The New York Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1862, Page 2

Presitont, and to inform thom@f their eleotion to the two highest executive positions under the permanent con- stitution, reported thet they Bag per.ermed the duty, ‘and that the President had accepted the oitice, and re- plied that he would join with Congress in ». omoting mea. sures for the good of the confederacy. Aigo, that the ‘Vice President signified bis accuptance, with sentiments Of gratifioation for the high houor conferred upon him, ‘Mr. Jounso, of Arkansas, oifered the following resolu- igh was adopted:— See eet by the pooaip and Hause of tatives of the Confederats Siales in Congress assembled: That the Attorney al bo requested to return to the Clerk of the House of presentatives the papers that were on Bio iv the oligo of theCierk of the Provisional Congress, ‘andall the dovumenis and other papers that were under the cleri’s cnutvol in tho hands of the pabiic printer 1 pot otherwise disposed of by order of the Provisional Congress; aiid Uhat all papers reverring to executive ses- sions and executive business be returned to the Secretary Of the Senate, Ar. Brown, of Mississippi, presentod a memorial from the Legisiature of Mississippi ailing attention to the disparity im the poy of officers and privaves in the Con- federate army. Laid on the table. A bill to legalize the organization of certain companies of Tenuessee volunteers since December 1, 1861, was Toad » sceond time, ° ‘A message was recoived from the House of Represen- tatives aunocncing ‘he appointment of several special commitiées, among them a committee of one member from each Siate to co-operate with @ committee oa the part of the Senate to arrango the ceremonies for the coming inaoguration. Mr. Huns. of Georgia, remarked that the arrangements foc the inauguration were in the hands of a committee appointed by the Provisional Congress. ‘On motion of Mr. Oi, the communication was laid on Mr. Cras, of Missouri, from the committee appointed to wait on tle Presiveut aud inform him that Congress was now organized and ready to receive communica’ ions from him, reported that the committee had discharged that dity, and that the Presidenteongratulated Congress upon the salis‘actory organization of the several branches Of the perimancut government, and that he would com- mupicave with Congress a’ter the inauguration. On motion of Mr. Oar, the Senate then adjourned till tomorrow, at twelve o'clock. HOUSE OF KRU RESENTATIVES, ‘The House was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Duscan. Mossrs. A. H. Arrington, of North Carolina, and J. P. Holcombe appeared, and, after being duly qualified, took their seats. dir. Boyer, of South Carolina, offered @ resolution pro- Posing the appointment of a special committee on the public defence, to whom shall bu referred the procuring of arms, ammiiuicion and munitions of war, the increase os sy acmy and the conduct of the war. Referred. That whatever propriety there may have been in the original adoption of what is known as the do- fensive policy ti connection with the prosecution of the pending war for Southern independence, recent events have aiready demonstrated the expedieney of abandon- ing that policy henceforth and forever, and that i will eS Ore Oe pment of Se Confederate Staies to vmpart ali possitle actirtly to our military forces every- where, and (c assail the forces of the onemy wherever they are (0 be found, whether upm the land or water, wih a view to oblaining the most ample iniennity for the past and t he most complete security for the future Mr. Jmwxus, of Va., hoped that the House would not eoucur iu the resolution without discussion, impeaching as it did the adtinistration.. Geutiemon may argre as if the policy of the government could be changed by tho Mere substitution of one word for another, but the ehange of policy proposed would necessitate the increase of onr army to double its present size. ‘Mr, Foors carnestly advocited the resolution, which expreesed, he was sure, the universal couviction of the country ,and which he hoped would meet a favorable re- from this House. He regretted the opposition of gentieman from Virginia, likely as it was to provoke au unfortunate and an unnecessary discussion, and con- tended, with warmth, that the gent!eman’s voluntecre! vindication of the President was calculated of itself to place the distinguished head of the Confederacy in ‘® position of antagonism to his real views. continued his discursive and eloqueat remarks in umciation of th» defeusive policy which all bis- » Would show was act the policy which revolution should adopt. Presideut Davis did by mb peyote of the gentleman from Virginia, had high authority for saying bere that the Presi- ‘was opposed to the defensive poiicy see il ‘Body”—he could not say who—had imposed upon t! . Judge Harris, of Mississippi, xn intimate frie jidemt, had authorized him (the speiker deciaro that the jatter had no haad and no participati however remote, in stopping the onward movement our armies; on the contrary, the President had allow to the generis ia the fie! the most liboral digoretion. ‘they alone are responsible for the depivrab'o non-action of our The spoaker then pointed out the advantages which, tobis mind, might have occurred to us, had a vigorouson; ‘ward movement been adopted immediately after the bat- Me of Manassas. And of such a movement he was yet in il favor; he desired that the Yankees shall be made to pay of thid war, that the commercial mag- Philadelphia be made to and to indemnify the South for rr F i : ; i Boston and boxes, i f i rs it, with Rone of those sources of woalth to Suppat ® wLich comment, manuh and trade supp, Suc’ « condition call it by wat game we may, wo. bo casoutsaliy subjugation ‘and if the North had taken counsel of wisdom instead of pride, malignity, and rev it would im the first insance never have per- mitted the war to be waged, or, when it had bayun, have Drought it to @ termination as speedily as pore idie. ‘When we say that the sub) ‘of the South is now more remote than it would Deen, afer anearly Peace, we have uo refereuce tw that smatt migority Which, in the South, as well a8 Avery Geomtaiy, is willing to purchase peace at any price. There are tories inthe Sen oe there were tonics in the Rewinition, whoce only sympathies are with the enzmies of their country, who lament its vielories and rejoice over its defeats. ' The subjugation of these is not the question, for of all the tyrants who threaten to oppress us, opportunity, wor! and = inexorable. the 1a bs The the event of an the most revengeful tories in the Revolution committed atrocities which far surpassed the most cruel oppressors of the British in- vade ‘and we are prepared to expect from Southern pily not so any in nomber nor sq capable of mischief as their tlustrious predecessorg—the exhibition of a simtiar spirit. There is anothet and more nume- rous class who may be subjugated, because thoy are already subjugated by their apprehensions of the evils and calamities which are incident to a state of war, Whilst geverally honest and patriotic, they lok upon na- tional honor as an abstraction, not to he weighed against personal comfort and security and materia! getn. © Dying for one’s country’? they consider a very pretty poetical sentient, much to be admired in novels and bat, like many other poetical seutime:ts, Quixotic when reduced to practice. Self induigeace is, the rule of life with many men who aro petriotic, honest Virtuous and moral as long as the exerciso of thse qua. lities Gost them no sacrifice, But of any higher ify than the life of the tlegh they have not the fuiute ception, nor can they tmagine any groater ovil than the loss of money, tho deprivation of physical comforts, and, above all, the loss of life, No one will deny that the subjuga- tion of this class is practicable, even with a moicty of the immense forees whic Lineolm has brought into the eld. But such is not the spirit of the great majority of the Southorn people. They are devotodiy attaciied to their country, to its institutions, to its habits and modes of lise, aud’ they nave an innate and incradicable antago- nisia to the political and social system of the invading race, to their character aud habits, and their very modes of speech, which the present ertel war has intensitled into such passionate and profound detestation that sooner than ackaowle:ge the Yankors as masters they would rather sce tho whole Southern country sink to the bottom of the ocvun, Asa whol-, (he South is proud, sensi- tivetothe last depreeta astrin upon her honor, and holiing death an inferior evil to degradation. Such’ men may be ‘overrun, nay be exterminated, but they cannot be sub- ted.” Zhey will restst as long as resistance 13 possible, conquere:!, they will not siiry conquered. When the spirits of a peopls are indomitable they can never be eus aved: and §9 long as the South is true to herself, sho will intain frcedom aud independence. What can the onemy-do with such a people? Ifdriven from the citics they will retire to the country, and their cities ail together could not mob a townhall the size of New York. To follow them to the country, in the vast territory of the South, would requiro an’army more numerous tiitn that of Xerxes. They will retire to the country and take their arms with them. trusty rifle—and be pri to seize the first pportnnity to reassert their rights. ‘They will at onco alestroy the cott 2 and othor s:aples which the North is endeavoring to force from them by the sword, and will never cultt vate them again (1)! thoy ean do so for their own benefit. Every bale of cotton in the Southern States will be burned, acd the proprictors will raise wheat and corn and other articles which th-y have hitherto purchased of the Norty. They will returm to the simple and frugal ways of their forefathors, in dress, furmiture, and all the comforts of life, manufacturing’ for themselves such pisia and useful afficies a8, their simple pate afl ptine, lute necessitivg#oqiire. If the Yankees choose to hold the r cities, aud be masters of the only spors where their armies are quartored; these will bo but islsn’s in the midst of a vast ocean, and will not affect the freedom and independence of.the le so long as they are con- Atant Jo thelr cause and true Peshomse In the yery worst aspect of thé Southern cause, this is the extreme limit which Yabkee subjugation can reach, even if owrarmies could be riven from every battle e ery Southorn city and fort fall into the ene- my the accomplishment even of that re- sult, with ali thélr saperiority of numbers, is an achieve- ment beyond their power. They have taught usiby the perseverance with whieh they contrived to fight ts after their signal reverseg.at Bethel, Bull Rui assem, Springfield, Belmont, CarnifaxRorry, Leesburg, Green: brior river, Alechany and gthefs not to bo dian and disheartened by Zeversesybut to make them incén- tives to new enorgy a@d fresh determination. We shall rise, like Antacus, refreshed by every fall. ‘Tho farther the enemy penetrates: into the interior, and extends his line of march, tho mare costly an! perilous will be his means of aggression, and the more economical and prac- ticable our means of defence. Everywhere h: —— by fe resistance, until the foreign ‘world, GY tis UPR” Southern commerce, would spatient of and itself interpose to put an end tothe mad dreams of Southern fiend ‘with doep attention. Mr. Jewzivs said, while listen eloquent illvstration of the across his bal the error of his sysiem of warfare. No doubt he did it quite a8 cloquentiy , and as plausibly as tho philosepher from Tennessee has discoursed here today. When the Philosopher had departed from the presence of Hannabal of iand asked Bim what he thought of his instruetor. reply. 81 , whom quotation nicely a that wedding garment to which he bas . (Laughter.} Mr. Foorm said be romembered well the quotation al- {nded to, aud in reply to the gentleman from Virginia, ‘would demand to kuow whether he intended to apply it persouaily to him. If 89 he should make a special issue ‘with the gentleman upon it. Mr. Jewiixs said be did not remember ihe entire quota tion, but if it contained anght which could be deemed disrespectful, he here disclaimed any intention of apply- tog it to the gentieman from Tennesseo. Mr. Foore aecepted the disc.aimer, and said that as the gentleman's memory was 80 cefective, he would ro. cite Hannibal's reply, which was that the philosopher Swag the pense tons Sead Grorame™ (Great Inughter.) Mr. Jawxrws continuing said he hoped the gentleman from Tennessee had eradicated all suspicion in the minds ‘Of those present his friendliness to the President; for if there should bo let in the breast of any one person Present but a grain of suspicion, they Fated per od ‘think that the gentleman was not 80 great a friend of tho @dministration as be professed to be; that, perhaps, un- conscious'y to hinself, his mint might be now prejudiced by the remembrance of former strifes. When the gen- tloman arraigns the whole conduct of this war, he con- sures iu the strongest manner the President aod his administration. Mr. Fours said —The gentleman had already disclaim. ch man his} Fe § is tho baseleas fabric at this moment. For jferen: is the truth. The reverses we have lately sufered are seratches on the skin of the Lows (hat rouse, nol (he wounds thousand chat we have lost The armies stronger than ) Cupture a hyndred armtes,: thove overcome: + ey ewe to march over many thousand miles of ground; vy muck win many a hard campaign, before Wiey shall have reawn to arrive at the conclusions dictated ty the drunken insanity of their present jubilee. For we m ad"ourselves) to the Yast” A battle Must precede'qvery retreat, and every retreat must end with a battle.” We must uo’ longer takehuman life, mo- ney or property into consideration, when we have the opportunity to inflict tho least injury on advancing oppressors and robbers. While wo have a single ounty wnconquered, we must make our stand on it; while there ts @ single Southern regimont alive, the Southera generals must make it Bght; while a solitary individual of the Sovth- ern Congress and execu'ive is freo, he must declare tho uberty of the country, thosupremacy of the laws, aud command their defence with all the force.of his soul. ‘The girugglo with the North once begun, necessity compels resistance, withor without hepe, to the list hour of life. But even if it did not, the ineli- nation of the Southern poo eet forever on it, wath @ rigidity that forbids the faintest {doa of ap alteration. The lato reverses have caused much pain and much seriv.s redection, but not tho least shade of submission. Very con- trary, indeed, bas been the effect. Pefore the nows was received the war sentmielt had much decayed. ©Volun- teers insisted on their diseharge when their time was up, and the original alacrity jm. the new enlistmen's was not visible. But tho whole face of the affair has changed since we heard that we were beater. ‘There are uo more returning volunteers, Regiment after regiment has re- enlisted. New companies have sprung up like tho flashes of the aurora. The raft is no longer mentioned with a sigh. There isasinccre determination never to yield to Yankoos, and a universal conviction that, whatever evils ean befall vs in the coming trial, none are comparable t the consequetiers of submission. We repeat, though theso reverses are depressing, thoy have had a good eifvot on the.vitality of the Southern con Jederacy. They are affairs of the outposts only; thoy are the wounds of the s! if wo have twenty lost battles in Tennessee bofore the spring begins. they do not touch the heart or break the limbs of the Southern giant. IJ Nashville is taken—no impossit unless General Johnston can defeat the enemy in a pitched battle, or Out maxeuvre him in his eyolutions-between the Cim-" derland and Tennessee rivers—and if we lose in conse- quence ali the country of which Nashville is the centreapd capital, it 13’ question whether the Southern forces would not be stronger and better ablo than out the defensive ideas that havehitherto recu'ated this war, They would then go down to the water shed which divides tho rivers that flow North, liketho Tennessee and Cumberland, from those that tend towards the Gulf of Mexios. | They would surrender thegreater part of the State of Tennessee, and concentrate. the whole energy of the confederacy on the ‘defence. of the South proper. They would in this position render the road from Vir- pass by, Cattanoags, Georgia -impregnab'e. hey’ would them. be. delivered from) all territory with. the “tang of disloyalty, andy stand where the whole population is a unit. ‘Kentucky, Mis- souri, the greater part of Western. Virgivia and Tea- nessce would be temporarily in the enomy’s possession, 4 but thet very fact would render hif task more perilous and difficult,” He would then have to march, hig columns: and draw his supplies from a distance, while our best resources would be undor our hands. He wovld shffer tho same disadvantage that we have felt in Northwestera Virginia, of @ hostile population under his, feet al conspiring and ready to cripple ‘him in case of the least trife, We should thon hold Eastern and Southwestern Virginia, the Carolinas, and all the Guif States. ‘There isthe true South, the heart and the right and left arm of the rovolution, dnd the power of tmmcdiats {emittance woul o strengthen weakened the rar, loss aes 3 ay ; "2 =iauid It is hoped that the Southern goveenmint wilt nolt have defend a new line, or trust to the conti of war ant nego'ia‘ton for the future recovery of ta il. Ibis hoped that General Jobnston will lose no batt!o, that Nashville willmever be captured, the Chattanooga road never be: endangered, Bot:such things are.; ossible, and it is child- ish to shut our eyes to reverses ‘that are possible, and then feolshocked when they come. A more manly policy is to foresee the dangers that they may be encountered with composare, if they cannot be readored.,impossible by preparation. THE REBELS UNEASY ABOUT THEIR COTTO: iN. om the Memphis A) I, Jan. 15. We havecopiedieedtal wert late ‘hoes New ns that indicate a change of the sued this far since the war and exportation of cotton. We whenever a European ‘vessel - cargo of goods to exchange for or. old to. purchase cotton with, it will p ational to look Gh the sane and oe pity sod BS ee ee if itcan | Bap pancgeen ‘ lone. It lent leans is xi! THE ACTIVITY OF, THE FEDBRALS, the embargo. pephibiting cotton coming into she city. (From the Charleston Courier, Fcb. 15.) ) | Forseveral Permits havo frequently granted, It is reasunable to expect that, limited to @ certain | and within last two to’ greater than period by the peculigrities of oue ditmate, the enemy will | ever before,’ In view of thigstate must exhibit unwonted vi and spirits in prosecuting the | be the policy of Memphis? If New Orleans ws, war along the line our seacoast. His iron-ci gun- | the rate of ace: amount eotton to ent boats, with their formidable armaments, have already | her precincts, phis continuo ibition non-successes, and these instruments will soon test the | r herself? This would to every cotton strength of other fortified points. The victories that | buyep’ to New orleans, to ‘Memphis have recently crowned their arms have been productive | as @ cotton market for the time being, to icave her it odds areat bills with “a raising money which their good sense condemns as. ‘nant with disaster in the future. wit “give ale cn and tue tion, aalre ot remal to adopt means for | the plaoter, and themscives, Prog. | now Duminess being carried bere would this city, will bo rendered useless. Sus be! ice a SY in operation, aud make such modifications as ure jered ni by the changed policy of cotton deal- the merchants of Memphis must, : demand ‘united voice that the work of conquest and subjogation | ing cities on the seaboard. be prosecuted with fierce carnestaces, and that the war be brought toa speedy close by sharp blows dealt in rapid secession, ‘Their military leaders are urged to increased ¥ bo.dness by the mutterings of disaffection which have been growing louder and more distinct, and we hope will soon crash upon their ears in thunder tones. It isknown that the Cabinet and Congress are divided on the emanci- pation question—one party insisting on abolishing sla- very, the other opposing this policy with warmth ond bitterness. ‘ihe feeiing between these parties is becom. ing every day moro deep and decided, and hasron se- verai oceasions broken out in strong words of wrath and defiance. These dissensions and f poopie, and feacful taey may divert attention from the great obect of the war, and impair the powor of the go- is have alarmed the | our prosent policy, even putting out of considerat: ‘this modification of policy is ealled for, not only by what is going on in New Orleans, but by what is taking place among ourselves. Slight as bas been the business ‘igor and | done here, it was been such as to reduce our stock more than one-half. We have had this season as much as 4,700 bales of cotton in our sheds; at the present moment wo have not a pomid over 2,500 bales. We hive buyers visit us every two or three weeks, who take from 300 to of cotton, and weareall the time shipping 8, amounting to perhaps 100 to 125 bales a to the int Already buyers find it difficult he qualities they desire, with 2,500 bales for our entire stock; where shall we be in three weeks with ange that is going on down the ri that Internal as well as wellas external circumstances vernment, they are anxious that the rebellion be crustied | make imjeratively necossary a modification of our pro in the shortest possible <pace of time, To this end they demand that their mighty power be putforth, emfidentiy expecting that tho movement of their immanse hosts will be followed by victories so eomplete and so decisive, fol- lowing cach other with such terrible quickness, that our armies destroyed, our men scattered. we will apecdily aue for peace on any torme. ‘There are signs of ii] omen In the West and Northwest, which have canght their watchful gaze, and caused a sent total prohibitory policy’. ‘This being the state o: tho case, it was with some as- tonishment we yesterday saw an order signed‘‘Mcrgan & Steele, Surveyors of the Port, by authority of the Mili- tary Board,” stating that after Tuesday next no wagon will be allowed to bring cotton into the city; todo so is “*pro- hibited.” Since the time cotton was prohibited coming in by way of railroad and steamboat, a small amount has been arriving by wagon from planters living near euough fluttering of heart. The papers and public men of that | to the city to send a little cotton in, and take salt, sugar, fection are opouly discussing the formation of another cenfederacy. They have even gone so far as to suggest a mame for ‘bat Union of States. This project has been dry goods and other articls out. ' Tho siguificant point is this proceeding, that with all oar wagon receipts our stock decreased from 4,700 to 2,500 bales. The received with great favor by the brave and high spirited | woather from this to the end of March will put the roads people of that grain growing region, avd Fremont and other crafiy, disaffected spirits are busily engaged in ng forward the movement. The idea is denounced and ridiculed by the North and d the Eastern pers are especially revere in condemning it, A lato Boston rnal called attenticn to the movement, and corn men. upon it with s» much bitterness, that the wrath of the Chicago Tribune was aroused, and that paper in- ed ail intention of being perscnaliy offensive, but he (the speaker) thought ft to —, for all, that the man does not live who would dare charge him to his face with harboring malice, while professing friendship for any man. He was not old to vindicate bis persoual honor, - Mr Foorr asserted that Beauregard was known to be wor of an aggressive policy, and President Davis bimself is said to have expressed surprise that our army id not aivance and seize Louisville mouths ago. It is said that we must not question the policy of the adminisiration, but he (the speaker) had no respect for hen the cause of his country was at stake, and here arraigned a portion of the ‘as negligent in thet duti @. He was sy yosed to the discussion of questions of such Vital bic importance in secret sossion. The people are yet masters, thank Goa, and It was just that their wishes should be taken into consideration. Rome existed seven hundred years, yet never debated a war question in secret session, vor had England done so. ‘The practice of discussing all State questions with closed doors, was, he believe |, peculiar to Mexico, however. He was not afraid to du his duty here, so long'as his conscience sustained him. Io o-noluding, M joved that the resolu- tion lay upon the tab nd more e¢areful con- sideration. Adopted. ‘The Srraxke announced tion, the House adjourned. the Committees, and, upon mo- (From the Ri Seles tes, % entirely oot tts. armies, fs entirely certa thorough subjugation uf the South any idea of apy othor possibility, aud exults in delicio s day ‘the degradation w which its enemy will ve reduced. It glories in the consciousness of its brute strength, and int to exercise it in the spirit of a rute. All the enormous self-complacency and seif-con- colt which for @ while were humbled by the battlc of M daesns have renewed their ancient exuitation, and they cy themselves the masters of tho universe, and the predestined conquerors of all maukind. But the wrk of ion is as distant now as ever—more distant, more . sucticaile (han it was before the thadow of disaster had m upm be fgs 2 If our early victories had been followed up, and & blow struck which would have para- and compelled a peace, it would have alysis, and a peace which would the South more completely than she fa ever ly to be by the bi ens- mies. The inevitable consequence of a syeoly restoration the peace would ye been | old comme cial e Manufacturing dependeticy of tho formed its cotemporary that if the Western States deter- mined to form themsel they would not be deterred from taking the step by Yau- kee abuse and threats. The flercest battles of this war have been fought by the inhabitants of those agricultu: districts, and if the federal arms have won any glory, it has been acquired by those stalworth, spirited, indepeu- dent tillers of the ground. They hate and despise the Yankee as beartily and profoundly a8 we of the South do. Tho interest of the two sections are different and conflicting, and while the North and East aro fighting for gain and for the gratification of hatred and revenge, the West and Northwest are fight- ly and sinesrely for tho U ir uflerings @ little greater, and they sever with the sword the cords that bind thein to the federal government, and leave pe snilling Puritans to work out their own ruction. man’s hand, and is trems!yg under tho apprehension that it will darken over the sky,and burst upon them bevore the South is reduced to bondage; and it is this fear that prompts them to urge their chiefiains to press for- ward the work of subjngation. ‘These considerations and influences, with others which will suggest themselves to every intelligent mind, have cansed the Lincoln government to equip and send out #0 many formidable fleets. The successes won by their ‘voasols-of-war will not satisfy the pride and avarice of the boastful people. What they have done, renders them more importunate in detnanding that more be accom- bed. The evils they are suffering under, tho danj that threaten them, the demoniac malice they cherish against us, the Lope of plunder,@! urge them to make redoubled cffurtg to conquer and &u) ‘oc us. We mst meet their hor’es and drive them vac: howling from ur borders. The coming month: w vity a8 the blo di ert battles that have ever been fougi'. The tovater is putting forth all his might and power, we must put forth all ours. Tho natare of our cause (3 assurances of success. Let every man of the “uth do hia duty. THE LATE REVERSES HAV {From the Rich The exultation of the their arins is as oxtravag, lirions as their terror last summer and depression through the autumi this we might be well prepared. Wo are by this ly well acquainted with the Yankee character to tand their delusions, their panics, manias, unreasonable hopes and fears, and to give them fernyt that instability and levity merit. Becanse e gained two advantages, their naval forces on armies of five (old giester number than the Con. Pederate troops opposed to ‘thera on. the fr rt ATWS YANKEES ir, Feb. 2.) the late success to annib la South apon the North, with no otuer Pesuits of her nomi. nal independence than a temporary exemption fom abo. jition leginlation, and the heavy expense of a separate Spebellion 18 on the wan,’ sie people believe that the | Golitiog is all over; that (he South is grovelling in abject | worror; that ite government {4 in a stato of dissolution jte- | and the pacification of their disprtes J lag et tiers of the Se, bp country itself, they have eome to the conclusion that the | further s River to ‘ncoln declares that the | and South, In this point of view ri into a condition that will allow of little hauling to be receipts have ‘ock to the point our bu: ness requires, ft is evident, even if the prohibition be withdrawn and the fullest liberty be allowed cor hauling, that there will be no danger of over accumulation of stock from that source, Those who haul cotton here from the country around are our imme’tjate customers, and should have the first place in any relaxation of the into a separate independency | present system that may be made. A stock of from four to five thonsand Dales would not be too much to give the necessary am unt of choice in quality, for what business we are now doing. If Louisi- ana, as we expect will be the case, allows the vessels that she chooses to run the risk of passing the blockade, to do 89, that amount will prove little enough for our wants. How to admit what may be required for our necessities, without allowing an excess, is a problem tbat may re: ire attention; but we think it js a plain proposition that when a mab Drings @ bale of cotton into the city, and takes its value out in supplies wanted on bis planta- he has left us no richer a prize for the enemy than . So far as offering a temptation to the enemy . fifty dollars’ worth of cotton will be no more power- f al 10 its inducements than fitty dollars’ worth of sugar. ‘We admit sugar and moijasses by the acre and prohibit ‘The North sees the eloud now uo bigger than | cotton by the wagon load; but our immediate enemics— the people of the Northwest—would find sugar and mo lasses a welcome prige in every village, while cotton is in rare demand among them. INDEPENDENCE AND RECOGNITION IN A REBEL POINT OF VIEW. {From the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. 8. 1 Recognition by Europe is not a necessity to Conte derate States , and is no furthor desirable than as re. Jude to peace. The world is interested in the trade ‘of the South to the extent of its purchases from us and its sales tous. {tis notonly thus materially interested in the restoration of peace to the extent of from seven eight hundred millions of dollars per annum, but it is morally interested in suppressing the thousand and one evils that reanit to all Christendom from the wars of great nations ; avd it is politically interested in putting an early stop to ® conduct which, as all conflicts do, endangers the peace of neutral nations. The nations of the earth constitute a great family and enjoy & community of interests. This is ihe caso in fact, however obstinately some of thom moy deny the great truth and resist the consequenees «i it. The vices of ono nation indirectly affect the moral health of all others, and the material losses of two dolligerent Powers are losses in which all nations must more or less participate. The truths are recognized and ineulcated by the law of nations, and that law, therefore, authorizes neu tral Powers, after a decent poriod of sbstaiutgeut ( the quarrel, to Interfere for the separatior of combat The right of by- standers to separace the belligorents in a fracas between individual and it is on the saine pri interfere to «ito the quarrel of hostilo Pe god in war. The recognition of thu Southern senfed 4 distinct nationalsiy of the ill bo but the prelude to the for the pacifigation of North jon is desired by the confederacy; in any other poine >’ view not much direct and immodiate benellt i* e<pocted from it, ‘Dhat the South is a Power posrasing ail the olemonts of independ 4s self-evident. with ference to tical te nment, South ts Cs \- ‘ly indope ont. This view of the subject, the futs an arguments to it, have not beeu sufficiently presented to the European’ mind, Our government bas sent over men to argue the abstract question of slavery, and to exhibit the commercial re- sources of the South; bat the groat fact of scene ih ht ot he st ith ited thoroughl; versant with the whole argument as they iy con are, will present it and make it plain to the cabinets of Europe; but it would have greatly advanced our cause abroad if the argument had larly and familiar... ly presented to the pase oe tens ‘their pod! Journa's., We haye lost tng dianhae € Yo Gok of on legal and constitutional ind ‘upon the kuropean mind, and are driven to rely exclusively upon the ¢ mvic- tion that may have been established there, that in mat rial r. sources and power our confederacy. presents indis- put: laims to recognition, Hap) ily for or cause, there are clusive on this subject, that are apparent to tha Kuro. pean taind. We are no'tonger 0) to go into a painful and Sareful enumeration fod a i008 (Ane OUr Mm mani rans b Rawle eee hav oon par ‘conspicuous and imposing figures, The great fact, independentiy of these arguments is, (hal although it has been necessary to bring an army @f seven hundred thousand men inte the , to Create @ navy of many hun‘red vessels, to incur an expenditure of a thou: millions of dollars, and although this. smmenge fords has been employed against usfor the greater part of a year, stil we have beaten thoenemy with but one of two éxceptinns, on overy flel,and are as far from subjugation now as ‘we were at (he beginming. The stupendous etiort which the cneniy has found it necessary to put forth for our sub- ingaticn affords the: best evidenge that could possibly be adduced of the stalwart energy and the self-reliant prowess of our.new republic. Tho case is clearly made out. The enemy himself is our witness; and the fact of recognition, if there bo a just purpose, a magnanimons \sentiment, and a fair dealing * iri seating the nations, is Axed, determined and cou- cluded. HOW ENGLAND bg esd HER NEUTRAL- TESTIMONY OF A REBEL AGENT. ‘The editor of tho Richmond Whiy has had an interview withMr. William 'T, Fry,of Mobile,@ young géntloman from Europe. He saya:— Mr. F. left London on the 10th of November, the Beitish steamer Gladiator, laden with thi loading facts, con- oh board irty thou. Saud Enfield rifles, two hundred’ tovs of powder, sabres, Pistols; medicines, surgical instruments; camp ttensils, &c., for theConfollorate States, The 9th of this month tho Giadiator entered the harbor of for the pure pose of coaling,and to receive instructions a8 to the Confederate port she should approach. On the second day aftor, the United States gunboat Fianibeau made its appearance in the harbor, sent thither for a special pur- pore of intercepting the Gladiator. There they both lio now, tho Gladiator afraid to venture out, and the Flam- beau not daring to lay hands on her; an‘ thero they are likely to remain until Great Britain eptors the ring, when not only will the Gladitor beconvoyed over toa Confederate Port, but the Fiamboau be picked ap and brought along wi ‘The cargo of the Gladiator isin charge of D. T. Bisbie, Esq., of Norfol. Mr. Fry left Nassau to-day a week ago, and reached Richmond—last,Sunday by a route and by .a means which wo do not disclose. He assures us that, whecher in Nassau, in Lovdon or in Paris, ho heard but ono sentiment expressed, that of cordial good will for the Confederated States, and the hope and conviction that they would triumph. Fven before the outrage on the ‘Trent, so strong was the pressure of feeling in England against the North that Mr: Yancey firmly believed and positively agbured Mr. ry that not more than a month¢ from his departure (the 10th. of November) would elapso before the blockade would be broken. MOVEMENTS OF BEAUREGARD AND CRIT- ‘rom the Nashville Gazette, Feb. arrived in Nashville on the 3d in- stant. He was to have left for Bowling Green on tne 4th, and was to go thence to Columb: Major General Crittenden and staff left Knoxvillo on Wednesday last. The destination is not mentioned. . Captain Monsarrat, commandant at this post, bas adopted. the most effective measures to gather the return- ing soldiers from General Crittenden’s command and have them forwarded to his present headquarters. A guard dafly travels on every train going east and west, to _ aed decorum and arrest soldiers who have not. fur- ughs. The guard stationed at the several railway bridges are charged with the same duty. Those return- ing from the.acene of the recent battle are ordered to re- ‘be deemed deserters. Our city is under the py ip of# military police force and the most fect order and qhiet are maintained. During the time that 50 in thecity.the retail liquor shopshave Monsarrat’s orders, and these are ‘not violated with impunity, The troops collected hero are being rapidly sent forward to their’ fern, Capt. G. H. Monserrat, of eS a , of the ‘who has been commander of the post at Ki lle, Tenn. fora bas been ordered to duty on the Louis- Milan Nash Taran. oa i) a ble a t Dat Tennessee t bans Botherset The .y8:—The small portion of Col, McNairy’s battalion of caval which remained with Gen. Crittenden’s com! om i it to Gains- boro,arri thecity-on the Sist hs. This leave of absence was granted by Gen. Crittenden as a marked recognition of fidelity. In reply to the above, Lieut. W.H. Craft, of the Mo-ry Nairy battalion, publishes the following card:— ‘The officers and privates mentioned above are repre- prmeetnron: aT , granted by Brigadier General Crittenden, 08 & mark maemo their fi- Crittenden named to take their that they positi Captain Allison, at knows this to be true. Transportation for troops and supplies to General Crit- tenden's command will be provided on Wednesday morn- ing, February 5, by aplication to the Transportation Quartermaster’s office, second door below the City Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee. THE DESPAIR OF THE REBEL PRESS. tho Charleston Courier, Feb. 15. We have been callel to bear a reverse and a disaster. Fort Henry and Roanoke Is!and have fallen before the gunboats of the enemy. We have aus‘ained heavy los: in munitions of war, our country has been deprived of the ser- vices of several thousand of her beat disciplined and braves soldiers, and parents and wives in the bitterness ‘over those who will never again bless them with smiles, The enemy pushes cn, fl with vicory, to win move triumphs, and cawe o'her hearts td bleed We feel these reverses, We acknowledge them Wo would “rather overrate than underrate their importance and magnitude. Truth demands that we chronicle the battles and their resuits, withholding nothing, concealing nothing. The narratives of those unequal contesis should be as full,as minute and particular as we would ‘ike to have thom, had they ended in the disgrace and discom: fiture of our enemies, and in increasing the glory that covers our arms. Far be it from us to imitate the cow- ardice and meanness of our foes by claiming victory when we know we have sustained defeat; by inventing false- hoods, under the fear that an honest and correct account will bave # harmful effect upon the minds of our plo. Thia would be a sin against God, and an insult to the mon and women of these Confederate States. A resolve as firm as that which sustains and actuates our hearts is not to be shaken by a series of reverses of far greater magnituae than those we are called upon to bear. Our faith in the final and complete success of the cauiso rests upon the consciousness of superiority to our foes in all the attributes and qualities of the soldier, in the nature of the great work we are doing, in th tokens of favor and approval which Heaven has deigned to vouchsafe. We are persuaded that our people will dia- play the right spirit under these discomfttures; that they ‘will look these disasters in the face with a clear, undaunt- ed gaze, and contemplating them with all their probable consequences, grow the stronger, the more detormined the braver for the defeats and the menacing dangers ‘Thank God these calamities aro not stained with dis- honor. ‘They come upon vs without the added weight of cowardice and treachery. Those who come after us will not blush when they read of them in history. The noble men who fell have gone down to graves and thheir names have become a herjtage of glory, and those who survive are cheered by the ‘weil done’ of their country. ‘These reverses serve to show us greater ness and increased zeal. They appeal ‘with trumpet tones to every freeman in these regenerate and disonthralled States, calling upon every one to come up to the support of the glorious cause. Our foes aim at our subjugation, and if they cannot conquer us they will wut forth all thelr skill and power to ruin and destroy us. endeavoring to accomplish our subjugation they have inflicted on themselves terrible evils. Bankruptcy threatens their government, their merchant prinecs are reduced to want, a cloud rests upon their glory, the scoptre has fallen from their grasp. They lay the blame of the evils they are suffering under, of the degradation they have been forced to submit’ to, upon us, and all these things bave intensified their bitter hatre!, and them the inore dotermued to accomplish their vl wicked purpore. worweening venity Is unepea! es won by their gunboats, and sw ‘arrogance and mad with wrath, they will now put forih ail their strength. They already rejoice in the anticipa- tion of ‘They shake ono another's hands on the street and exehango congratulations on the speedy res- toration of the Union. Iu their judgment the struggle is almost over, and tne future will present a series of victories for their arms. We must prepare for b'oody tho necessity of Dattlos, We must meet our foes, resolved to conquer or die. Wo are brothers, and wiping out all State lines we must realize that we are ons. We aro menaced by « common danger, we share disgrace and giury. He who refises to fight js a coward. He who sows discord is an enemy. Letus refrain from fault finding and w tions. Lot us carn the lessons our reverses teach us, make wise Use of past errors and ghortoomings, and nos waste time and embitver feeling by harsh charges auf unavailing consures. It wore ilo to expect to gain overy baile. We ehvuid be prepared for reverses. It is not ‘Victories that der lope the character and power of a poopie; the noblest ities of manhood are called into exercise by Uisaster stiife ing. if we were cast down by thes talamities, we would show ourselves unworthy of the cause in which we are engagad, and unequal to ite acgeinplishment With hope waclovded, with confidence enshaken, eith courage atrong, anointed afresh for theAroat work Hon von hag commissioned us to performs tei ue gird up the Joina 6f our minda and #brike with a forcor strength, and suffer with s bighor borolsm, DANGER AHEADe z [From the Righmoad /ispateh, i) The invasion whigh the South has, ‘to fear in thas which will Occur a8 500n a8 peace is made. This is a sub- ¢ ominently worth the attention of Congress and of the State Legislatures. We confess that on th's point owr chensims are great, ‘and that we some'tencs Samy hate afta ‘lites have ceaze’, the South will come again as completely cial domination of the North as tt ever was /At.Ap unuecersary to say that, in this event, tho Union en eoased 10 tonly in vame. It would Still be a Union of the powerful and the woul, of the-in- dependent and the dependent, leaving the South as com- pletely at the mercy of the North as she ever was oer she former government. If the North, after this war, is still conduct our commerce, trade and manufactures, we shail sor: be weak, less and lees capubie of self- defence, and tho question of our nominal, us wel! as act 4l subjection, boonly a question of time. We have heard the prediction from one of the mest sagacious and Jispas- Sionate observers of men ani things In tho South, that, as Soon a8 poace is declared.a whoie legion of Yankee com. mercial and man dactyring agents will appear imevery Southern city, town and neighborhood ,each of them with an enormo.8 pie of documents un that he hat nothing whate do with the present war; that he had been persecuted and malt on account of his strong Southern sympathies, and respectfully re rf ernpatronage. Men whose hands have set fire to South ra houses, demolished Southern property, andare red with Southern blood, willbe’ Hero by Uadvpands and tens of thousands, smiling, siairking, bowing, eringing fawning, protesting and proving by dovuméntary evidence that they hid always op) cred: the war,and inwardly gloaving over the folly and credulity that cam be 80. exsily im- posed upon by tho smooth tongue of tattery aud deceit. peop'e of tho South are na‘uraliy shocked at the iden that after tho stupendous criucs aud horrors of warwhose inparalleled barbaritie have called down the solemn reprobaiion of everyeiviized country in Europe, we should ever permit ourselves again to become hewers of wood and drawe:s of water for these malignant and murderous tyrants, It would be better, fur better, to be subjugated in naine as well as in fact, ‘han to be guided by tho bhmbug of in ‘epeudence, aud become rou and tributary slaves to a hileous-despotism. In the one case our vassilage will not be our degrad:tion, because we shall have resisted it with all the courage, power an! talents the God of heaven-has placed at or disposal, and wo shall throw it off at the firs. opportunity, ame trans- mit our wrongs to posterity for redress and robribution. In the other, we shail be tho authors of our own shame; we shall throw contempt on the graves of our heroic dead, and with our own hinds deliver our children end. our children’s children to become the commercial Servants and tributaries of an enemy whom wo had con- quered. Yot, disgraceful and infumous as would be such a sequel of thewar, it is among the possibilities, and, if the war is short, it is probabio as well a3 possible. ‘If peace wore declirad to-morrow, unless there are strin- gent legislative enactments to pravent it, there are men in every Southern community who would hurry on by the next train for he op od goods, and (he first through cars from the Northern cities would bring*Yankee drummors, with their boots yet, wet withthe ind of the Potomac or Roanoke Island, and the smell of biood fresh upon their garments. Onr own infant manufactories would be nip- ped in the bud: home in‘ustry and entorprise of ever: kind girangle:): Yankee shoes, clothes, carriages, acricul- tural imp'en.en’s, cotton and woollen gords, school books, lying histories and filthy weeklics be agafu poddled at every counter. We commend this sub‘ect most earnestly to Congress. There are difficu! and perplexities, we are aware, in establishing a system which shail prevent these evils; but unless they can be prevented, we are fighting for shadow and a name, avd would botter at ‘once lay down ourarms. In regard to the danger that Yankeo enemies will trans. fer their business and themselves to the South after the war, wo have heard it suggested that it m’ght be obvia- ted by requiring of all foreign emigrants who desire natu- Talization or residence an oath that they Lave not been engaged in the present war against the South, and in the event that it ts afterwards shown that they have perjured thomselves, to confiscate ail their property. It is evident that princes laws upiat beadg ant ard to the ox. cise Tight of suffrage ro emigrants to tl South... Either freehold qualificatien, or the pos- session of perty or, if no other means wil! moet the caSe, the entire exclusion from any such franchise of all future emigrants from the North except by spccial ‘act of Congress. We have never been able to see why our own countrymen shouldimake this boon of suffrage cheaper than it is in any other country on the earth. In Great Britain, as free aud is nation as the world eyer saw, nejther our own countrymen nor natives ofany other country are permitted to vote excopt by Special act of Parliament. While existing rights of resi- dents. before the war ought of course to be respected, we should rejoice to sce a totakprohibition of suffrage to all Northerners who shall hereafter make the South their home Emme whose institutions they have assalied by sword. HOW GUNBOATS CAN BE TAKEN. [From the New Orleans Delta.) ‘The experience we have already had has demonstrated the it destroying the iron cased and strongly @& the enemy by the cannon of forts, While large ships of war may be easily repelled and destroyed by the fire of forts, these small boats, with a few guns, and secured by iron casemates;can approach near to the object of assault, defy the heaviest og Aloe | throw shells Into an opee fort, which will render it bl su uosting a share of South: crews, are mot fast, once foached and can be easily taken. Such services as this call into exercise the very qualities which our Southern soldiers and sailors possess, those of poe! daring and prowess, whilst in the encounters at long distances and with heer? gente the enemy have sepmmanan ndraninnen over us. In Jate war the Bri- tish employed this system successfully against our gun- bbats, There is one remarkable of this which it may be instructive pow to recall. When the British fleet came into Lake Borgue, in the invasion of this State, in 1814, they were closely watched by @ fleet of Com boats, under Capt. T. Ap. Catesby Jones, six in number, carrying six guns each. The British ships were not ablo to follow these smal! vessels into shallow water, and their presence rendered a landing of their army on the coast very dan, and dificalt. It was, therefore, do- termined to destroy or capture them. OLD. WISE ON HIS PINS AGAIN. Old Wi his pins, and recently issued the following order :- ‘Canat Bripox, Curnrrvcn, N. C., Feb. 13, 1862. To Captain Ta max L. Farrisa, Volunteer Aid, &c.:— Sm—You are detailed to goon to Aibemarlo and else- where, at your discretion, to recruit and raise meu to fill up the company of the rave lamented Captain Coles. He fought nobly at Roanoké Island, and, though gone, I wish his flag raised in bis nativecounty by true men to raily arovnd, and to renew his company to revenge his galant death. Proclaim this to Albemarle, and let his memory be most honored by & rally to the flag of his company, at the heart of which he so gallantly fought and fell. Bring me the recruits as soon as sixty-four men are raised. HENRY A, WISE, Brigadier General. JEFF. DAVIS REQUIRES MORE TROOPS. The Richmond Dispaich of the 18th says:—Prosidens Davis bas made a requisition on Governor Brown, of Georgia, for twelve thousand additional troops for tho confederate service. Under the new Army law, recoutly passed by Congress, an opportunity is afforded for all who desire to meet the invaders of our soil to o companies, battalions and regiments, and to elect their company and field officers. Governor Brown has issued his proclamation, requiring all peraons subject to military duty to attend at the regimental or battalion parade ground or indopendent battalion to which they belong, on the 4th day of March next, to have their namos en- rolled, as every one failing 80 to attend, unless prevented by Providentin! eause, of which he musi sent satistuctory evidence to the commanding officer, will be immediately drafted to serve during the war, and compelied to enter the service without delay. He ‘has also called upon the Governor of Alabama to furnish twolve additional regi ments of soldiers, to serve for three years or during In obedience to the requisition, Governor Shorter haa issued a stirring proelamation, calling for volunteers. THE DERNIER RESORT OF THE REBELS. TO THE MILITIA OF VIRGENIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. Heapquarens Derartxent oF Noxvoix, Feb. 17, 1862. Sach portions of the militia as are called into service, in this department, will report to the nearest Confederate officer, and will be employed in defending their propert and homes now threatened by the invader. wil ebstruct the water courses and roads by which the ene- my may approach, and from the narrow banks of tho ri use their shot guns on the ravagers. They will Arrest all citizens who hold intercourse with the exemy. Let every man do his duty and the destroyer will be driven from your country. BENJ. HUGER, ‘Major General Commanding Department of Norfolk. Haanquanters Tamp Brsave, Derartaxxt or Norroux, WYOLK, Feb. 19, 1362. In reference to the above order I wish to say that the , and if ev sure to killan enemy, he will do good service. men have no shot guns, let them take axes and les and obstruct the roads and rive: inder the direction of their officers. Be of good heart ‘and let our righteous cause make us strong, and with the blessingof God, which we must all ask, will drive back the foe. ALBERT G. BLANCHARD, Brigadier General P. A. C.8., Commanding Third Brigade. THE WAY THE REBELS GET VOLUNTRERS (7) We find the following rich item in the Richmond Dispatch — - “Recrvms Wantap.—Read all the calls for recruits in our alvertising columoa, and voluntarily take your place in one of the many companies which need you, before you are forced to bear aiis nolens volent.’” GEN. BRAGG AT MOPILE. ‘The Richmond Dispatch of the 224 ult, says:—General Bragg has for the present. moved his. hoadqnarters to Mobile, and General Sam Jones is in command tn his absence, and Genoral Gladden has gone to Mobile to take coramand of the brigade formerly commanded by General Pope Walker and General Jackson has deen rt spad gned to the command of the first brigade, ‘TUR ARTILLERY COMMANDANT AT RICHMOND. ‘A pays: —Co! ‘The Richmond Jone! Robert ‘Tansill, formerly Captain of the United States Navy, resigned his commission, aud was imprisoned by the Lineoln government upon his arrival home, Afver being ke pt in dorance for some months he was exchanged, set at Hberty,and returned home some weeks sings, These facts were stated then in this paper. We recur to them now to gay that he was appoimted by the Confederate government soon after Ais arcival here to the post of in the regular army, and ho has now received appointment from Governor Letcher of Colonel of the Soo6nel regiment of Virginia Artillery, which will be sta- tioned near this city to man the batteries for its defence. Colonel T. 18 an efficient oilleer,of much ex} and perience, fa gentioman of iaformation and highly practical jadg- ment. THE REBEL VANDALS AT WORK. ‘Tho Knoxville Ragiater saya :— A huurbor of ordors under the sequestration Inw have vt been mado in the hands of the newly appointed iver, M. Fsq., of Sullivan ty. These y Y: tions amount to one and a iuaif millions of dol- Among these were the interests of alien enemies ip Satan tninen, the property of Any Johnson, and shall give in a future issue, — » "7 pg Re Union Re v4 DEBED . The surrender of Fort fpevtiabie, because Henry, under the circumstances, of the high water of the forces: campaign grounds of iteace it was found necessary by of the river, w! nicky, a which commands the fort. Itwas. deeb ae — ficiently strong to resist’ any force which might probably bo brought against it by the enemy by water, Lincolm governm. ot not having then devised the sy: of iron- clad gun fleets which it has since adopted, lication for our fort ought to have been om ‘the + ”” between the ‘Tennessee and Cumborland ‘0 the two rivers approach each other in thelr wind- ing courses at a distance of ouly three miles, the intor- voning tongue of tand being elevated and commaniing both rivers, The considerations we have mentioned pre- ‘vented ite location at that point. Fort Henry 18 an elabo- rate and well const vcted earthwork, and had it been im @ commanding position, would have excited the admire. tivn’of al! cugineers. We cannct describe it for want of sutlicient information as to its construction and a) proaches. It was, however, generally regarded by anilt- tary men, in consideration’ of its situation, as a wealt fortification, which rateprapeliog to fall yhonover it was a) proached in suffeient force by land ani water. It was provided with some of the bést cups in the service, both eight inch rifled and smooth bore—ten thir cone columbiad, and one 128-pounder rifled gas? THE CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON. WHAT THE REBELS THINK OF IT. From the Richmond Enquirer, Feb. 19. The fortitude of our people is again to be ur andthe matal of which their courage is made.once more to be tested by the last news from Fort Doneison. have met with heavy disaster there. The wretches who are in. vading our country were enabied, by the facilities of river transportation, to bring uj ratateccomenta to their previvusly whipped troope, and have overwhelmed us with numbers, We are without the necessary facts ani expla- ations'to juftify comment upon tho tragedy of last Sun- day. We have oxperisnce enough already to show the folly of premature criticism, We tnust have patience. ‘h reports ag have reached us are chiefly from the “ju this ching we must do: bythe mamgted Coy t this thing we must do: by the ¢ ve those never did them hai the homes whieh we hae tabitaheh by owr wide. try—by the beautiful land which w: have inheriled fromour Sathers—by the famiiies ‘hat we le —by all that is noble and ‘pairictic and brave, and in the fear and fervenily inking the favor of God—we must ail’ resolve, im our mmot souls, ow with an irrevocable vow, that we will resist the enemy to the last extremity, and that we will die if we cannot live frecmumn. FESS cals gow we auto masa ing good. Let cowards tremble if they will. Let vile niggards eount their treasures in agony. Bat what brave or genorous citizen would wish to survive the ruin of bis country? Who would desire to live when odious and vulgar despois have foot upom our necks? No, fellow citizens, let us, as ‘id our fat ‘to each other, ‘and to the world, that our lives and our fortunes shail be devoted to the vindication of our libertics; aud that, if these are lost, nothing shall survive the wreck, for nothing would be worth saving. Courage, then, of the Confederate States! You ve DOW one those “ opportunities ” which, if im- provel, make nations famous, and make braye men re- nowned! History awaits our action, to make up the prsealp ra glory or infamy. Apy man can be brave when there is no that tries men’s souls, and distinguishes botween the the false—the genuine and the counterfeit t Let us as individuals, and let us as bon Tpooed this op- portunity for true glory. Let us at! each other’s cou! and emulate each other’s zeal | If'one man falls, let two step forward to take bis place! This fight must beredeemed. We will have the victory | we will boar them like patriots and brave men, and, both. in our fortitude and our daring, we will show ourselves Loire dediaa free. If wedo not, wedo not deserve to z } Of the extent of the disaster which we have suffored at Donelson, we are very uncertain. We must believe that the federal account ts ty ‘ res were not ay ter the morni: The Mane Doar enon Teoeh save a despatch from Gen. A. ee He was ut Nashville. General Flo: there also, ton of the sort Donelson of pationce will bri ing the A ween 10 Nasi, whote. be hopes 0 be Green to defence. i ed one ‘but which entail no dishonor on our eause, and will animate to the most and iste ‘ance every true S-uthorn . If these bivody Barbe. rians, whose hands are now ced to the elbows im the life blood of men defending their «wn homes and firesides, mission, they as well as sav: and murderers. They havo ‘a lesson, we admit—they have admonished us to be more wary and circumspect, to husband witn greater care our limited resources, and not to underrate our enemy. But they have also ;lacod between them and us® gulf that can never be crossed by their arts or arms, and ® universal determination to die, if dic we must, ‘or, our cocntry, but never permit her to be subingated most malignant, the most murderous, the mankind, whose name {s at this very moment each » by- word of scorn and reproach throught Europe, for thelr combined cruelty and cowardice, that their own ambas- ‘ators cannot stand the storm of the world’s contempt, are anxious to fly back to the United Staies. Their 8 at Fort Dov: Ison, gained only by vast <:1)eriorlty oF pumvers, will only have the eflect of c.nverting the whole pepilation of the South—men, women and chil- dren—into an immense army, who wil! resist ab evory step, and every where “weicome them with bloody hands to hcspitable graves."’ ‘ihe gio ious valor of our troops at Fort Donelson is not dimmed in the slightest de- gree by their inability to hold their round against over- whe'ming odds, bat, on the contrary, shines through the black clouds of disaster with a rwiiauce which will kindle the whole South into @ bluze,and surround their own names with a halo of imperishable venom. MATTERS AT NORFOLK. ‘The Norfolk correspondent of the Richmond under date of the 15th inst, writes:— Last when the steamer arrived at Currituck, General Wise directed that the coilin containing the re- mainsot his son be opened. Then,1 learn from those who were present, a scene transpired that words cangot describe. The old hero bent over the body of his son,.om ‘whose pale face the full moon threw its light, kissed ‘the cold brow many times, and exclaimed, in an agony of emotion, “0, my brave boy, you have died fur me, you have died for me.’’ That powerful old hero of Rastern ‘Virginia, as-famous for the impulses of his soul as for his indomitable bravery and prowess—ceover' now from his nerved, perchance, strongly by the great loss he has sustained, will fight the enemy. with an energy and a determination that will scarcely be-successfully resisted by the congregating ene mies of freedom and humanity. A soldier named Malo- ney, of the Montgomery Guard, was shotand killed yes terday. by his Lieutenant, Gilmore. It appears that the deceased resiated the guard that hadibeea ordered to ‘The case comes up this morning for examina the NORTH CAROLINA. ‘My foundry will cover three or four acres. My labora- tory is ing itself into a chef d’auvre, and 1 have the. Dost chief in the world. I am getting out timber for one ined heavy gun oar. ringes; the latier, however, will be made principally of from, My rifle factory has Degun. to work, and we ship to-morrow one hundred to Richmond. Then | am buil ® railroad connecting mo with the road to the iron and coal mines, which also gives me communica- tion with the river and steamboats, You vaillgeta better idea of the magnitude of my establishment from the tatement of the fact thrathe government has contracted for ten thousand tons of, pig iron, to be delivered here, with the privilege of mcreasing the amount toavweaty sand. ALABAMA. tehmond Papa) {Special correspondence of the a A ‘“ Bagedition if the Southe Plonyute Dette ah Great es of | Wane, p ‘caso of Picayune Butler's it “Expedition of we fosthwent” which left Yi om wath sob a flourish of trampete and such magniloy eat boastings ot donghty deeds intended, furatsies he, gxeeptioe. Ke manner of large beginnings an | small endings w! vo wriaed ail tho heavy undertakings of the enemy since tha war began. The Yankees would havea feirer prospact of accomplishing the little task of subjugation forthemoeivos if they could only reverse their ‘me and talk small and do large, instead of talk ‘and do small. Segece tae ee Hane whe bie ther ton doubted t at this date Butler, who had then been some time at Ship Island with his yy hod would have made some demonstration in some ion on our coasts. But tho curse of cowardice or the demon of procrastination afflicts (be follow and his feflows, and he has done nothing yet. Weok after week has passed until hope of a fight doforred almost sickons the imog