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r hw tboniu.'hly and ei.nNentfv. and he ov r lld in tlie Township, er-IIcd for the i loj-rocure an arniistiee of at least fix would perform a Miblime thonch l. 'uc act. ' purpo,-f.r r-jooMn- f.vir tin recent election i mnnxh Jn tTie'l-wJeral and Confelerwhiolt the o:l woiht, as wf'l as the new ' r , tj .. . , ,r' r annt, f.r the purpose uf te-tini: the rnwcould ,u,der.ta,d if not nM.nire! "fiV "Mr w"rt ' 4,1 d " j Ability of a permanent peace on thea,3 of

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Hhieh vrasin the following w..,-d-'1 do f)'(inii!v woar tVt f will faitWir ' rTti!f t!ie oIT.ce of tfie frvi JcM f the t.,: .. a 1 . .t . , . .. i -' ' ' ' ' ' '.. . ' ' . I J '. I I l l i I 1.1 ftf ilitr. prrpive. prott-et. nnd defend the Cori.etitntionof the United Stp.b.' " rIt-. lJ. .".l . a a - i ne Knaves o;ei lananrR wno surre.'in.l lr. I Lincoln liave ) rsuadrd th.Mr un toil tin at-1 liotim that be tills a douUo otUce. each distinvt fr..m tlie'. thor the; on-; that of Tresi

dent, the oilier that f Couunander-iu Chief, i.lo?e.h D. Lacfcy moved tho chair to appoint ftnd the latf r is the hiphest. .wallows up : n 0,,nilll;ttee t.f five to draft and report reothe other at pKtxure, as it it w.-re a nnllitv. . . . ,-. , f L , .Hnee. in his pro, Inmatiun. hc ; bti ns to expre-s the pol.t.cal sentiments ol distinction tb-it he Unies the proclamation, i1'10 '"ftiug. which motion was ado: ted. and r.t Tresi K'nt. but as Comiuander-in-Chief. I the followin persona were appointed : Joseph

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.f 1- ranee, what would bi-conif of him !;. ..n m under in Chief ? Mr, I. moo n. Vas not fleeted t'ouiruand. r-in-f'huT. but lVer.iil.-iit, and he is Commander in l.'hief only in viitue f.fhiabein President The rreater ireln les the la.s. and the Military fiwer issuhonlinate i to the i cm., lie tli. I not take an oath toexe-enb-i faithfully the office of Commander inChief, but of President of the United State. He did not take an oath to ex cruise a" bitrary pMwc r, but to stand by the Cont;tuti.?.. W ejtum Virtinia, aeeonlihv: to In own proclamation, was not iii reU'liion ofi the rt tf January. There h no hadaw oftxcusiy. therefore, for tl.t exerci.se of a. 'war power' iii that t ae. He can only ut. Ju hi civil capacity, and a? chief mvj;istr:ite, .-wlieiv he Mrss. a bill. Yet he iIrued th biH .f raratin j "Wtern from Ka stern Vir ginia, an 1 on utiuuins it a State. He ru-ht as lawfully nifn a bill eonsti utiiie Staten Nhnd, Loiur loland, .r Manhattan Island a nfr S;at. jitliout thi consent of the State of .New-York There is no pretence that tht-S'at ii,! Virginia ecr consented to such a division, , -and tho Coostitution is clear and e'ii hatie on this ikinr. It declares that 'no new.-, State sii'il! be formed or erected within t!i" jurisdltioTi of aay other State: mr any Stata be formed by tho junction oftwo Or MorcfSratps without the tvnsent of thi Letjislaturai'.of the- Stairs coRcmcd. Kven lr. lirownsoii. i who has become so Midden and . zealous a converi to l!opul!icanim, denounces the President" ; net in signing tins oui as mc revolutionary and dangerous It in stated, tro, hut at least a majority of the Cabinet pronounced it unconstitutional. 'Congress.'-uays ' Dr. PrownK.n. in the lust number of his Qu tt lcrbi "iVi

rieir, hould never have recognized: even for destruction of our admirable foixi. of free :n instant tlie revoiutionarv- government at government; and Wheeling as tho State of Virginia. It is n Wuri:;A, The people oflndiana are defu iously not Virginia.' He goes on to say : j (droits that no eflTort, whicli inspires a reason'The violation of the Constitution we cm- ( able hope of snoops in restoring the Union plain ol is in the manner the President i i a it was under the Constitution, ".hall be

reorganizing State authority in the" receded States, This he is 'doing by mean-, of a few f.i.mds of the Government, principled .or tin principled, got together in a seceded State oij.ler a military tiovernor appointed -by the Executive." ' " . ' Already the President has rre rf-i two Senators for Yivziniai' and we Lear it rumored that Texas is to be divided into four States, and that will be a creation of ten additional Senators. The pame process nay be carried on in all the. peedrd Mates, and the President create for himself, or en-. !ov creatures of his own, with uear'v one balfol tho electoral nod representative p.ovie United States Airuin-t this rr of tl we protect in tho nama of the t onstttuit n. legal covermnent, of social onier, CoiuiU honestv, and common sense. Put our pro test will avail nothing.' No military necessity can justify this: and iudted. the plea of mi itary .necessity in the case of the slavo-cmaneiputionrdict is .equally absurd. Kv "Military necessity,' a general, while on his march, mav. if essential to hi meeesj. take private property to be accounted and paid for bv his- Goverhmet Put after he ba gueeee1ed. no such necessity j exists. A general, for example. -"might seize!

.Save within his linos and compels them to; else yield up the blessings of the Union. Alfork on his lortitications, but their labor oiitioiiism and the Union are incompatible;

man aUcrvvarJs be pai 1 lr, ana they cannot the on.- or the otlicr must triumph. A war! 1 e emancipated unless their, freedom is pur-j for Abolitionism is a war airainst tho Union: i chased by the Government." A proelama- .a war for the Union is a war against Abolition, emancipating slaves within the lines ofjtionism. Abolitionism is moral treason, and the enemy, and not in the power of the Pre- J but for the form in which it is clothed by th : ident or bis general, can, in no sense, aid in j Administration, is actual, legal treason." No conquering the enemy ; for, till he is con-1 patriot can be an Abolitionist quered, it is a brutum fulmen, and amount Jt-solced, TUnt the interest of th white to nothing. As a mifitarv-.measure, itt is ; race-, as well as the black, demands that the therefore sheer nonsense Bet it is worse than 'condition an! locality of the latter should this. It is a threat which is .calculated to ; not be interfere I with; and a war, or legisthoroughly unite the foe, and nerve bm .to Ration, or Presidential proclamations to aenneonquerable and desperate resolve. If itfeomplish the purpo.se a? the negroes' freedom f hould have the effect of leading to servile.! and consequent migration trithe North, are insurrection and a war of races, as Mr. Lin- ja-cts of flagrant violation of the Constitution, coin seoras to expect in his proclamation, the laud in wicked disregard of the people's voice black-, upon whom o much philanthropy is land the best interest of the country, and all expended, would be speedily exterminated such acts ought to bo constitutionally resisted after scenes of horror, which would give the j by nh outraged people. eivlliiei world A rinht to interfere in our Rejoice i. That President Lincoln's scheme

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The Confederates are either Uult-I State- tux-ridden and over-bunk ned people wil not oiuien. or thev are foreign enml,. Jf submit to. The freemen of Indiana will uot they are the former, they nmst.be deatt witU!nt impnverish themselves and their accenboa: to tbe provisions of .the Constiin-1 Valines to carry ont t.iat insane and wicked nf" j i. , . ' nnll.ir riiit TiIl resist it hv errv iinrifiilirtr.

non. irtir property in slaves is ecuretl - ... tbem JTjhat instrument If thev- axe foreign enemies, tbevraast bo treated , r.ccordui to the law of nation and the naes of nio-fem warfare, which prohibits the rapture of the enemy. So pays Vatt. and- to it wa ad-

nutted In ls. y one or mr iMinisters jn a 1WjtVof tyranny and usurpation iustly alarmdiplomatic correspondence . between the nz io a frce pdtple, acainst which the State United States ann England, in .which it -ra , of "Indiana protests with indignation ; and in proposed to abolish the capture of private , tho name of constitutional libertv fho dei property at sea, and make the ruin of eivi-! mapds that the accursed svstem shall ce-e time warfare correspondent with tho rule at j within her borders; and to'declare the nnalready etablihed on the land. . In any view, ; terab?e determination of the people to raaintherdfore, tho proelnmation of Mr. Lincoln ;.tnin tto libertv of speech, tbe libertv of tbe is an anomaly and a blunder, and hereafter" it ;rw. the right to the writ of habeat" ecrpua. will be declared null and toil by the judicial ; an,j .pecdv trial by jury, , at every haiard of authorities of the country. - U r . and" triiurV.. - . With gr.wl reason does Drownson call 6n Resetted, That the State of Indiana, on acourfodiah PreiJcutto 'reein and return t.nUnt of hr devotion to tbe Union and he? iu'w f rii ate i;fe,' 'his barda b-:vg tL 4rw4 gmihira1 octto and -naawnal t5r.

an I lo ability mortal t tbe demand upon '

i he j.r.'"j'-tol ih restoration ot oi;r jrln..n iiiffl .rnr.v frrr d iv more ' "bile wr bm;:uihes an 1 fails xr rxr tbrvafeno 1 w'di foreign intervention. nati'M,nl ,,:M,,;ri,Ct',.v'' nn I il ma.v 1)e,)''l.v '"by at tbe North. W are net without h.ipe u the Movuo ,-vf Coventor Seymour. Stat, wilt inaugurate a movement - I. , . . i i " ,u:v r ,,n arniiMico anu a vn- , ,,t,,,l of the States. lv which final po Hn 1 lJ' dinietuhered Cnlun tiki be re.t 'c. . r- ... - 1 eacei toref I

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Brnndyvrine Township. j At a mtUtrz .f i!.e Ieinoeraev of Urnn-1 r i- l t' i i " v . I 1 ftir, on the - v "l Jar,,,ai7 tlia largest mcctin . Hn liana L-i?lature to the United State- ! 4 .,t ' i ' I 111' . . . . f I'lV.n mot :,t. l,v .Tosoi.Ti I I.n.vr Tlr i j Stephen J. Lewis was elected I'resident. who !.,. k the chair, and stated the object of the i . ,u,.(jn.r ' V. . , - n ,uotu n h' Isa:VC 0JclI V ,lham 11 '"'l As;i elected SeereUrv. Wheroni aron organ Watts, Ityrom llarrell, nd James R llulms, who made report, which was unaniuiousdv Uiiopii-ii: Wiikkeas, The present ' civil war, into which the people have been forced by the wiied, and fanatical faction, North and i i i South, i detrimental to the best interest of the country and of mankind, and a reproach upon the civilization of the age ii!hn the land with widows and orphans and mourning households; bankrupting the Uovernment and oppressing the people with taxa tion beyond their ability to bear; destroying the productive industry of the laboring man and tilling the eoflfers of the wealthy ; filling rhe Northern poetion of the Union with a vagabond and servile race to :nipcte with or prey uMn the industry oF the white man: innmsing unequal burdens and commercial restriction, upon the difFrrent portions of the North, thereby ' increasing the danger and the evil of further disintegration ; sapping th foundation of religion, morality and public virtue; corrupting our rulers by an inereaso of political patronage; destroying personal liberty under the tyrant's plea o! necessity, and obliterating from the hearts of the people tho spirit of nationality and hroti.evhuod, which is the only sure bond of Union ; and Whekkv, Experience has taught the costly nn l bloody lesson, that war alone i no remedy for the evil of disunion, but when wagwl in the spirit of sectional hatred, lor 'an unconstitutional purpose, or in a manner not sanctioned by the laws of civilized warfare, it is the strongest ally of disunion, and if persisted in, will result, not only in the bankruptcy of the nation and the impover ishment ot the people, but also in a hnat sep aration ot the ditlerent feetions and the omitted; and being solemnly impressed with the conviction that arms alone, under the re ernt and present poiiey of the Cabinet at ashington, will never accomplish the dej si:-ahle object; and invoking the prayers of jail good men and the smiles of a God of Peace ; in the' furtherance of our patriotic purpose ; tiierelore. Bt it AVo7rf'7. 1, Thnt while we will continue to obey every constitutional requisition hich true patriotism shall demand, for th; purpose of restoring the Lnien and proerv iiog our constitutional liberty, vet we are op-1 I po-e 1 1-. a war for the bberativ.n of tho slaves; i an 1 while that policy is maintained bv the

........ n.iiii v ) i- ni.i.iiiiuinu nn : of Administration, the highest dictates of .alrion etistn impel us to withold from it our support; I

bwliev n? that a war for that r.urnose i.s tin- . - --- - - i i constitutional, and a wicked usurpation, and it persisted in, will leid to the inevitable anu last"n ; destruction of the Union Jit'.sr.Jre l, That no Union can bo maintained in this country until fanaticism on the negro question. North and South, is eradicated, and the doctrine of Popular State Sovereignty is acknowledged as a fundamental axiom of the Government. The people of the North must vield up the heresv of Abolitionism or of "Compensated Einnncipation.' which prox to liherto x the people of Indiana to I at u;e eUlve9 01 the souIh: l unconatitn . I 'a.ma., ana a monstrous iniquity, winch a to;; . . . .......... i 1 .-.. an tlirvta r" a 1 al iceafts in their power. 'Retote'l Tbat the a a a, 1 . an the warton disregard of the Great J Vrft of Liberty, commonly called the labias .jornsV. brthe tabiuRt at Washington, are ftl.t are

est, never will cononl'tjr any settlement I

pn a basti rf .lisunion or a policy which ' ihail o partite Iicr from the irt:ites bordermi upon the Miiti;ppi UUtt. littrh'vht in-t.rf-t deiiiafi Is the perpetuation of the Union. nil peculjy that the nreaE Vuliey of tbe ' Mississippi, from its source to its " mouth, ; shall remain unJer tne crnientiiud one fflair. '' -. 'I'I , . I . nvvtcra, mat ine war,- in wiu we are entailed rii-rht to eV.T. a fMti a it can lo brought N n hnnoni!e and satisfactory1" I terininutirtn ; andujon thatjsubject the p4peaic. . here. ore, our Senator in Cnaru tructiNl na. unrKeproi'cntativc r(4,l,?'tei, t e-all pivver an-1 in'Juen c f t portion., by bill, nJntionfl Or otherwisc - , t. ace.nr,lih th Wlowin objects : ! tV' . lA a.U - thc '"tat0s, 1 of deioiite fn.clv 'l'('s n "J" l-plo. t take uitu coiitilera-, ihjij Mine iii me riuinrrv. aim tit iii-vip . I" I 1. ! - - - - - - ,-.i-.m i.t.,,. . C t .,' . ... I... ...K...U.-.1 ... . vot: rote of the people of the North and the Suuth. I y which the Union shall be preserved and j ov wtneii the l r.ioii siiail lc r the eountrv rtored to a lasting p-:ice. i.VWr, That the election of Hon. Tho. A. Hk.npkk-ks to the -United States Senate, by the Legislature of Indiana, meets our hearty and umjualilicl approbation, knowing bun, as we lo, to be a reliable and U-ad fast friend and cluunpion of thf Union and the Constitution, of free speech and freedom ior white men. Thereupon, it was moved by Iaac Odcll, that the chairman appoint a committer of seven to draft and report to tho ' meeting a Constitution and by laws for the 'ptirpme of porman..'Titlv organizing a 'fMn.M;rrrtie tlirb" in Prandywine Township. The iimtLnftuas adopted and the ehairman appointed - rsnue Odell, Franklin Smelser,. (leoego tWxiii,; Josepli Prim, Kobcrt Alexander, Philip (iephart and Pobort Rains, whu made tho following Heport: ' - - - fVe are compelled, for want ot room, to omit the publication of the Report and Constitution until next week. Eu. Vol J Th- meeting was addressed bj Dr. Ja aes V. Smelser, Pr. Stephen J. Lewis, P rum Herrail, Kiehard Norris, utid others, in an eliMjuent and patriotic manner. . . The meeting then adjourned to meet again at the. School Il.iuoeiu Fairland, on Tuesdav evening, the lOth day of February, lS(i, at OJ o'clock, P. M., and a general invitation iven to all Pemoerat to lurii out and meet with us. STEPHEN J. LEWIS, Treident. . William IIakkki.I, See'rv. - Important Resolutions. The following important Joint Resolutions were offered in the lower House of the Indiana Legislature last weed." and after debate referred to the Committco on Federal relations. It is quite evident that these or siml bar resolutions will be adopted before the adjournment of the Legislature : . Mr. Ilrovvn, of Wells No. 0: . joint resolution proposing a general convention of all the States in the Federal Unbui, including the so-called Confederate S ates, with a view to the restoration of the Union, with all the dignity, .equality and lights uf the several States unimpaired ;., . , ;.. V::kke y3 We believe that the Folio-wing language: ' Suppose you. go to war, you eaii not fight always, and when," alter much loss on both sides and no-gain' on either, vou cease fighting, the tJd. uleuiiijal questions ;u to terms of intere-owrHO- r agairruptm you." embodies great truths and vviidoiu ; therefore, - , , j llexohed ly the General Aseml?j of the Stale of Indiana. That it is the imperative duty of the chief Executive of the nation to proclaim, and we. therefore, for and in the na.-.io of the people of. the State' of Indiana, demand the establishment, as oon as practicable, of an armistice, to the end that a convention of all the States may be held for the c : I .? :m ... i.: . iioi.itiiueiii i out iiuiioiiui.t;iiieiiiiic9. i , ' nerer.y instruct our r ...... i 'ei. . l. t . l . w request o.ir iveprcsentatives in V,H,rej8? l" labor trtP''vide, and for and in . ' .i i f .1 ... . ' the name of the people of the State or ludi A demand that the present Congress l "V " 'u,r 11 eu,,Hn l,m,,l,ni ie stares to bo bolden at some suitable point, at the earliest practicable perid, with a view to. the restoration of the Union with all tho dicuitv, equality and rights of the several States un I impaired. . 'JiMOiccI; 1 hat in the event of the present j Congress failing to provide fr such contention, we hereby, in the name of the people ofj the State of Indiana, invite each and ererv State in the Federal Union, including the ... .... .... .i so called Confederate States, to meet delegates from the State of Indiana, in twnven tion at Nashville, Tennessee, on the first Monday, it being the first day of June, 1SG3, each of said States to' send as many delegates to, said Convention as shall equal the number of Senators and' Kepresentatve to which such State is entitled in tbe Congress of the United States, according to the census of 1S60. . . - . liesofved, That for the purpose of carrying out on the part of tho State of Indiana, the object set forth in " tho two last foregoing resolutions, there shall be elected, on the first Monday in April, 1863, in the usual manner and at the usual places of bidding elections, thirteen delegates from the State at large, to represent Indiana in, said Convention, at Nashville, Tennessee; unlcs the present Congress shall provide for a Conven tion as iu the second of these resolutions de signed, in which case said delegates phalli represent Indiana in such C t'i0 election of said delegat onvention. ' And ares shall be certi fied to tho. Governor of tho State, and commissions sha'l issue to them in the manner, as near as the same may be practicable, provided by 'sections 41 aud 45 . of the act regulating general elections. And further, in the event of the present Copgfee failing .to provide for a Convention as designed in the second of these resolutions, said delegates shall be entitled . to a per diem of $5 during their attendance upon , said Convention t Nashville, and mileage at the rate of five cents per. mile for every mile necessarily traveled iu going to and returning from said Convention, which ner diem and mileage shall be drawn fromtlie State Treasury upon the warrant of the Auditor of State, issued to the Treasurer of State, upon a certificate of service from the presiding o5oer of said Convention. . , - llcsohed, That the Governor of this State transmit, or cause to be transmitted, a copy

of these resolutions to the President of the 1 Gov. Morton for eomnuttiont as ColITnitcd States, the Congress the United ls? . Aie theyafraid tu march into the

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' v -- SHELBY VILLE, THURSDAY. FEBRUAKY5, 1803 fi.sriCXK EDITOR. Army of the Potomac. "On e; cr dtag. walds the fact may be, it is gradual y foremr Hseli into the Til I ll . 1 u f"t VI... .......1.. . . A . i , . . . ; i niliccnt art.iv of the Potomac thronirh ! '' vt uu iwini: uv viivc ma:; tho eiiiuiual inteifercnoo of politicians, 1

ha. become hopolessly demorali.ed and lhe TluT "t'mte that it was the inefficient for any active Service against work of the KrilisI man-ol-war Spitfire, the rebels. The pain and chagrin that ' as tl0 tfai,tain hvl prvioiljr intimated this state of affaira must rotIucc in thejnis inte,1,i" resisting the blockade of

bieasts of truly patriotic men is however in a measure mitigated by tlj quito patent fact the rebel army facing them on tlw o.po?ke hido- of tlo river is in but a little if any better condition. AH these fact, for facts they are, tend to point most uneringly to the great fact that the hour for a cessation of hostilities and an attempt to stop I bo now worse than uc Icsk, nay, criminal effusion of blood, and rcBtore the old Union by sensible compromise is rapidly approaching, and those who put themselves in the way of this advancing peace chariot may be crushed beneath its rapidly revolving wheels. We annex the followitix extract from the Boston Courier of the 2Sth of Janua ry, which vouches for the correctness ol the information, and indeed nnmerou letters from tho army daily appearing in tho newspapei s throughout the counti v breathe the sane spirit v Last evening wj had the opportunity of conversing with an intelligent officer who ieft the Army before. Fredericksburg. ho Ia'cly as Tuesday morning. Hcstatc that the orders were to be ready to march at a ' moment's warning; out certainly the march vvas not to be across tho river. He declares that the aruiy conbl not be induced to go over, that it is thoroughly dissatisfied with' its treatment, with it commanding general, with tbe policy of the Administration, with the ilea ol "lighting for the nigger," which it will not do, whatever comes of it. He informed r.s that nil thee 'matters were fully and frotdy discussed by the m-n, and that the officcis did not pretend to check the discussion, ' being of the same mind ; and that the universal wish of the soldiers was, to quit and go home, whicb they were constantly doing in large numbers, with out asking leave. He declared that the feeling was just the same on the other si.lc the pickets frequently holding conversation across the river, and often exchanging civilities ;.and that the general sentiment of both armies was, that they had better fling theifguninto the river and go home. The njlicer himself obtain ed bis discharge on account of mcUi-.css In fact, be pronotiliced the once splendid Army of the Potomac a littlo better than a inob ;' and thought that it was too lat? even for McClellan 'himself to get it into order. We believe this is the latest information hero from the Rappahannock, and we cann. t doubt that it is to be relied iipon. . . Conway, oL Kansas, inn recen . , . - - - , . SH ' congress, lias pni ins abolition followers on a new sccut. He charged ,i ' 4b rv . i ' - r . iiiai .111; i rr-1 1 1 1 ii I :i i v . nv 1 1-1 1 1 s 1 11 1 1 1 1 inthat the Democracy, by refusing to in corporate 'tho slavo , code, plank in the platform at Charleston, .divided the party and thus permitted Mr. Lincoln to be elected. Tho position is both false ami pueribj. The Democracy could not have carried one Northern State with this plank in the platform, aud they also believed that Its requirements exceeded the authority granted by the Constitution, nor did they choose to yield to the dictation of the Southern .secessionists none bnt Yancy, Rett, Keitt, Davis and their crew,' the disnnion allies of the Northern abolitionists, made this demand, and we regret to say they found a few miscreants in tho North base enough to join them, among whom was Ben. Butler, just now an idle of tbe abolitionists. If Conway's charge proves anything, it is that Mr. Lincolu's election has plnngctl the country into civil war, and that that was the declared object of his supporters that the principle of his partjr were antagonistic to thexitcneo of the Uuioo. Wht Dox't -They ? We have ten thousand "American citizens of African descent" in Indiana, from whom might be lifted two thousand men capable of bearing arms. We have.alao in this city AtaTMAiliiiirlr nil rinl tr fnltmrf who think the negroes should be armed U ficht the rebels. Why don't some of our enteemed fellow-citizens of tbe Abo lition persuasion enlist a couple of regi ments of the thunder cloml pattern, . and 1 throat-of Mara ; or do they fear that tho darkies would not respond, but leave the f ghriitg torth 'p cr whit! triib

NEWS ITEMS. , It i reported that the rebel General, Van Dorn, has cantored Holly SprinM,

j lenn., with (00 prisoners and a Urge quantity of army rations. JetT Davi Vn l GorTVanee, of X. ! C. have h:iJ a conference to settle a thieatentl collision between that State and the rebel Government. Gov. Vane inita that tho North Carolina troop Rhall 1 retained for the protection of th State. She has 80.000 in tho service. Th Richmond dupatche ban informtion that there are itron in lioatioiu 'of another attack on Yickuburgh Ly the Fed erals, with a force of lUi gun boats and jam! S0.000 men. .... .,. , , " . i ne nicnmon i papers ueny tint it was the rebel privateer FloriJa that sunk i .1... IT O 1. If . . ...1 j ui; j. o. guuutrti iiamciai, m me r ion,U JKl not lcavc Mbilc until the night of the 1 Sth and the llattcran was sunk on 10 1Mh U ll British port of Nassau It is reported that Col. Connor hail a desperate engagement with the Indians en Barltiver, Washington Territory, on the 14th, in which hc sustained a loss of 15 killed and 33 wounded. Tho Indians were totally routed with a loss of '2'2i killed. Their lodg-s, provisions, Ac, wore destroyed. Senator Co! lamer has introduced anew Postal Bill to Congress. Postmasters are to be allowed salaries iustead of fees, as now. Thcro are to 1. six classes -tbe first class between 6 1, 000 and 83,000; the second batweeu 83,000 and 2.000 ; the third between 82.000 and $1,000 ; the fourth between 81.000 and 8100, and the fifth all tin lor 81.00. Tbe Postmaster General to appoint all Postmasters whose annual salaries arc under 81,000. Tbe rates of letter post age thj same as present, three cents under a half-ounce, but registered letters twenty tents. -A fellow named Usher, from this State, has boon confirmed as Socretary of the Intel ior, an 1 V. T. Otto, as Assistant Secretary. A genctral order from the War Department authorizes Gov. Andicwcs ol Massachusetts to raise. . unch number of volunteers as ho may be able, the whole or part to inclule "persons of Aflrican d s:ent." There was a falc, of Old American coins in Now Yo.k last week. A dime of thj c imge of 1794 brought 854,00, and a half-dime of the same date 817,50. Silver dollars of 1838 brought 828,00. of 1339 830,00, and halt dollars of the sumo dates 827,50, and a Washington half-dollar, in . poor condition, brought 875. Many of these pieces were what is termed "mint proofs, or experimental pieces, and were never adopted as a currency. Provisional Governor Stanley of North Carolina baa sent in his resigna. tion to i resident Lincoln, lln resigna tion is based upon tho Negro Kinancipation Proclamation, which he strongly op poses, as does every honorable man. Gen. Foster, commander of the department ol North Carolina, is accepting and pressing i nto the servicoaiegroes to act as soldiers The Illinois Legislature has passed a bill erecting a military Board to advise and act with the Governor in all military matters. The Legislature of Indiana must do the nmo thing. Missouri is to bj bribs l into immediate emancipation. During the discussion on the bill appropriating 820,000.000 for tho compensation of Slaves in that State, Mr. Henderson moved that if immediate emancipation be adopted tbe 20.000,000 he appropriated, but if gradual, only 810.000,000. After discussion the bill went over in order to arrange things in secret caucus. The Legislature of the State hai adopted a resolution asking for 825.000.000. On tho 29th, Congress adjourned at 2 o'clock p. m. for the day, whereupon Mr. Potter, a Kepublican, arose and taid that in view of the condition of the conntry ho deemed it his duty to characterise the dilatory proceedings of tho House as disgraceful. Mr. Potter was honest but mistaken the less this Congress docs the better for the country. It is rnmoredthat Butler, the robber of New Orleans, is to resume command of that department, and Banks is to go t j Texas. . .lodge Rcahor, the oldest District Judge in California, has decided that "green backs" are not a legal tender. Mrs. M'Clellan has been presented with a beautiful residence.' elegantly furnished and well stored with provisions. in New York, by the admirers of her husand. tbe gallant little Mac. U is stated that Gen. Be Barnside ha tendered his resignation as a General in the army, but the President refuted to accept it. It is aUo rumored that he hat been offered the command of the depart cieot Ol ortn varoua emureewg . i; 1 : Stares of North and Socth Carolina, and has ten given thirty dayt todedia wbttli.

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