Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 January 1864 — Page 2

WEEKLY SENTINEL.

MONDAY, - JAN. 11. Death of Judge Caleb Is. Smith. TitSe&mauoTtjT were jdUedr&JTThUrsdUT craning with tlie announcement of the the sudden ill nees anf decease ;'o( the Hon Caie Smith, Judge of tie D strict Court of the TJuited States for the District of Indiana. He liad been" indis posed for several months, but jestertj lyroorning be staiel to bis son, while he was driving from his residence to the Court room, to attend to his ofiicUl business, hid Court being in session, that he felt better thar he bad for a long while. He retired to his office and it is supposed th-tt he burst a blood vessel in fit of coughing, to' which he was subject, occasioning a hemorrhage of the t fich. : He ai found in this condition by porter who opened hin door to attend to his fire... The alarm was immediately given, and every effort-Iba his Jamiiy, hi friend and hi niedi'nl advisers . could render for. bis relief proved unavailing, lie lingered until '7 o'clock iu the eveuiu heu he expired, fully conscious of his approaching dissolution.- . . , Madge Swpti was fifty six year old. '- He' was born ia 'Massachusetis. When at au early ..... ... . . . . ag,hi parent remove! to-Cincinu-tti, where be resided until be was twenty-one jean old.. He th;n weut'tö Conoermlle, this Stater, and studied law with the late Hon. O. II. Smith. The Utter thus described the personal appearance and address of the former at the'time: ?' "One day 1 was sitting in my office at Connersville, when there entered a mall youth, about fire feet eight inches high, large bead, thin brown hair, light blue eyes, high, capacious fore' he-id. and Rood features, and introduced himself as CiTl-b B Smith, Irom Cincinnati. He stated his business in a li-pinj tone. He h id come to read I iw with me, if I would receive him. 1 assented to his wwhes, and he remained with me until he was admitted to practice, and commenced his professional, as well as his political career, at Conjersvi!le. "He rosa rapidly at the bar, wa remirk tbly fluent, rapid and eloquent before the jury, never at a loss for ideas, or words to express them; if he had a fault as an ad root te. it wis hat he suffered his nature to pre forward his Ideas for utterance, foster th.ni the minds of the' jurors were preptred to re -aire ' them; s-ill be was' very successful before the court arid jery." ,:. r . " Those who h ive seen Judge Smith and knew him will recognize the lYuhl'uIiiess of. the' fore going portrait. Forover thirty years Judge Smith was identified with the public history and public affairs of Indiana,. . He was one of the Fund Commissioners appointed in 1337 or '8 to settle the outst.mdiug indebtedness due the State arising from the sale of her bond. He was a Representative in the Legislature and was elected Speaker of the Houe; he represented his district in Congiess two terms and subsequently was on the commission with Mesrs. Cor wis and Parse, under the Mexican treaty. About lei J Judge Smith became interested in the Junction Rtilroad Company, was elected its Fresident, and he removed to Cincinuali to discharge the duties that position devolved upon hi in and to pursue his professiou. About a yeai previous to the last Presidential election J udge Smith removed to this city, made it his resilience and entered upon the practice of his profe-wion. Upon the accession of Mr. Liscolx to the Presidency, he selected Judge Smith as one of his otbVul advisers, appointing him Secretary of the Interior, and for nearly two years he dischargel the arduous and responsible duties of this position, during the most trying period in the history of the country, with the ability that ever hid distinguished him. Failing he! tii admonished the . deceased that be was physic-illy unequal to the tak imposed upon him. He retired from the Cabinet and the President appointed him, 'just about a year ago. Judge of the District Court t the diked States for the District of Inditna, as the successor of the lamented HcxTixoTox. and alas! how soon he follows him. Judge Smith discharged every public position to which he was called with dignity, ability and in accordance with his convictions of duty. As a public speaker he was graceful, forcible and eloquent and as a stump orator he had but few -uperiors In politics he was a Whig, decided and enthusiastic and upon the dis bandment of that noble party lie follow ed the radical portion into the -Republican ranks. The natural tendency of Judge Smith's mini was to conservatism, and he generally so expressed himself, especially the last year or two in his private conversations upon the difficulties of the country, but the surroundings of party in fljences guided his public action into the radical channels. While Judge Smith was not profound or learned, be posseted a comprehensive mind which reidily gr ipped the subject to which it was directed, wiih the rare faculty combine 1 of giving utterance to his i leas in language aopropriate, eloquent and exhtusting, Illustrating them with the chirms of oratory. In the private reIttions of life Judge Smith was mo.-t genial, gen erous an ! courteous. In his death his family lose a devoted husbind, a kind and indulgent father an! the community a good and valuable citizen. Rapidly are passing away the public men identified with the early hi.-ttory of Indiana. One after another falls by the way si Je. and in a abort time they will all be gathered to their fathers. But few die as did Jude Smith. Id apparent improving health while in the discharge of bis official duties, with the robes of office upon him, and almost within the Court room, be crossed the narrow line which divides time from eternity. Thomas Addis Em mitt dropped dead in the court room as he closed au able speech in an 'important case. Jon Q fixer Adam, fell in the Hall of the House and his spirit passed away in an adjoining room. In looking ( upon the inanimate form of one who thus dies we can say with the poet: The bot of heraldry, tti pomp of power. And all that beauty, all tbt wealth e'er gare, - Await aljka the inevitable hoar. Tie path of glory lead bat to the grave. The ItarlanCennlr Trick. Some days ago we published an article from the Terre U tute Expt eis charging that the Re publican Sute officials (including His Excellency) were attempting to have Marion county lurttisb her quota of troops by recruiting negroes from all pax's of the State and crediting them to this county. The Governor at'.einpu to pettifog himself clear of the charges of this Republican otgan, but instead of manfully replying to the Expreaa tlirei-Uy, he attribute to us. through the court organ here, the statements of tbatp.iper,, knowing thirt he was guilty of a gross misrepresentation In doing so. Cut what el-e cat. be ex peeled from a mall potato demagoxue? The Madison Cour'.er. another radical Republics beet copies the articles from the Express and makes thereupon the following comments: ' The Indianapolis pipers unite in denying that there U auy tru;u in the assertion of sharp practice contained iu the above. That the chirges of the Ex pre are in the main true, w bar noi a doubt. There ka$ bem tharp practice in th SUle Capitol ml the txpme of tin State. Where the reopooaibuity belong, we do not certainly know The matter demtuds investigation, and we are much mistaken if the citizens throughout the State will submit to a sharp practice which will perhtp- necestittle a draft in some locilitie which would otherwise stand duly credited with having afi:let their qufs. That negroes lure been mujiered in at Indiioapolis, and credited to thit city at tLe expense of other portions of the State, we hare no doubt. That Indianapolis offl cials are chuckling over this, w know. We ar$ informed that at least a doxen negroes who have been recruited here bare been credited to Indianapolis. This has been done by the negro re evuiunr; officers sent ber by Mr. Fi-hback. Ooe wonM think that the'Htite officers forget

that they ate elected to reprcent and watch over tbiuterests of the State, and not merely those ol ttie city of Indianapolis. J We can sav to the Courier that "there hits

been sh tfp prjutice at the Sute capital jt te expen-e of the State" in more was than one. wj? xHwtir- be--e x P"e?ir? h ene v ee-n Ly-U we 1 assembles honest and bold enough to exhume and lay bare the transactions of this Republican State administration since its advent into power. tton of Jurisdiction. T At the Ust term of the United States District Court held n this city a decree was entered confiscating oiid . hundred and nine one thousand dollar 5 per( cent. Indiana bonds, held by one Samuel Millek, who resides reitr Lynchburg, Virginia, upon the charge that he recogriizt d and aided the Confederate government.. The decree directed the sale of the bonds on the 4th Inst., at a Dot lcs. price thhn seventy-fire cents on the dollar, the object of which was to prevent collu sion and fraud; and likewise that the Auditor of Sute Should issue certificates of these bonds' for transfer on the books of the Agency, in iJew York and draw a warrant upon the Treasurer of State for the interest' due upon said bonds up to the 1st of January proximo." 'The bnndi were sold I-a -price averaging about 'eighty-three cents, the decree having been mod'fied so as ta allow the purchasers to deposit-the pnrchas money subject lo the conlinpeiicj of the transfer of, the bonds in due form, otherwise the sale' was to be considered Invalid Upon the demand being made for the warrant for the payment of the interest by the agent appointed by the Court. Hon. Josira Ristixx, the Auditor of State, declined to do 'so upon the ground that as an officer of the State or In diana he was forbidden "to draw any warrant upon the Treasurer of State, unless there be money in the treasury belonging to the" par ticular fund upon which the same drawn to pay the same, and in conformity to appropriations made by law " The Supreme Court of Indiana, the highest judicial tribunal known to an officer of the State in the discharge of his public trust as such, hare decided that the Auditor baa no right to draw a warrant to pay the interest upon the State debt, nor the Treasurer to pay such warrant without a ppe. cilia legislative appropriation directing them to mike such disposition of the public funds Jnder their control. This is the law in the case, so far as they are coucerned, and it is in ex-. act conformity with the intent, spirit and letter of the laws of and lb6l regulating the public treasury and defining the duties of the Auditor and Treasurer in their relations thereto. No uxes have been levied to pay the interest upou the public debt, hence there is no "particular fund" in the Treasury upon which a warrant earr be drawn to pay the same. And the laws provide most stringently that they shall not' disburse any money from the general fund nnles in "conformity to appropriations made by Jaw." And the Supreme Court decided that no such appropriations hire been made since those appro Driated bv the Legislature of 1861 and they have been exhausted. What righthas the District Court of the United States to approptiate mouey out of the public treasury of Indiana, lor such is the effect of its decree in the case upon which we je commenting, or what right to direct an officer of Indiana, who as such can know no law higher thanthat of his own State as to the manner he shall discharge bis official trust? The common sense of every man will promptly respoud none whatever. It bad no more right to do so than to direct any other citizeu to draw his warrant upon the treasury for that purpose The civil officers of Indiana, in carrying out the local laws of the State, are in no wise amenable to Federal authority or the Federal courts. Officially they are rot presumed to know the existence of either. If the District Court had entered a decree that the interest due upon the bonds held by Samixl Miller was the properly of the United States and that when paid it should be paid to the latter, a different issue would be. presented, quite another face put upon the case. The decree of Judge Smitu appeirs tons a presumption of power, which, if sustained, will make the State government, its laws and administration, a mere appendage to the Federal government and as much subject to iu direction in all purely domestic affairs as is the horse to the bit of the driver We think that Mr. Ristixe.ss a Taithful State j officer, could not do otherwise than to refuse to obey the decree of the United States Disaaiui Court in regard to the payment of the interest on the bonds confi-ated.- We have not heard whether there will be further procee lings in this case. altbouTi we lielieve he is subject to arrrigntneut for contempt in refusing to obey the decree of the Court. "Eligibility of Uorernor .TIortAn." The Journal, a day or two ago. after dicussins the question whether Governor Mortox, "if be should accept or should receive the Union nomination for Governor In February, can constitutionally hol 1 the office," in an article near a col ' until long in the affirmative, winds up by a polo gizing to its readers for saying to much about it, as the case is so very plain. But is It so? The Constitution says: "Art. V. Sec. 1 and 1 The executive power of the State shall be vested in a Governor. He shall hold his office during four years, aod shall not be eligible more than four years in any period of eight years. There shall be Lieutenant Governor who shall hold bis office during four years. Tbe Jourual, in commenting upon the fore going sections of the Constitution, says this pro vision was "intended to effect, and does effect,' but one thing, the eicluion of any one man from two successive elections to the office of Governor." This is not the language of the Constitution, and we can only judge of its in tcatiyn by the plain and obvious neai.iug of the words used. That instrument says the Governor "shall hold his office during four years, and shall not be eligible more than four years in any period of eight years." Hold and elect are certainly uot synonymous terms. To elect means "to select from among two or more, that which is!preferrer--"to elect a President or Governor," mWdeoid signifiet "'to have; as to hold a place, office or title " . In lb SO the Republicans of Indiana nominated HtxRT S Lake for Governor, and Olitir P. Motox for Lieutenant Oovcrnor, with this understanding, that in eise of success one was to bold the office of Governor and the other wis to be elected to the United States Senate, as the successsr of Dr. Fitch. The Republicans were successful in carrying the State ticket and a majority of tbe Legislature. On the second Monday In Ja t nary, lK6l,Htxn 3- Laxx was Inaugurated Governor, and Onvta P. Mortox Lieutenant Governor. Three days thereafter Urxrt S. Laxe was elected United Sutes eoat rr, and resigned the Governorship, and upon the sime diy Olitir P. Mortox was inaugurated Governor. He took the oath of office as such, aHl delivered an address, as Governor, to tbe General A-sernbly in person, in which occurs the following passage: "Called by the Constitution to perform the du ties of the office of Governor, it will uot be tx pected, Buder tbe circumstances, that I should deliver a formal inaugural address. I can only pledge myself to you, and through you to the people of Indiana, to the extent of my ability, for a faithful and economical administration; to take care tbit the laws be enforced, and to resist

extravagance and peculation, come in what form

they may.'V. ; Sioce the 17th. day of January, 1861, Oliviu P, Moetox has held the office of Governor;. ajl of ent, havJcen signedGaver nor, not Acting Governor, and if be lives until ihe-Jl tJdoaday vtrj xrruary : aextJiB will hays; held tfie office of Gorernor of Indiana for the constitutional tefaCI tlking IoiiIt three davs. While her: not klkcte to the office-bw hai Hi-t.n it four veara lackin? three davs. and the &,1TstriutTJriM eligible tno'e than four years." - - . . ; 1 TheJounral says that His Excellency 'became Governor by courtesy, but not by the Constitution." -Governor Mortox 'bought differently. In his inaugural he Said be vas called by tbe Constitution to perform the duties ot the office of Governor, ne was Governor then constitution-' ally and of course bis term of office and bis eligi . bility to hold another term is fixed by the Consti ; lution. That "instrument says "the executive power of tbe State shall be vested in a Governor. Since the resignawt; oJ Governor Laxk, the executive power of the Sute has been vested in Governor Mohtox and he Cannot be elected Governor at the. next election and , serve the full term without violating, that provision of the Constitufiotf which says theOorernof shtl hot be eligible more than" four )ear$ jn any period ot eight eur'.", vv" t r t j-. But what ewres Governor Morton Tor the Con--stUution and the laws? " They' are no retraint upon him whatever. Dtiljf be violates them with impunity, and knowingly. , His. ambition is bonndless, but office of some kind is a necessity to him. ' He has aspirations for the Presidency and he has hoped to be the successor of Mr. Lixcolm. But failing in this be is willing to take the next best thing within his grasp. The Journal's discussion, therefore, of the constitutional eligibility of Governor Mortox to serre another auo:Msie term as the Governor of the Slate, is mere moonshine. The editor virtually sajs so. The article has a significance, however. It is a notification to the Republicans of Indiana that His Excellency despairs of the nomination for the Presidency, as there are too many Richmond in the field, and that he will gratefully accept the nomination for Governor and h ld it, if elected, until something belter turns up That's just what the Journal me ins by the '"eligibility of Governor Mouto.x." He has constitutional hankering after office and he intends it shall be satisfied, if possible. The Vole Krquirrd. ! According to a statement in the Washington Chrouicle, Republican, the total number of voles required to be polled in the nine seceded States to bring them back Into' the Union under the President's plan for reconstruction, is 7.931 Virginia is not couoted, because she is said to be virtually reconstructed; nor South Carolina, because che has not hitherto cast a popular vote for President. "This is about one fourth the popular vote of Indiana, and upon that basis nine States are to l.e brought back into the Union. . One tenth of the population, and all of that portion may be negroes, are t'j govern nine-tenths. Under this arrangt meDt what becomes of the old fashioned Republic tit theory of government that the ma jority must govern? The moment thi Republi can Administration let go the Constitution the government became like a ship at sea without chart or rudder, driven hither and thither wher ever the changeable winds might direct, and as long as this state of affairs continues it will te folly to anticipate anything but trouble and dU aster. " ' Volunteering In Indiana. The returns thus far received by Col. Baker. the Assistant Provost Marshal General of this Sute.iudicate that the deficitof Indiana in filling the quota of troops under the. last call of tbe President, will not exceed one thousand and it is probable that, the official returns will decrease that number. If the time for volunteering and paying bounties is extended by Congress to the 1st of February, Indiana will raise her full quota of troops without the necessity ot resorting to k draft No S'ate in the Union has done as well iu raising the troops required of her as Indiana, unless it may be Illinois and prob, bly no other State, unless the one we have just excepted, will be able to s ty that the soldiers she furnished were raised without having resorted to a forced conscription. This result is due in a rtcat measure to the liberal liotinties offered bv he people of Indiaua to volunteers and to the generous provisions made for the families of sol diers who have needed nid. In every way, the soldier has been caied for both at home and upon the field of duty, and no case of destitution has been mide known without being promptly re lie-ed. This feeling has been g-nerally miniTested regardless of party affiliations, mid in the recent effort to raise the quota of Indiana by volunteering the Democratic counties have been the most liberal in offering bounties. In every way, the people of Indiana have demonstrated their friendship for the sold'er, regardles so far as he was concerned of the policy of the party iw power in the prosecution of the war. rur the State Sentinel. The Complaint a to Site Manner of Kecrultlng tlie Neffro Troop. Editor Skntixel: Complaints having oeeu made as to the manner of recruiting and mustering the batsllion of colored troops being raised in this State, I deem it a mitter of justice to the military authorities of the Sute to make public such facts concerning the alleged causes of complaiut as are within my knowledge. The authority to colist men for this batillion has been given to the various recruiting officers under my direction. I h ire invariably instructed them that the place of the recruit's residence should receive the credit for his enlistment, unless the couuty or township where he lived refused to pay him the usual bounty, in which case the recruit could select the place of his enlistment, and fcivc credit for the same to the loca'ity paying the bounty that Induced him to voluuleer. In this muter the Governor and the military authorities here hid no roice, and such instructions as I gave were based upon an opinion expressed by the mustering officer of the United States, that the recruit could enlist and be credited its a volunteer in any county of his selection. Aud this is just, so far as colored troops are concerned, for this reason. The Government does Dot pay them the tounty that white soldiers receive, and their monihly pay is considerably less than that ol other troops, so that'colored men liable to the draft were left to enlist without bounty or go where private or local subscriptions had pro viiled bounty for them. The grievances complained of have originated mainly iu secret bargains made by various township agents with recruiting officers, by which colored troops linve been tr tusferrel from one locality to the credit of another, ar.d recruiting officers for white regimenu have habitually done the same thing. Counties Interested in procuring the proper credits for their volunteers can accomplish their object by having someone present when the men are mustered to see that the muster In roll gives the true resiJence of each mm. Some counties have taken this precaution, and without it there is do possible meigod of obviating the difficulty, I will state in conclusion that when these com plaiuts were first made the Governor directed me to give private instructions to all recruiiing offi cers of the battalion requiting them to give the place of each recruit's residence the credit of his enlistment. ' William. P. Fisiiback. Command ant. January 6, 1S6I. Wendell Phillips is "not certain that sUrery is de id till he sees it buriel." The New Haven Register says if be will go to the Freed men's" camps along the Miaaissippi. he will see it buried nt the rate of several hundred per day. J T. D'Arcy McGee, in che course of a lecture at Peterborough, Canada West, "warned bis country men against the Fenian Brotherhood, as an organization recently tormed to excito re bellion iu Ireland. .

' : ForHhe Daily Sute Sentinel. The Inequality I 1'onacrJption. In a primitive state of socieT. where the mass

of the" people are oa nearly the same level as to property, the inequality ot requiring from each man the same amount of pcfsonsil servico or its equivalent, for the construction and repairing of roads or for-other similar public works, is scarcea w ,1 i a w ?P it noticed, in toe neignoornooa oi ciues, u the greater part of the real estate, near rto such public works-, u' in the sands of a few persons, this inequality is- more evident V and in cities it is so manifest t'.at the personal service system i not resorted Uw Thls system L$ not aa.equal one because useful public expenditures commonly benefit the wealth j more than the poor ; and if a nation was composed of poor men only, the exiienses of its government would necessarily be ught j and besides this, poor men liave. not tne same ability to bear burdens for the public benefit, (whether the tax u ono of time and labor or of money,,) that rich men have. To tax a poor man as many davs labor as a rich man is taxed is ax unequal as to tax both tlie same amount of . t L .1!. a money, ine principle upon wucn mis system is based, is J.aat ot placing onraens oi tne same weight, for the public benefit, upon every man, without any regard to the amount of Lis propertr. . The assumed obligation of erery able bodied man, nch or poor, cither to serve in the ranks of tue army for a certain time or. to fur nish a substitute, bears unequally mom on me. two classes than the burdens just referred tov The rich will nearly always procure substitutes for prices which poor men are unable to pay, but which are -often mere trifles to the wealthy; while the poor are forced into the ranks without any opportunity of escaping... The poorer classes may often feel that the system is an unequal one, without observing : wherein the inequality consists. It consists m requiring them to bear hardens as great as are imposed on rich men, and in offering as an alternative' an opportunity of escaping from personal servico which , only rich men can Avail themselves of. , . ; In order, that this inequality may lie more manifest, we may transpose the substitute law, without changing its provisions, so that it will read thus, (and this is in füct its correct readingsevery able-bodied man that is drafted, whether he is wealthy or poor, fchall be taxed an indefinite amount, equal to the market price of subiiitutes a; the time of the draft; but if any one is so poor that he cannot pay this tax, be shall be forced into tho ranks of the army for three years. In comparing the burdens placed on each class, the fairest method i3 to take that kind cf burden which is, commonly- choseo by those who have money enough to permit thetu to choose, the price of tho substitute. The-ame amoiutof tax, the price of the Substitute, Is impoea on the poor that is imposed on the rich ; and s tho poor man cannot par it, he is compelled to work it out. It is true" that this money is not paid directly into the treasury, but tlie law makes it the equivalent of the personal service tax, and therefore it is in effect & tax levied by the Government. To an intelligent freeman, bewever, scarcely anything can really !e the equivalent of involuntary servitude, , If the same principle was applied to the improvement of sti-eets and the construction of other public works in large cities, its inequality would be manifest to every one tit a glance. Suppose that event- able-bodied roan in such cities, whether owning a million dollars' worth cf. property, or living in a rented hovel, was compelled to work the same number of days or to hire ?omo one else to work that number of days fir him. It might be pretended that the law vas equal because the same burden was placed n every man ; but this is precisely what makes it unequal, for the poor man has not the fame Ability that the nch one has, to pay taxes, whether, in money or in labor. The proj-er method is to tax all in proportion to their wealth, and then with the proceeds to hire men to do the work for whatever their services are worth: and this is the . proper plan also for raiding cranes. r It may be objected that drafted men have already been offered the same pav as volunteers ; but the amount of wages for which one man Is willing to serve docs not determine the value of the services of another ; aud there can be no hiring where the -service is compulsory anl the bargain is all made. by one.partv. Men in a state of slavery receive a certain allowance at the pleasure of the master, bat they cannot be said to bo hired. It may. I pretended too that even in just Avars, troops cannot always lie raised without conscription. Whether they can or not, the principle of enslaving both the consciences and persons of men by attempting to compel them to take human lifo in wars which their consciences do not approve of, is wrong, and should never be adopted. But if in a ju.t war, iuch wages were- olfered as would be an inducement to men in moderate circumstances to euli-t ; is there any reason to believe that tho volunteer system would ever bo inadequate 1 Suppose however that after tho enlistment of those who were willing to accept lower wages, the pay offered in the military service was found to be less than those who remained at home could earn in other employments : this presupposes that men arc willing to servo the public for less than their services are worth : nor would it be strange if thev were then slow in volunteering. But if society is benefitted, those who procure the benefit should not be mado losers, above others, for the public good: its cost should be equitably distributes! among all the tax payers. What then is to be done ? say the wealthy and influential classes who are in power. We will not go into the ranks : we will not consent that these poorer men shall be paid as much as their services are worth at home; and if we permit nch an increase of wages, the same increase must 1h? made in the pay of the whole array. We will compel them to go by a draft, for they will hardly be able to pay the" market price of substitutes: but to present some apicarance of fairness, our names also shall be enrolled. Wc will first gamble to see upon whom the burden shall fall, instead of dividing it proportionately among all the tax payers ; and then after catching in the net large" numbers of men who cannot escape because they have not the mouey to hire substitutes ; " thosö among the. wealthy who are losers by the game, can avoid personal service in tlie ranks by employing substitutes. If any one Ehall attempt to influence public opinion.to have the conscription law repealed, by showing its inequality, we can have him nrrestcd, if necessary, for alleged disloyalty. These remarks are not intended to apply to all the wealthy, for all of them do, not approve of the destruction of liberty of tonciencc and of the independence of freemen by conscription acts such as that now in force. If it is said that patriotism should induce men to serve willingly in the ranks, for less than their services ' are worth at home, i may be asked, do the wealthier classes manLesf that patriotism themselves 1 If they did, in any just war drafting conld not he necessnrv. To the wealthy, the substitute law assumes the form of a pecuniary tax ; and to deal fairly, poor men should also lie allowed the option of "a peeuniarv equivalent for personal service so proportioned to tlie amount of their property that it will be possible for them to pay it. If they arc not, the Law punishes men for being )oor. ' " A fair and effectual plsa for raising volunteers in iTjnst war, (and only such should be waged,) would be this; that those who are well off, as to property, should consent that the wages offered to volunteers should be fixed at as high a rate as they can possibly afford to pay ; and if that fails, and the wealthy find it more economical, they can voluntarily" go into the ranks thcms.elv.es. But if they will make no such sacrifice of private interests for the public good, they should not seek to force others to do so. - The usual argumsnt for military conscriptions is, that a draft appears to be necessary. But the only reason noon which such a supposed neces sity could be based, generally escapes observation. Is it that the poorer classes fail to volunteer in proportion to their numbers ! No ; only that the classes who are better off haT8 thus failed. On account of this it will be said that a draft is necessary. Bnt will it usually be found that such a draft brings into the ranks men from the wealthier classes who have been slack in volunteering, unless as officers ! Br no means. A draft commonly results only in forcing an additional number of poor men into the ranks, who lacking money cannot avoid servico ; and in the hiring of otLer poor men: to take the phv.es of richer conscripts. The remissness of the wealthier classes in rendering personal service is gravely made the occasion of a plea that there is a necessity for additional forcible conscriptions from the poorer classes. . Although it cannot be denied that it is as unequal to tax a poor man the same number of days service that a rich one is taxed, as it would be to tax them both the same amount of money; it may ba objected that it would be inconvenient to draft men for terms of service of different length. But this distribution of burdens in proportion to property might be practically attained by providing tfutt if draßed ucn Jbiird to etiler the rauls thai) thoJd U riNEO, AS AS. EQUIVALENT, A CEKTAIS fROPOKTIOS OF THEIR PROPERTY. a Untk, a ßfih, a third or other rrox1ion. This would place tho rich and poor, with respect to the ccuniary equivalent of personal service, relatively on the same level. . If the failure was regarded also as a political offence, disfbascaiiKMSXT miffht.be fuLltd.v Such. provision

wonld prevent also the destruction of libertv of conscience ; for as r.o. g.jrernment is infallible, a nation may at any time engage In a war which many just men cannot consckntionslv approve of or assist in prosecuting. And it fcas never yet been found possible Jo bring .the opinions of all honest men to an agreement with reference to wars or political theories. "If Tcnscriprion is retained at all, it "should be: with this modification, fining delinquents in pro- ' portion to their, property ; for besides the inequality of plaining th same amount of personal service from the poor and the rich, and the destruction of liberty of conscience bv forcing t.n absolutely IntolhetnUitarf sefriceTlf no provision, whatever was. made in a conscription law, allowing any' equivalent for ersonal service, this would prove on? of the very strongest inducements to bribery on the part of many; wealthy persons accustomed to a life of ease or unfit to endure hardships, in-order to avoid1 being drafted or to purchase commissions. As ' to the proposed plan of repealing the tliree hundred dollar exemption clause in the present conscription law, this would render the provisions of the law much more aristocratic than they now" arc; for the wealthy would still employ substi-'

tutcs, while that class of poor men who might be able to pay three hundred dollars, but unable to pay a larger sum for substitutes, would then be forced into the ranks without any alternative. ' . Whatever may be their pretended object, the real design of conscriptions is nearly always either to force poor men into the ranks ; (for rich' men scarcely ever enter the ranks, conscription law or no conscription law,) or to persecute or destroy honest men whose consciences do not approve, of the war in which a nation may at the time he engaged.- ' . ' 'A Fei exp of Libxbtt. ;' ' The Slate ot reeling In the South . The IHaposi tion Merer to Surrender' the Tontest for fndependenc What a Southern Clergyman Writes ' From tbe Xashvllie Dispatch. . ' The followiug letter was recently received by a gentleman iu this State. It comes from a dis-' tiiiguished clergy mau of Virginia, , who was a strenous "Union man" up to Lincoln's Proclamation calling out 75,000 men to coerce the South. The writer is uo politician, but earnestly devoted to his profession, and tbe sentiments he expresses are important aud interesting as showinn the , present state o! public opiniou ia the South: ' . . . I nave just returned from a visit to our army in Northern Virginia, where 1 found a wonderful presence of religious interest, md, I am persuaded, of a genuine work of God's Spirit. In the 2d corps, once the lamented Jackson's the corps chaplain told nie there were fifty sermotis preached every evening the weather permitted, to immense congregations usually, aud amidst melting seriousness. This "tre.it work is done partly by ch ipliiis' and p.-irtly by mission. iries' from the churches at home, who nre u-uallr most distinguished pastors The reported conversions are counted by thousands, and I have it from the highest source that the discipline and steadiness of the army are vastly improved since last year. Tbe tyrant will find tht these penitent, believing, rejoicing soldiers, will be terrible ad versaiies to meet in b title, fighting, as they are, in the holy cause of their country, their homes and tticir altars. , Ith tik the state of feeling among all of our respect ible people is this: In June, the repulse before Charleston, the elite of LeeV army, the hope that he would be able to do something ef feclivc in Pennsylvania or Maryland, had encouraged tite more sanguine of us to lielieve, and all of us to hope, tiiat the radical party of the United St.fes would speedily become hopeless and tired of the war; and that the day'of peace was therefore beginning to dawn. The capture of Vicksburg, the repulse at Gettysburg, the persevering resumption of the siege of Charleston, have convinced us ill it this hope 49 dahed; that is, th.it an e.irlv e ire cannot now bees peeled; and that we must return to those erpec tations which we h id etitert;ti. eJ previously, dur ing all of Thoe expectations were, that the jKjpulation and resources of the United Sutes being so much gi e iter, e should have to win our way to independence by 11 long and suffering defensive warfare, patient endurance, and hard fighting under disadvantage. The events of the early Mimmer of 18U3 had encouraged us to fl Itter ourselves with a more happy und speedy sue' cess. It was piinful and bitter to give up the flattering hope and return to emburce the old prospect of the long continuance of our trials, and that prospect darkened still more. The feelings of all of us were dashed by this, and of some, dis couraged for a time. Hut the people are nerving themselves again to their tick They leel that after the fall of New Oile.iiis, they h id all made tip tbc-:.r minds to the necessi v t a stubborn, pttient, detei mined, defensive wnr, with all its sufferings; thtt this spirit bretl.em through 1H62, and laid the foundation lor splendid piriisl triumphs; that they mu-l recur to it anin. relinquishing this more ple.ising hope of .1 speedy peace through -happy oflensive operation-; and that th'S spirit will hear them tiirou,;! the rein linder of lbG.'i add 1664 as it nid throuuh 1662, and win the prize iu the end. All sensible men feel that submission is impossible: 1 h it the intensely wicked and malignant spirit Ii iro-ire I hy the Ulack Republican party, and more and more manifested, leaves them 110 alternative whatever but to tight it out to the bitter end. Lincoln effectually cures all weak-kneed "RecoiiMru Zionists and Submissioniste" of their temporary fits of despondei.cy, by bis senseless and devilish barbarities. The Confederate Government would have a good deil to tear Irom a United Sintes Administration tint would adopt a uuiy in inriuiiiioiis policy; waive the insul:it:g noii.-ense about our being 'rebels" and "traitor:" ic ognize tho Net that we were freemen under a Constitution, fighting lor rights really endangered; offer some sensible guarantee ot those rights fur the I u tu re, relinauish the monstrous proposal for confiscation and offer a general umnes y. " 13(11 the Btfi'uutt cf our leaders s in the mad uess and wickedness ot the Washington Govern meut. They are too much possessed of the devil to tempt any of nur f tint-hearted ones -with such hopes; they shut them up to the alternative of figuring to he end. or else accepting a loss of rights, ropr l aud liouur. that eve.i doi would spuru the latter. We th ink them lor it; they recruit our armies erpetullv from the oppressed districts. .The in--re they iuvade. persecute atnj ravage, the more imMii!e do our eoldiers ferl submission to be If the United Stiles choose to continue this war, t!i-y may crowd us down, pus si bly, a g'Mid deal by supiiir numbers; but the issue will be precisely like the war f 1776. Our people,! think, hive nex er doubted the justice of majority of the 'Democratic party of the North.' We have given t eni credit for a willingness to accord us our rights Cut we regard the course or the bulk of that party as suicidal, and, in one point of view, more inconsistent and wicked ihm that of the Federalist and Black Republicans. Had the Nonh ern Democracy said at the beginning, These Southern States may be misguided as to the extent their rights are threatened, but our Constitution makes them tho judges (not u) of that, aud of their dernier remedy; and if they ciioose to go, we cauuot righteously keep them by farce;" had ihey only risen in their strength, and while condemning, perhaps the South, still said: "there shall be no coersion." Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas w ould never have gone out There would have been no war The Cotton States would have come back in five .tears; all would have been well far better than it has ever been Mnee the disastrous strife of lb29. But no; these Northern Democrats, misled by sectional pride, folly and ambition, deserted their own principles the very first moment they were ever truly tested, joined the mad cry for coeicion. and threw themselves, like lunatics, into the arms of their enemies, the Republicans. What has been the result? In the wicked effort to join their enemies in robbing their brethren of their liberties, they have promply lost their own. Ti e Confederate States are not subjugated; the Northern Democracy is. Our Conlederacy has before it iu the good providence of O.xi, two alternatives either of which is possible. One alternative is a long harrassing war, at the sufferings of which the reflecting mind sickens, and ending jn an und) Ing hatred of the people of the Utdted Stales and ati utter separation after the useless spilling oi oceans ot blood and the wasting of our public and private wealth, but leaving a people decimated and impoverished yet still free, proud and nerved with the terrible energie evoked by nch a struggle The other prospect is that diplomatic connection which our Govern menthas such powerful means of alluring, may secure for Him ei'ei lor aid which will enable us more speedily to take the aggressive and hurl back on the Uied States all the military and financial ruin of this gigantic war and thus end it. But the fjiiited Sutes. ss we view it, has no alternative: her destiny is already settled, and that a government akin to that of Rome under the Cajsars, or France under the Directory nominally a radical Democracy, a:tu Py a ruthless and bloody military despotism. No one here talks about the United Stales as being in danger of having their constitutional rights thrrstcnel that despotism is already established those rights are gone. There will never be another real Presidential election, but only a glum like the State election of Connecticut if even the tyrants stoop to put on that trr.psptreut vail. .

THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.

V-, 1 1 .' f -'SENATE.-- ; t ' Washiso-o." January 5.' A commuaica-tiorN-iiom. thr Secretary of the Navy in repir to a resolution of the Senate giv'mg the names of officers who. have left ..the naval terrice since December I," 1K60, and entered the Confederate service, was aferred and ordered to be printed. Mr. Grimes presented a petition of citizens ot Iowa asking for such modification of the enroll meut law as will include all loreizu residents. AlsOjjimemorial from the True iDspiration So ciety or JNou resistanls praying lor exemption from the. $300 clause in tbe conscription law. Also, a petition from the Lake Superior and Mississippi Company for grants for public lands to aid in constructing a new railroad ' from St. Paul to Lake Superior. . All which petitions were refeired. ..... ,! . . , . Mr. Powell offered a bill to prevent armv and navy officers, and others in the military service, from interfering in State elections, and moved its reference to Committee oa the Judiciarv. . Mr. Urimes opposed the reference and moved to send it to the Military Committee. ' Mr.' kelson moved to lay the bill On the table, but withdrew his motion. The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee by a vote of 20 to 14. - , ... . Mr. Wilson introduce! a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for information in regard to appointment or army officers 'Adopted.' " ' - Also a bill restoring tbe $40(1 bounty to veterans and $31)0 10 voluuteers until the 15th day of February; and tisJouniy not exceeding $100 to person? ol African v descent, resident in States now in rebellion, during such time as the President may oVeiermiue. Mr. Ten Kvrk moved Ihe reference of the portion of the President's message rererring to reconstruction, in the acceded States to the Judiciary Co him' tfee', "aud spoke against the President's policy.. ? .'1 - 1 - . . Adjourned. 7 m . ; ' . ' ; ' ' HOUSE ' ' ' : Mr. Fenton.'of New York, gave notice of the introduction of a bill retating to claims for losses and destruction ol property belonging to loyal citizens, and for damages done thereto by tbe troops of the United States during the present rebellion. - ' Mr. Harrington, of Indiana, gave notice of the introduction of n bill providing for the payment of bounties to soldiers muiered into the Uuiied States service and who have been honorably discharged and have served for a period les than three years. . . , ' 1 . On ni 'tion of Mr. Coffroth.of I'euusylvania, the foit'iwing resolution whs adopted: Resolved, Thit the Secretary f the Treury be requested to report to this Uonse what have been the services of Jay Cooke $l Co. to the Uoverumeut in ihe sale of United States securities, mid what has been the rate and whole amount fcoiLpetisation therefor. Also whether said service might mit have beeu as successfully performed by the Treasury Department itself. Also what bums of money., if any, have been paid out -of thg treasury tor advertisements ordered by Jay Cooke fc Co, On motion of Mr. Chandler, the following resolution ws adopted:' - Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the eipedieu cy of reporting a bill amending an act entitled an act to provide interna) revenue to support tbe government ami pay. the interest on the public debt, so as to 'reduce the -duty 011 mineral coal from 3,LX cents to 1 cents per ton.Mr. Nelson of New York; introduced a bill to repeal the duties now ini nosed by law on tbe import ion of c al and paper and paper envelopes. The bill was referred to the Commiiiee 011 Ways and Means. ' Adjourned. SENATE. . . Wasuingtjs, January 6,. " Mr. Johnson presented a petition from the Friends ot Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania asking exemption from military duty. - Also a petition from Susan W. Üatch, of Ma ryland, praying for a compensation lor the slaves ow ned by her and which bad been taken by the military and for which pay was disallowed on ac count of ber husband. Referred to the Committee on Claims.-" s " ' On motion of Mr. Anthony the Senate proceeded to tbe electian of the Select Com mitte on the Pacific Railroad. ' ' ' He nomiuated Mr. Howard as Chairman and as members ot the committee Messrs. Collamer, Johnson, H irlan, Trumbull, Sherman, Morgan, Conness and Brown, who were elected. Mr. Howard submitted the following resolution which was objected to and laid over: Resolved, That the Committee on Judiciary be insiructet to consider the propriety of repealing the joint resolution of July 1st, 1863, in relation to the construction of the confiscation act aud pnrticulaily so much of said joint resolution as purports to protiit.it the forteitore of real es täte bevoiid the natural lite of the offender. Mr. Wilson teported from the Military Committee the act to amend the enrolling act. Also the bill to extcud the time for paying bounties to vo'.uuteers. ' The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the bill of Mr. Powell to prevent officers of the army and navy or other persons engaged in the military service from iuterlereiug with the elections in the Slates. " i . - Mr. Grimes opposed the reference of the bill to the Judiciary Committee on the ground that it related to o Iii cers in the military capacity. Mr. Powell contended for the reference ol the bill to the Judiciary Committee as it protected the freedom ot the elective frauchise. In States where the evil is sought to be remedied it was of startling import to every freeman. Elections have been carried against the will of the minority of people at the point of the bayonet. Mr. Da is la vored the reference of the bill to the Judiciary Committee as it introduced the question whether certain acts performed by mili lary men shall be a civil offense. The Senate refused to refer the bill by a vole of2l to 16. Mr. Powell moved Tor a reconsideration of tho. vote. A lengthy debate then ensued, iu which Messrs. Lane of Indiana. P.. well and Davis of Kentucky and Wilson of Massachusetts participated. Mr." Powell's bill was then referreJ to the Committee on Military Affair. Aiijourned. ' HOUSE. The Postoffice Appropriation Bill was considered. . Mr, Washburne, of Illinois, denounced tbe railroad companies as swindling the government', and advocated a new line betwetn. Washington and New York. Mr. Stevens said he was not prepired to de nounce the railroad companies, because he knew nothing about them . Mr. Pruvn. of New York, reulied to Mr Wash burne, protesting anainst the denunciation of the railroad companies because a lew of them, in Mr. Washburue's opinion, had attempted to swindle the govern meut. Mr. Brooks offered a few remarks to show that he had just as much riht to ak for an iuventisa tion of the railroad stoppigtf receutly in Illinois, on account of the weal her, as the gentleman had to demand an investigation of similar stoppages between Washington and New York. The bill was pissed. Mr Arnold made an anti-slavery speech, v Mr. DivU, of Massachusetts, from the Comrhittee on Elections, reported a bill fixing the uniform timo for holding elections for Representatives in Congress, and enabling soldiers to vote for said meers, which was ordered to be printed and recommitted - Mr. Dawes, on behilf of the Committee on Elections, nnd Mr Siearns. on behalf of the Commiiiee on Ways and Means, obtained per. missiou from the Comnii'tee to set daring the session of the House. Ainsworth's joint resolution passed unanimously to a third reading, that bounties heretofore paid under the regulations of the War Department to men who etili-t lor three years or during the war, shall continue to he paid from the 5th of January till the 1st of March next, the resolution to be in force from and after its pissage. Tbe Committee on Military Aft'drs was instructed to inquire Into the expedienc of Including in the draft now ordered by the President those who volunteered for the nine months' service, and report by biil r otherwise. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union! ' " ' Tbe President's message being under consideration, Mr. Arnold spoke of the destruction of slavery as nece-sary to the restoration of national unity and the salvation of the country. -'-'. i ' . SENATE. " - . , . - - - WAstnsaros, January 7. Mr. Dixon presented a memorial from ministers of the Gospel, asking, when drafted, that they be employed as Chaplains, or in hospitals. " Mr. Wilson presented the petition of Col. T. W. Higginson. praying for Information as to the pay of colored troops compared with that of pri

vates In theregular army and asking for tbe asm pay as volunteers. ". - Mr. Orirae offered a resolution requesting tbe Secretary of war to furnish tbe names and grades of oEcer in the United Sutes military sei vice.

now stat onea in ana around Washington, who draw 'commutations for their quarters or fuel. Agreed to. Od motion of Mr. Davis, the Secratary of War was requested to furnish the papers relating to tbe exchange of. prisoners., r r T . , VMrv Carb'sle offered a lengthy resolution slat "in as a result of a compact of States, ech Sute for itself, adopted the Constitution of the United State it adopted iu. ow - Sute- Constitution. Laid over. . MrIHowardrresortion' that the Committee on the Judxiary consider the proprii ty of repealing the Joint resolution of July 17, 1I62, which pro'tibit a-forfeiture f rest estate beyond tbnaturat lite or the ViTer.derr was adopted.' " The bill for continuing the botnities to volunteers was taken up, and on motion of Mr. Fee senden referred to the Committee' tin Finance,; with ihe understanding that it should b reporied' at an earls dj ., Tbe message of the President and tbe documents accompanying it were referred to the same committee. : Mr. Wilson moved to Ute tap the bill enrolling 1 tbe national forces. .... - - The Senate proceeded to act on the amendments of the Militarv Committee, which were all " adopted save section 20, repealiug ihe $300 com-" mutation clause, which will be consioered bereMr. Davis opposed the fourth section of tbe enrollment bill, providing (or the fornishinr of substitutes. He denied that the Secretary of War bad any power to remit anv portion of tbe time of the veteran soldiers, and he (Davis) called it an act of injustice to the country. The vetertni had stipulated to serve tliree years. . " . .' Mr. Wilson replied that the'vtterana were mus-s tered into the erice for three years uulea sooner discharged. The Senate agreed to take up tbe $300 clause to-morrow. v- . , Mr. Sumner submitted a stbstitute for the clause. ' " 1 ' The 8enate went into executive session, after' which it adjourned. ; - . : HOUSE. ' ' - ' The bill for consolidating the sUtueaoftbe United Sutes was re I erred to the Judiciary Committee. .... Mr. Spaulding introduced a bill to exempt from payment pwatal communication from aol üiers. Referred to the Postoffice Committee. Mr. Blaine of, Missouri offered a resolution, which lie over, directing the Secretary of tbe Treasury to oscertain and r(rt the amount of debt'iucnrred by the- several States to suppress insurrection, aud declaring, as the judgment of. the House, all such debts should ultimately be legislated bv the general e overrun en l. - - ,. Mr. Baldwin of Mi-aehu?t-tts offered a Dream ble" selling fortn 'teaT'irea iiiretP treason! ha vwtg" its headquarters' tat Rk hinond. exists in defiant violation of the Constitution and has 110 claims to be treated otherwise than as an outlaw, therefore. Resolved," Tint any proposition or negotiation wite rebels ought to be rejected without hesita ' tion or delay. . -. -. The resolution was adopted by 88 yeas, to. 24 nays. - Mr. Rogers offered a resolutian declaring for a vigorous prosecution of the w ar, but at the same time a&king lor pe ice, conciliation and compro-. mise so far as consistent with honor, and niot eirneslly recommend the cooperation of the President and Senate in i-ending Commissioners to Richmond in order that the war may be brought to nn honorable lo-e. On oiotiou of Mr. Stevens the bill was laid on the table by a v..te of 77 to 42. Mr. Sco field offered a resolution, which lies over, requesting the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the House whether under existing legislation the 7 30 United States Treasury notes due August I9ih and October 1st,' lfc64," will be repaid in coin of the United States; also, whether any additional legislation is necessary to make the interest and principal of the 20 year bonds, into which the 7 3 notes are convertible, payable in coin. ... The House then went into committee of the whole on the consular and diplomatic appropria , tion bill The consular and diplomatic appropriation bill was passed - Adjourned till Monday. SENATE. - - W ash 1x0 to .v, January 8. Mr Wilson reported back the joint resolution of thanks to Geu. Hooker aud his officers and men. Mr. Sprague objected to the resolution of thanks to Gen. Burnside and bis officers and men. Mr. Smith introduced a resolution of thanks to Gen. Thomas and his officers and men. Mr. Wilson of M-iscliuelU introduced a resolution providing for the expulsion of Senator Davis of Kentucky, owing to the sentiments put forth ft! a recent resolution of the latter, which, in the opinion of Mr. W ilson, incites the people to treasonable insurrection and rebellion. Stripped of iu vetbiase, Mr Wilson said, this was the purport of the resolution. Mr. Davis explained to the Senate that tbe language quoted iu Mr. Wilson's resolution was a garbled version of his (Davis) resolution. What he proposed was. that tbe people should rise at the polls and tk? tlie power of this government into their own htndg. He said the terms of Mr. Wilsou's resolution were false in Tact The subject was then passed over, and the Senate resumed the consideration of the bill and amendments to the conscription act A deba'e follow ed on the $300 clause. Mr. Line of Indi ma adrocated its repeal. Mr Wilson opposed ptriking it out, and believed the country would sustain Anm. He believed the term of service ought to be reduced from three years to eij.-hTOn months Without reaching .1 vote on the question, the Senate went into executive session after which it adjourned. .. .- House mt in session. Charleston net ! Taken. The siete of Charleston has ) far proved a failure Neither General Gilmore uor Admiral Dahlgreu bas succeeded iu capturing the city, nor is there any present likelihood, with the means at their disposal, that they ever will cap tare it. Only the first step has beer taken the occupation of Moir.s Island; but the second the reduction of Sumter jet remains to be accomplished. Nor do we see any hope for success in the present line of approach to Charleston. If it was possible to run parallels from Morris Island over the harbor to Castle Pinckney there might be a chance that some time or other Geuera! Gilmore would dig bis way into ihe birthplace of the rebellion; but unfortunately it is not feasible to make military approaches over a . body of water. If Genet 1 (i. I more was located 00 Jamesinstead of Morris Idand the case would be bravely altered. It might be a year or two,' but Charleston would be reached in time, . The shelling of the city under the present circumstances is a useless waste of guns, powder, shot, and property. It would not cause the surrender of that stronghold, if twice at efficient, though it were conducted for a century. The country will be amazed when it learns how many costly 200 pounder guns have been disabled in this useless shelling and bombarding. Nor is there any hope that ihe iron clads now off Morris Island cm er er enter the inner barboi. Their only use is protecting tbe water flank of General Gilmore's army and making the blockade perfect. It would be madnesa to risk these insufficient vessels against the terrible batteries which line the shore of Sullivan's Island; and we do not believe thit Admiral Dablgrea dreams of doing it. The capture of Charleston, if it ever is captured, must be accomplished by a much larger army than that which General Gilmore commands, and from a very different direction I ha a Morris Island, or else a new fleet of ron 'clads iiiu-i mac me um 111 imuu in tue meantime. . ...I.- 1. . - 1. : 1 t .1 the people of the North must poee their souls an fi.iimiiv biiu B-r-ma.mrMV i n.i inn.. wn UWkUlU ! IIUQ v w vbiruvi ' . , .4 , TV villi 2?" Tbe famous trotting mare, California Damsel, recently purchased by Senator Sprague or Rhode Island, for $11.000, as a present for hie bride, has died from the bursting of a blood vea sei. , She was let out of the table in the moming, u apparent good health, and commenced frisking about, when the blood suddenly flowed from ber mouth, and she soon died.- . CSTThey bve a "Cripples' Union" in Brooklyn. The Society wa organized last November, and consists only of persons who have lost a limb, or its permanent -use, in the service of tbe United States. The objecu of the Society are beneroltut. . There are already about twenty members. ... ' ' f t$f" Tbe Cayuga marahee of New York eover 30.000 acres, and are to be drained at a cost of $200,000. . . -. - '