. Ulysses Granr was born at romt neaauil, Urno, April Vl. Ic22. and graduated at West Point in lb4'l as brevet 2 1 Lieutenant in the 4th Infantry. Dur iug tne Mexican war he participated in Taylor's battle at Palo Alto, Reseca de la Palma and Monterey. Afterward hi reaiment joined Scott at Veri Cruz, and Lieut Grant took part in cveiy engagement up to the City of Mexico, receiving brevet 1st Lieutenant and Captain at Molin del Ilev ana Chepuliepea:. At the close of the war bis regiment went lo Oregon, where he was pro moted lo n Captaincy; but in lodhe resigned and settled iu St Louis. . Iu lbo'J he move-1 to Galena. Ill , where he was enraged in commer cial business ah n the war broke out. He was among the first to offer his services to Governor Yates and was oinde Colonel of the 21st ilüuo's volunteers, with whom he went into service in Missouri. In the summer of 1661 be was made Brigadier General and assigned to the district of Cairo He immediately occupied Paducah. Ky.. stopped the flow ot supplies fur the Hebe! up the Tet.nessee and Cumberland, moved soon after on Belmont, opposite the Rebel slronghhold at Columbus, from which place he was driven only after a desperate fight, by a largely superior foce of Rebel. In February, IMS, he led the land forces seut against Fort Henry, but did not particulate in the victory. Ihe gunlai its having done the work be fore he got there; thereupon he marched forthwith upon Foil D Miclsou. Thi place be be sieged i nd. assaulted, nd on the 1 6th of Februa ry the Bebels raW-ed the white flij; (Gens Fluid and P.llow having stolen ofT during the night with 5.fHKI men. leaving Buckner to surrender) and sent Gruit for terms He replied that ihe suj render mut be uncondition !. or be would instantly move on the wink. Thi hrt and soldierly answer gave him the sobriquet of Unconditional Surrender Grant the initials being the same of his real name. This fortunate and fairly won victory was icwarded by a commission na M j-r General'. In April he reached Pittsburg Landing. Buell being in hi rear with reinforce mems . The Bet els did not wait for Bucll.but made a furious onslaught nn Grant, who was forced bck lo ihe shelter of ihe gunboats, where he resisted Johnson with success NiX' day Bu ell came up, and the Rebel gnt a severe flogging at whit they call the liatileof Philoh. their comniuidcr, Gcik Albert S.Johnson, bejng killed. His more recent operations, now culminating the captme of Vickshurg and the opening of the Missisippi, aie fiesh in ihe public mind. tJenerxl Grant is tc; resented .'aamiiiof plain appearance, about five feel nine inches iu bight, light hair, bli.e eves, rather taciturn, closely attending to bii-anes,' methodical and cautious, though lull of daring and dash if need be. lie is held in the highe.-t etueem by hiameu. ho wem to place the unttounded cunitfuce iy him not because of his political' preference or aspirations, but because he is a " fighting General.1" Another Victim. We neglected to not ice in one last week's issue that Hon. A J Douglas, Senator fmm Huntinutou an Wlii-lev aouiliea in this State, was ariesied atCiestliue, Ohio, on the 16 h, for dis IovhI words HjoUen in a speech made someaheie in Ohio. Mr D .wiitt two small children, was standing on the platiorta at the Depot, awaiting the arrival ot the Chicago train, lie was seized by some soldiers ami dracgd into the Ciucinnati tiVin, and bun ied off wiiliout time to speak to bis children or to make any arrjiigcmeuta for their conveyance home. . . We know not wbalcowaidly assassin procured hi arrest, or what is the specific character of ti e charge made against him, but we do know that uo more loyal man Heads Indiana's soil than Mr. Douglas. Col. L P. Milligan. of Huntington, and Hon. T.JJ Ban ley, of Ohio, are engaged for bis d fense.and are now in Ciuciunati for that purpose. We have heard nothing from him since bis arrest. Miami County Sentinel ,, "Several of the colored brethren of this city, actuated, no doubt, by the desire lo impress the Uayiien Minister with the idea that he was not to be rlighied by that jiersuasion, called upon him a lew days ago. On being admitted to the presence of the'mulatto, he wanted to know definitely what they wuiited of him. On replying that they bad merely Tal led to pay their respects, he poliiclv informed them tlut "lie hud come here to represent his Government, and not lo en tertain colored people." He tl ereup.ni dismissed ihem. directing the Fervaut, at the same time, to how l hem out the back way. Washington Cor. Cincinnati Gaxette. ; , Rebel prisoners in the West are to be rent immediately to City Point tor exchange. , Arraricement for the exchange of all our prisoners in tht bands of the Rebels are nearly completed'. The number held by botii parties ia about equal. OlGcer captured at Rome, Ga., under Colonel Streight, are retained at the south on the demand ol the Governor of Alabama, who talks of taking aud banging them, if Jeff Davis will give them up. If there is any violence of ilia eort a terrible retaliation 1 ertain. .

From tbe London Titnca. The North and tu South There is not au Englishman who does not long to 6nd iu each batib of American news some indication ot an end amicable, if possible, but, aiiihow, an end to this horrible war. How Hint end may come, feople imagine for themselves. It may be by a relenting of mutual aidmoMiies, or Ly mi exhaustion of tr.cu on either sit e, or by a bankruptcy of means and credit, or by tome tremendous blow a hich shall rlace one side at the mercy of tha other, or it may be by the appearance of new and unexpected perils, euch ns dangerous conspiracies, or a fresh secesbion ia another quarter; er by the apprehension of interference; or, in the -quietest, way of all, by the accession of a new Government, more bkelj to rain reputation by putting an rnd to the war than by carrying it on. As yet we cannot perceive the smallest sign of peace by any of there was; and even though some of these circumstances are mailers of act, they have no other effect than to increase the obstinacy of bftth antagonists. We have to day two letters, ou from New York, and the other from Itieh-

t mud, both faithfully represc: ting the feelings at the spot, and they both put off the conclusion to .n indefinite future. It is not that the writers tlo not realize what is passing, but that through ii confused and sanguinary foreground they show peace receding tili further and further in the dark horizon. But this war, which is without any example for cost of lire and treasure during the two years it has actually raged, is said to be only the prelude of the still more destructive contest now approaching. The grand armies must now advance to conquest or destruction; the forces on either aide mast be concentrated and m a ss-cd for efforts on the Napoleonic scale; nothing out victory will de'eat treason at home, retider conscription posfible and sustain the value of paper money; faith in the Government, and faith in the cause, must be revived at any price; two years experience and more than a hundred battles have produced soldiers who can make a charge, and Generals who can turn a position and follow up a victor ; in a word, the United Sute are now a warlike jeople. who can and will fight. . They are amiliar with carnage, and will not count tbe co;-t of victory. The motives or the war are now Ftronger than ever. The North fights not so much to recover the South as to retain the Northwest and the border States. It fights against that tremendous repudiation which i to throw all the costs thd a'l the future consequences of the war ou New crk and Ihe great cities. Il tights to rid itself ol tue enormous obligation it has conti acted en behalf of the Alricsn. It tights to sn-tain its credit with the emiginnta from ihe Old World, whom-it has invited to do the wmk and dividsihe spoil. Succeed it never can, but to con'css as much something impossible to Anietimii nature- Il lias jet to leant that lesson. But ihe lesson, mi ablionent to all iu feelings and habits, wi'.l be iu it self the hardest ever tlinist oh a repugnant pupil. The Northern State will one day have to sign a rf nuticiation which will he otdv the beginning of dismemberment and ruin. This is the horror they fly from, though the fun tier they fly the more suiely do they entail it. Like biro who will not lurti round to see. because, having once done so, his eye raught that ahich he wUhed not to see again, they refuse to face the calamity which they know to be approaclin; . Neither statesmen nor soldiers know how to de-d ith it not even statesmen of ti e Stanton class or soldiers like Hooker. Both sides in this extremity look to ns and nurse a quarrel wiih us. Thev do thi ah'de each draw from us ihe means of carrying on the war. The North 1ns drawn, and continues to draw, those supplies of men that cannot so eat-ilv be obtained from its oan exhausted cities. It draws from us all the materials of war. Yet it assures u that as soon three months of decided measure have put nn end to the rebellion it will immcdiataly hurl its aiinament agait st England, ncaiust our hold upon Ireland, ngninst our dominion in America, against our commerce all over the world. Whether we interfere or not, this is the fate in etore fur us, and meanmhüe we are expected to express the warmest hopes for the success of the Federal arm. From the South there comes, in somewhat milder accents, a siwrcely less unreasonable complaint. France and Eugland, ae are told, have only to recoguize the independence of the South, and the war will be over at once Would, indeed, that it were so, and that we could persuade ihe North to save the wreck of its fortunes! Bot no recogni tion or mediation would have the smallest weight unless it were backed up by the probability of more forcible argumenis, and thore arguments weare not inclined to apply. Dieadful aa this war is, we have no desire to substitute another for it. to take ourselve the place of one of the combatants, and, perhaps, engross the hatred of both We have nothing to do but to wait and hope that these two unhappy maniacs may fooa come to themselves, and see what they are about. It is not for our interest that either should conquer the other, or that both should be irreparably injured - This is a civil war, not, indeed, in our own borders, but within our own race that race which but the other day we were proud to reflect was fast peopling a continent and aurrounding the world. From the Kkbtnotid Vfbig, My MI'm rl tan ism nnd IIa Vrk.. - The late proceedings iu the United States m the cae of ValUiuliham. and the more recent decision of the Cabinet at Washington, annulling the provision of the conscription 'aw, which allows any cii'zen to purchase exemption by the payment of $300. tie4 lnw rapidly mid adilj the Government in that country is settl.ng down into ab-oluie despotism. Tbeotevtirally that Government is rnm'tosed of three co ordinate dopirtments Executive," LegisUiire und Judicial. The arrest, trial and conviction of 3Jr. Yallandijjham without civil process or legal tribunal, without sheriff, judge or jury, are the suppression of the Judicial government, nd its elimination from ihe vstem of Government, while the nullification of a law uf Congress ly Executive fiat is the annihilation of the Le-;nU'ive branch. No' hing then exists but what remains in sH au'ocraoes, an Administration in which are concentrated all the ftreroga lives and powers of Goverttinn',aud iht Aiitr.ii i-trxiiou roust necessarily be absolute, since it authority is undivided wild cannot be appealed from. Some tears ng it was predicted of the great republic by one of its oan orators, that the bia toriau would one day tecord as its epitaph, that it lost it own liberties in the insane and impoib1 attempt to secuie the liberty of the negro. The prophecy has had an unexpectedly early fulfillment. It is fiMtuuate for us that were able to escape before the crash came and to save from the wreck the ark of liberty. . But for them nothing is left of nil that they once most gloried ingloried iu without understanding or knowing bow to preserve. No people ever babbled mre about liberty nor set up so many altars for its worship, nor chanted so many anthems in its prie but few people have ever really known so little of what true civil litierty consisted iu, or bow it was to be guarded and maintained It defenses they mistook for restrictiu;isit muniments for limitations, and in hiesL-ug down ihey opened the flood gate to lief use. Inaugurated the sovereignty of the mob, and place themselves at the mercy of demagogues, wlio, vn in all past history, reixed the opportunity thus affoided to usurp and cod -soli-late in desotiin the power which had been originally distributed among many depositories, and exercised by separate and independent functionaries. . Thu it has come about that the central power at Washington now swavs supreme over the corporations, municipalities. State Government, and the Ju l'cial and Legislative Departments of the Federal Government It is monarch of all, and the bo-tile yawn for any one who dares question its right. Puritanism spawned the bi'ood of evil from which these disasters have come. It originated and kept up the slavery controversy; it invented the measures of unequal legislation by which the South was fleeced to enrich the North; it aet afloat every, specie of. misrepresentation and slaii J er concerning us, and engendered the sectional hatred that made us two people in feeling long before we became so iu fact. Il at last effected the divulsion of the country and forced the collision of arm that now almost literally shktl the henii.-plierc. A the result of all this, it has cost the people of the United States their liberty, bv (ubslitutiug a despotism for a constitutional republic; it has cost them the good opinion orthe wot Id by exposing the unsubstantial character of their borromed fientness mid the depravity and rottenness of their social eyttem; it has cost tbera the commerce aud intercourse of the South, ahich were the streams whose golden anda supplied them with riche and splendor; It bag cost them a Uuion which ".as to tlxni at least benfirent and glorious; aid. lastly, it baa exist them innumerable lives of kindred and friends lost ioglcriou.dy and in vain, in any thousand hornet made desolate, and an incalculable expenditure of treasure so dear to them. So much for Puritanism. 2r Strange stories are told iu Washington about a Brigadier General, wbo baa received a present of a white feather from the meu of a brigade in whose rifle pits he sought refuge during a recent engagement, until a cesaation in khelliug enabled bim to "kedaddle" to the rear.