The New York Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1865, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,422. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, MARCH PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE SOUTH. THE NEGRO ENLISTMENT BILL PASSED Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, Speaks Against + [but Votes in Favor of It. Se Denounces It as an Abandon- ment of the Contest, and Asserts that Wo Considerable Body of ‘Zroops Can be Raised. A Threat of Desertion from - the Cotton States, Mr. Wigfall Denounces the Virgi- mia Legislature as a “One Z Horse Concern.” He Demands that Jeff. Davis and Stephens Resign. Lee to be Held Responsible for the En- forcement of the Law. » Wise Draws a Gloomy Pic- ture of the Situation. Seury 4 a Geett’s Anaconda Tactics Working Well Under Crant’s Leadership. The Rebel Congress to Have ‘Adjourned on the 11th. Mr, Singleton’s Last Commer- --» cial Transacticn. Who Capture of Tobacco at Fredericks burg a Nice Little Speculation, &e., &e., &c. ‘he Day of the Adjournment of the Rebel er Congress Fixed for the llth. ‘Both houses of the rebel Congress agreed on the &th te adjourn on Saturday, the 1th (yesterday). The Of the pession ie pretty well closed up. the Gilg important dill still pending ts the one putting ‘Qagross into the army, which was passed, slightly altered, & the Zenate by one majority on the Sth. and as amended eee back to the House for concvrrence. The amend- ‘ment not being material, it ts supposed by the rebel gapers that the bill will pass the House without difficulty. Gengress had been in session one hundred and five days ‘we to yesterday, when it probably adjourncd sine die, or @ beast never to meet again in Richmond. Rebate in the Rebel Enlistm: meNATe. ‘Terpay, March 7, 1865. led to order at eleven o'clock in the . M. T. Hunter, of Va., in the chair, ‘special order being the Houso bill ‘to increase the R. ‘The of the Confederate States,’ that dill was pois up and read as follows:— ‘BERL TO INCREASE THE MILITANY FORCKS OF TRE CONTEDE- RATE PLA1ks. ‘The Senerers, of the Confederste Btates of Americn do im order to provide additional forces to repel !n- magnons ee ented Yooreesion of the Dontoden te seoure thelr Independence and preserve their Instit President be ana he is hereby authorized to ask ior ft the owners of slaves the services of such rand dori -bodied negro men as he m y deem expedient it ay direet, : That the General-in-Chief be anthorized to organize ‘slaves tato com; ° the war, to perform military service in what panier, batt:lions, regiments and bri- under such rules and regnlations an Beer etary of y se id ‘be commanded by such officers as in mt may appo! $. That while employed in the nervice, the said troops ‘the same raticus, clothing and compensation xa to other troops in the samme branch of the ser- That !f under the previous sections of this act, the it shall not be able raise @ sufficient number of te the war successfully and maintyin the thd States and the independence of the Con. in he ia hereby authorized to call on each thinks i expedient, for her quota of red thousand troops, in addition to those subject under existing laws, or eo many thereof deom necessary to be raised from euch irvexpective of color, in cach hercof may deter mine. is act ahu ll be coustrued to antho- tion which the said slaves shall bear execpt by consent of the owners, and of they may reside, and in pursuance of the Mr. Hurren said that as he had been instructed by tho to vote ce eee his conviction, It was that he should give public expression to his opin- fince his fret 9 in puplic ife he hag recog: the right of the I, gis) ind to jistviiet; and upon he desired to place the responsibility of the Measure should it become a law. Until this morning he lad had ouggestod that justice to hlmeeif required ested that justice to himself require he sho. ld do 80. He would necessarily have to go over Mech the same ground as when a kindred ineasure was re- ndor discussion in secr.t session. When we ky, government he had thovght tia we had gotten rid & the slavery que tion; that we were entering into Bew confederacy of homo, eneous Btates bow the agita- qf the fe bad question, which had be ome wi the old Union, was to have place. But to his surprisc he finde that this the power to arm the slaves, also the power of emancipation. the agitation of this question, the assumpiion @f this power, he dated the’ origin 3 Pb “ey w aod Sew overspreads our p.ople. ey knew that if our lil ‘were to be achiev it was to be done by the hearts hands ot froe men. Bt also injured us abroad. It wes ey as a confession of deepair and an abandon. the ground upon which we had seceded from the Union. interfere i FS e' o had insisted that Congress had no right with siavery, aud upon the coming into ptf oa party who it was known would seeume and that power we seceded. We hud also then con- fended that whenever the two races w thrown to one must be master and the other a ery ne the Lanyon hap- condition of the ne; low, what doeg thie propo- Saini? The ri itor ihe ceiitrai government to put @laves into the militia, and to Cpate at lenst so ‘08 aliail be placed in the mi It isa “9 of the central government to eman pate the If we are right in passing thie Méasare, we were a erhmoent the right to in ¥, slavery and to emancipate B sides, if we of slaves thoir freedom asa ‘we confers that we were insincere, were hypocritt asserting that siavery wae the tate for the ne- themsel¥ #, He had been sincere in declaring that central government had no power over the institution gy (hat freedom would be no boon to the le now believed, as he ha@ formerly eaid in dis- on the same subject, that and emancipat- the slaves was an abind g 4 this contet—an lopment of the grounds up bleh it had been ken. Ii this is #0, who {s to answer for the hun- of thousands of men who bad been slain in the Who was to answer for them before the bar of wen? Not those, who had enter « into the cent iple and adhered to the prinoiple, but those had the principle. Not for all the gold tn Califor. be have put bis name to such @ measure as Hunter then ar- freeing the negroes if they were was someth im the come could make them soldiers, the condition of the noctall: al to any other in societ: id ke them officers, perbape, to command White Some fature ambitious Prosident might use the Fives to seine the Mbertign of the country aud put the white man under his feet, The government bad no power under the constitution {to arm and emancpate the slaves, and constitution ela ime, deen but four thousand; and five bi been obtained in Virginia and North Carolina, and hundred from Alabama. If he, armed with the =~ of impressment, could not get them as laborers will we be able to get them as solders? Unless they volunteer they will to the Yankees; if werde- pend upon their volunteering we can’t get them, and those we do get will desert to the enct who can offer them a better price than w: The enemy can offer them Mberty, clothing and farme at our expense. Negroes now were deterred frora going to the enemy only dy their fear of being put into the army. (f we put them in they would all gy ovr. In conclusion he considered that the measure, when reviewed as to its expediency Was worse than ds a question of principle. Pp , nat satisfied that a majoriiy of the army were in favor retin ‘The army jo told That the measure was necessary, and they had acquiesced. Hy did not believe that the herovs of Manassas, Fredericksburg and Coal Harbor were holding out their hands to the negroes to come and gave them. He did not betieve that our troops would fight with that constancy which should inspire troops in the hour of battle, when they knew that their flank was being held by negroes, He repeated that he would have voted against the bill exe’ pt for the instruc: tions which put an obl:gation upon him. He should en- deavor to mould the Dill so as to out the true spirit of those instructtons, He believed it would and hoped it would not have the evil effects that he appre- bended, Mr. Grauam also opposed the bill. He meant to hold cut no,threat, but he would say that when Congrers adop'ed such a measure tre Stas would feel called upon to emeder whether such an inroad upm the constititiin did not call for additional guords beng (hrown around that inetromen’. ‘He considered the adoption of the measure as almost a vir'ual atand’ nment fhe prinip'es if the ecn’est. Mr. Graham protested against the right of the Virginia Legis- lature to instruct its Senators after the mature delibera- tion of the Senate had disposed of the mengure, which aff cted not the State of Virginia alone, but every Slate between the Potomac and the Rio Grande. Mr. Graham aged at length againat the conrtituitowMlity and expe- | afency of thé Incacure. Mr. Seanus spoke in advocacy of the bill. He advocated tasan-cesity. It was better to throw over part of the cargo than to lose the ship and cargo together. It was ured by General Lee, and the consequences which would follow would not be # bad as had boon represented. He hoped the biil would be so mod.fied as to conform to the instructions given by the State of Virginia to her Senators. opposed the bill. URNETI ured its passage. . ate revolved into secret seesion. XVENING BEBSION, After recess the Senate met at half-past teven o’cloek eae and resumed consideration of the Negro Soldier ill. & Mr. Opnam spoke in advocacy of the policy of arming the slaves, After further debate the Senate adjourned, without taking @ vote on the bill. THE NEGRO ENLISTMENT BILL @ENT BACK TO THE HOUSE BY THF REBEL SENATE, {From the Richmond Exam ner, March 9.) Both houses of Congress agrced yesterday to adjourn next Saturday, The business.of the session ig pretty well closed -p. ‘The only imaportant b:ll now pending is the one putting negroes in the army, which was passed in the Senate by one majority. The bill was. slightly amended ip the Senate, and necessarily goes back to the House for concurrence. The amendment not being ma- ter.al, {¢ is supposed the bill will pass the House without dificulty, and probably to-day. Congress will Lave been in sessiouvone hundred and five days on next Saturday. undred The Negro Enrolment Aet. THE MEASURE RESORTED TO AB NECESSARY TO TRE EXISTENCE OF THE SOUTH. {From the Richmond Fnquirer, March 8.] The subject of putting the begroes in the army was on LSapterd before the Confederate Senate fur final action. ¢ discussion was on* of great interest. The Virginia Legislature having instructed her Senators to vote for the Proposition <ecures the pactage of the law. Mr, Hunter, of Virginia, opened the discuss: and though announcing h' soe to vote tor the bill, yet gave the reasons which influenced him to oppose it. Fenators Graham, Orr, Wigfall and Caperton concurred with Mr. Hunter in opposition, and Senators Semmes, Burnett, Henry and ham addversyd the Senate in tavor of the measure. Wo shall not attempt to give any sketch of the debate, The measure is one of necca vy, not of chow e—a measure which the country has resorted fo in order. to defend her existence. There may be much dif- forence of opinion as to the good result of the mea- sure, but there can be no question as to the good mo- tives of those who either advocated or opposed the mea- sure, Its influence upon élavery is more of apprehen- . sion than reality, for slavery is dead in Virginia. This State never took up arms for ere a she fought for a principle of self-government, whict, In the case of slave- ry, had been assailed. The ‘point of interest wes alto- gvther confined to the border Stater; to them rendition Of fugitive slaves was of much practical importance. To the Gulf States it was of no practical importance what- ever. Totbe border States the Territories were outigts for the increasing slavo ulations; but the Gut Btates wanted slavee and had uone to romove. Yet for no.ther the failure to execute the Fugitive Slave law, nor for participation in the — Territories, would Virginia dissotve the Union. The Gulf States, in the exercise of their clear right, chose to make these jucetions the occasions of the formerly ceded to the general gov was one of consent th. constitution 0! was the organic law of ort) gov ers States could b | United States butift If ¢ to tho Union, coerced inte ob: die there was no went—1e fellgovernment. The issue ths made up #as undecided from the organization of the Confederate Dwar ‘nt ot Monigomery until the fall of Sumter. Virgimia, ty convention, formaliy re. jected the Montgomery constitution. Union, But when the April pro called her to war, and she was ¢ for or against the prinelple of of self-government, the con moment, She seceded and Bates who aaserted the principle of thos States that denied that principle, Slavery and negroes were the occasion which developed the actual fact of the principle of consent and tho right of self gov- ernment, just as the tax on tea and the Stamp act brought permanently out the ciaim of the British govern- ment to tax the colonisis, The war, on the part of Vir. ginia, Was undertaken no inore for slaves than wes that of the Revolution fought for the tax on a pr 4 of tea, The oecasion .s Wo often confounded with the cause of this wa Itis no surrender of tho principle of the contest for these States to emancipate r a if they think roper to do so for their deve The Yankees may be Ranting to emanespate the negrobs; but we are not fight ing to keep them inslavery, We aro lighting to presorve the great principle of self-government. In the confict tho means ured by both, parties may become the nme, ‘withous ghan; pad and object of the confict. We inay BL SAS ccs slaves to ind ce them to fight for our right of self-government. The Yankees emancipate them to prevent them fighting for us. Virginia bas more to fight for i the point of honor than she ever had in the point of tuterest. Sho cannot and she will not yield the right of self-government. She Siw abided by the vidon of Mr. Lincoln ‘ion did vot hesitate a up arme with (hose ent, and against ; Gosport. The retreat from Manassas :cerificed provis will sacrifice every matorial intrest and the life of (very man, white and bieck, rather than yicld the right of coercion and force to her enemy to drag her back into the Union. If this patting of the negroes inte the army ivolves the abolition of élavery, Virginia cannot hesitate since the failure of our armies to maintain apd defen the cause suvolves not only the abolition ery, but the enslavoment of hr people Virginia df not inetruct her Senators to coer 6 ¥ or “Btates, bu he instrn. ted thom becatiec che d rized to sighity (p the world that she would never yleld up the cont rt as long ee she had a man, white or black, to fight for it. Her instructions are hor tirtual pidge to fight on and never to yield. She may be conqucred—the Providence of God may design for this Btate a future of slavery; but as long as she has veans of malntaning the conflict sho will devote to the sacred cause of celf-government, ‘The Congress, by ite delay, has. ew ged men to inquire whether the Congress faithlully represents the people, If it does, then further sacrifice ix weclens; but, if it does not, thon the Congress has no b #iness in Richinond. If negrooware to be kept in slavery at the hazard of enslay- ing the whites, them the further sacrifice of the whites ix uselers,, Dat If every means Is to be devoted to the cave, then on with the fight General Leo to be Held Responsible fox he Enforcement the Li from he Richmond Examiner, March 9.) The vill 0 egress and turn them into svidiers bas passed the Fenate by @ majority of two, The Vir gi! \ Senators complied with the instructions Of their State Legislature, and voted for the measure, though disapproving of kts principle, not convinced of its ne consity, and more than doubtful of its policy. Mr. Hunter, whore thorough knowledge of the country, whore devoted patriotism and acquaintance with the no gro character entitle bis words toa respectful heartng, took occasion, while voting for the bill, to record solema protest. Mr. Wigfall, in a speech of great Fore opposed the measure to the last. ¢ reasoning of these gentlemen is strong, and, indeed, cannot 0¢ answered by argument, Ibean be auewered’ only by the imperious demond of the Commander-in-\ hief of the army, whose bebests must now overbear every consideration of etyil and pocial policy, The government, then, has got ite bill, General Tre has power to fill up his ranks with the material whch be demanded, and which, in the abrence of a suileiency of white men, he believes he can make eflicienl trovpa He Will see, from the carnest protests of some of the best Southern statesmen, how reluctantly this measure has been wrung out of Con, by mil! necessity alone, and by his jon of that necessity, He undertakes, ind a eat ity; but having got the T, we he tb ohe wit euewgy and succems. if he will but beat ¢ Yankee invasion, the coun try will gladly Ook given to its traditional any 4 Tea To ‘wepre ees cad wlat us be 80 i eur enemy, n egro labor and the negro race find ir lev ards a8 boat they man, ig abuse of those who stand infinitely higher soya confidence. He denou: the Vi @s “@ one hore: conxrn? (where were our ‘that they had no word of rebukef), di nced the re ar eae Retin al 2? poured out his bit mand: that he and tie bey od mg nota patriot im the land who will not think that Mr, Wigfall should himself take the advice he gives, and resign bie seat in the Senate. Had he done 80 at the beginning of the session, a great deal of ume would have been saved to that body. which bas been far worse wasted. One of the iast speeches which the writer heard im the old United States Senate was from Mr. Wigfall, in which he defied the North and almost invited them tothe battle. Tittle did we then expect, when the war should indeed come, to gee him pursue the course which has made his further service during the see- sion now about to close an evil and a curse to his country. ‘Would that he would take pattern from that body of men who represent the s ntiment and t! Mnews of Virginia, but whom he thinks it allowabl refer to with words of insult. Would that he would sup- port, as he ought to do, the efforts of that eminent patriot and pure and faithful ‘public officer whom the with a unaninous choice, called to the Chief Magi r We trust that the people and Legislature of ‘Texas not unobservant of the freaks of their Senator; and if neither resigns nor mends his ways they will, in jastice to themeelves, to the cause, and to the «ster States, relieve Lim at the earliest moment of the trust which he xo illy d'scharges. Some of the Rebel States Threatening to Desert the Rebel Cause. {From the Kichmond Sentinel, March 8.J Nothing can be more unpatriotic ‘or in werso taste than to threaten the majsrity with defiction and atandon- ment un'es: they shail yieid their tunegerget'c minority. If, indeed, the worst that ie threatened should happen the defection of a part would be a less evil than the paralysis of the whole. But we credit no such inimidations, We have great fuith in the people, aud we do not dread the result of an appeal to {them from the quaking of the faint-hearted and the whipped. ‘The time has come when the brave and true men of the country everywhere must cry aloud and not allow their views and wishes to be misconcelved or mis- YP aented. We think it would be well to have frequent conferences | and consultations between the authoritis and leading citizens of the several (ates, They would tend to keep sympathy and harmony-among us, and to promote a salutary zeal and yirtuous rivalry. We should like to see Virginia send now, as she hay sent in other days, @ deputation of her first sons to visit our sister States, and to proclaim to them that all is well in the Old Dominion, In the carly days of secession she received embasyies from her Southern sister States, inviting her to join her fortunes with theirs; let her in her turn now send to them to tell them that Virginia, amid all her sufferings, ie still unconquered and true, and to receive their ac Surances that they will stand by her, and with her, through all the fortunesof the changing Oght, aud match biow with blow, until Ged shall crown our common strug- gle with a common triumph! We do wid credit any threats orrumors of dsertion, We are faithful to our sister States; we confide in their honor that they will be Saithful us. inan- >) le to Henry A. Wise Draws a Picture of the Sitantion. i ‘igade and the Virginia Legis- it Northwestern Virginia has been left to the enemy, and it hua receded from secesicn. ‘The want of all means of defence at Hatteras and Roanoke Island abandoned the garner of grain and the meat house of all Kastern North Carolina and of the city of Norfolk gad the navy yard at ne and munitions of war enough to last @ yoar's campaign. The sudden and Ly ae evacuation of Norfolk, an¢ the blowing up of t ferrimac, abandoned Kastern Virginia, aud stripped ve still more of our main mens supp'y and dfence, r.treat from the York peninsal lost still more o( pro\isions and munitions of war, and exposed Richmond to the bloody, !udectsive hattlesof the seven daye. Doubtful orders aud divided armios left Tonnessee and Vicksburg both to fall, between disputing commanders ant eoufiicting conmands, for which there seems tobe mo responsibility, The death of the seif- religat h ro, Jackson, left the valley of wheat and com ile inlaid exposed Morse Island to capiure end Charlee. le id ex; [or capture lee ton to Semsbari cows br decd eptree wea.” The rear ee ed the pape ol her of che roe _suoe bas repuls crippled the, army 0! while Sherman has been left free to thread. Georgia with desolation and wire Bavannab, and to threaten the trunk and branches of all ourSouthera communications, And all thie time, th: retirement of such generals as Beauregard from the command of armies In the fleld cannot be compensated by his ongineering of Charleston Harbor, or of G. W. Emith cannot be compensated by hie englueoring in Btate of Georgia, and Joseph Johnston's retirement can be; measured only: by the losses and lamentations which Baye followed in its train. Fort Fisher bog fallen, and by Grant's crossing the Chicka- hominy and the James without a blow Richmond and Pe- lereburg are th bevieged, the line of railroad is cut and the army {3 advancing and tirealening from every. point of the compass, General Seott’s prograinme, at the beginn'ns of the war, for our invasion and destraction, ix fact ¢ nding toc mammation, Weare eut int» fragment: of territory, divided by the Mississippi, and in every section driven Into a close interior and forced to self-reliance apart from all the rest of the world. Jeff. Davis Called on to Seize the Gold of the Bank of Virginia. | [From the Richmond Enquirer, March 8.) The public will be greatly surpris.d to learn that the Bank of Virginia has determined to redeem ite notes in | goid—one dollar of gold for six of notes. When it is remembered that the blockade has transferred more than hal’ f these notes to the hands of the enemy, and that [From his speed to to | early every dollar of gold thatgays cus for the redemp- tion of these notes goes to ai com r: the pe! lie enemy, this action of the Bank of Virginia will greatly disappoint the people of the State, For four yoars this bank has held its gold. By virtue of the exposed bodies of the soldier they have kept the hands of the enemy out of tho vaults of the bank, and now this gold is needed to fed the soldiers that have thus defended it, and the dank has taken action to give it to the enemy rather than feed (he army by its wee, The strong arm’ of power is greatly needed in this city, and wo ea:waty call upon the Presudent avd upon the Governor & slrerth firth their arms and make mn and cop ition Je their duy. The State of Virvinia we believe, a tir fifth interest im the Bank of Virginia; will the ‘Leislature permit this send- ing of gold out of the country? Will it not athorize the Governor to take possersion of the gold, and direct him to tun every dollar (f it ovr by « Lee? Impress the god fir the defence y Kichme we Legislature has already nobly done tts duty ; let it now seize the gold and devote it to the defence of the cause. The Tobacco Seized at Fredericksburg. A BHARE TRADE OF MK. EINGLETON’S. [From the Richinond Examiuer, March 9.} For some days partivs ia this city have boen sending large quantities of manufactured tobacco hence to Fred erickeburg. Report rays that this tobacco was to be traded with the Yankees for bacon, and that Genera! Sin gleton was the prime mover in the arrangement, this bo: ing the basiness that brought him, again to Richmond. The tobacco was transported to Hamilton ferry by rail- road and thence hauled to Frederickeburg, five miles dis- tant, a wagons, The Yankees were expected to come up in versels to Fred ricksb..rg, bringing bacon with them, and carry off the tobacco. On Monday last two red thousand pounds of tobacco had been sent up the Fredericksburg Railroad, forty thousaud pounds of which had been hauled to Frodericksbarg and stored in a warehouse on the Rappahanuook, convenient for shipping; and (he other one hundred and sixty thousand pounds were | in thirty-one box railroad cars at Hamilton's crossing Tho eneiny came up to Fredericksburg in gunboats on but brevght no Lacon that we have been Their drst step was to send a party of milton’s crowing, who vet fire to aud de care and tobacco there, This party also d Ure bridge over Massnponax ereek, a short distance this side of Hamilton's crossing. — There are tyro reports as to what was done with the tobacco ut Fredericksburg--one that tho enemy carried stom, and the other that they fired the ware houses aud destroyed both hooses and tobacco, It is ae certained that they burned the five wagons employed in hauling the tobacco, and carried off the horses. 80 ends one of the mont brilliant sokemos of our latter day specu lators, The railroad company segret losing ine. riy- one ‘are, af they believed mp arrangement had been reer the enepy that U.ey should not be mo- The Rebel wavy Moers he fou TO THR EDITOR OF EXAMINER, Ricrworp, March 7, 1865, Allow mo to, treepass upon your valuable columns to bring before the authoritles the most arbitrary proceed: ing that haw disgra ed our State since the beginning of the war, Commodore Tecker, of the navy, with a large number of his officers and a battalion of marines, reached Dan. ville yeetertay about widnight, The passenger train for Richinond leaving at that hour, was in readiness to start, the ladies’ car containing many ladios, old and young, with young chtldren, and officers of the army under’ special orders and ‘returning to their com mands, ‘The Commodore ordered that the ladies’ car should be cleared tor the benefit of his party, and the order was exeo ted In avery rough manner by a very ro gh captain— the ladios and children tarned out at thie late hour, and army oflicers excluded by h's armed fore: Ono epirited lady raid that “they allowed the Yankeos to the gunbuats and were now fighting women and ldren.” Great bel ts, This act prevented a large numberof furteughed men from hastening to their commands, a large numbor being from extreme Southern Statos, and had walked loug journeys to comply with their duty to their country, AN EYE WITNESS. High Prices at Richmond, [From the Richmond Examiner, March 8.) Tt 1a Wonderful Bow a man's nnd becomes accustomed to the high chargea ow p t upon everyting that pters Jnto Uke “tao of mortals, whuthey of food. Untak or couh: Bad Odor at | Tost extraordinary. Ing isto dear, nothing too cot 100 ward in the end. ¥ The Last Letter of tain 1. 'rom the Richmond Whig, March 9.) ‘The follow ng is a copy of one of the last letters written by the murdered hero, in John Y. Beal :— Fort Lavaverts, Feb, 14, 1865. Mr. James A. L. McCuvrg, Baltimore, Md. :— Dean 5in—Last evening I was informed of the finding ‘and eentence of the commission in my case. Captain Wright Rivesyof Gerferal Dix's staff, promised to procure @ copy of the record of my,trial. I am solicitous for eeu, who represe:it’ my friends, to have one, and to at- this statement to it:—‘Some of the evidence te true, come false, I am not aspy nor @ guerilla. The snare were not proven. The execution of the sentence will be murder.” And ata convenient season to for- ward that record and statement to my friends. I wish you to find out the amount ef the ing gore of trial, and forward it to me at once, so that I can give @ check for the amount. ain Wright Riven avsured me that my friends have my body. For my family’s wake, please got my body from Fort Columbus aiter the execution, and bave it plainly buried, not to be removed to my native State till suis unhappy war is over, and wy friends can bury as prudence and their wishes dictate. ‘Let me again thank you for your kindness, and believe me to be now, as in days of yore, your attached friend, JOHN Y. BEALL. COL. BAKER AMONG THE BOUNTY BROKERS, Wholesale Arrestse—Seven Hundred Pris- oners Captured, &c. ‘The war upon the bounty brokers and jumpers, like that upon the rebels, is drawing toa close, Yesterday they received the most signal defeat, beyond all com paricon, that they ever before eustaincd. ‘The affair was a complete surprige, and must be as demoralizing as the capture of Richmond will soon be to the rebels, To give avleay and conclee idea of how this brilliant result was obtained it is necessary to review the previous operations of the campaign a little. The Provost Marshal Generals, including Genorals Fry, Hinks and others, «nggested various plans recently for trapping the brokers and jumpers; but it was all to no purpose. No plan they could devise would work. ‘True, a jumper here and there would be pinned once in a wh le—perbaps shot, or the Hike of that; bit what did the great croyd mind thaty How d.d it affect the suc: cevefal jum, Smho had made his fortunc? He ouly laughed at his more unfortunate fellows and continued his own course, trusting to luck, which a always good till it turng bad, Colonel Baker captured a few on tho old principles of his predecessors; bet even this was be- coming a very light business, for the brokers wore rowing more and more witious ‘on account of Folonel Baker's operations, At length, boldly cut ting loose from all former plans,’ the Colonel determined to adopt newer and bolder tact'cs, so he all, Hoboken, ened a recruiting office tn Odd Follows’ He b seapgehetid ago. The Stare and Stripes flew from every rt of the building, and large posters informed brokers, Jumpers and every one else that fabulous bounties were paid at the United States rendezvous. All hands soon yot their eye on the place; it was freely circulnted that large bounties were paid, and that it was the easiest thing in the world to get off with a pocketfull of groen- backe, Some of them were enlisted and Jet off. Bar- gains were niede with the brokers, who were to bring nove but those who had jumped the bounty and were well ied in the business. Thye everything worked to @ charm. Yesterday there was an men conld not b2 mustered delay. The door was blocked by nearly all the bounty in thectty, The d was to get in as man: ‘as possible before closing the "s work, for if the day passed without the rea} @ of the enlisted mor more world be en)i ‘The trick would b> discovered. ‘Dowarde evening, when the Business was at its height, the brokers held a consultation. Thoy demanded of the yecrniting a where these men were that were en- listed in morning. Excuses were given, ry the work went on. At length they deliberated again, thelr suspicions having been now keenly wroured. determined to suspend opera- tions, concluding this to be more of Baker's work, and ‘shut down. It was now too late. Colonel Baker had soldiers secretly conveyed from Governor's Island. They were already among the jumpers enlisted, and these, to the number of se sndred, wore se- cured. Besides these were seventeen brokers taken. The surprise of the bounty jumpers whon they were placed among regulers for safekeeping, as they were ushered into the large. room of the depot, is described as It was only equalled by the disinay of the brokers when they were taken. All hands were oon placed in fron, and in thix way they will be marched down Broad: to-day on their way from Hobo- ken to Governor’s Island. ANOTHER ARNEST. George H. Sitterly, an attache of the Se-ond District Provort Marshal's Oifies, 26 Grand stroct, was arrested yesterday forenoon also by Colonel Baker's men, while on his way to the Kings County Treasurer's Office with = large amoznt of county bonds in his possession—stated at about twenty thousand dollars, tis not known what disposition hax been made of hm. The Quo’ FILL’ IT UP—CALL MERYINGS-—WHAT ARR OUR CIT- IZENB DOING! Fill up—f0 up the quota. Recruiting goes on well, ‘The Supervisors’ Committee is doing for our citizens all it can do, Chairman Blunt has arranged the new quarters of the committes in most perfect und complete order to facilitate the reception and payinent of men. Supervisor Purdy $s rallying the wards of the city, aided by:Supervi- sor Tweed, in the good work. Comptroller Brennan ta calling loudly on our eapitalisis w take the balance of the seven per cont Bounty foau—in fact, all who are directly interested with the raising recruits and pay. ing the bounty are doing their work man{ully und well; but what is te great public, which, after all, Is ya party most interested, doing in this matter to protect Heo! from a draft? Literally nothing. It looke a& though “General Public”? would rather like a druft, just to sve how itfelt, but is sure to be the first to grumble and soold when wotually enforced. We bad an Imtuense procession a few days since and a huge meeting in Union equare, all in honor of our gencrads anid thelr victories. Victories cannot be won without men, and, to gain more triumphs, more men must be obtained. Onr gene rels are suffering, or soon will be, for the want of sore soldiers, Go to work, appoint commit move, the Chamb-r of Ce interests, and wo ean get out of thi your money with Charman Blunt irnis them forthwith, The jotice given, will contmence on j tet the merchants draft, aceord the Loth day-so we have little time to lose, To act wively is to act promptly, The Fifty-sixth Regiment Accepted for Service. Aupaxy, March 11, 1865, The Seeretary of War has informed Governor Fenton that he accepts the tender of the Fifty s New York National Guard, of Brooklyn, Vol for one year’s service, to apply on the quota of Kings county. News from San Fran STEAMSHIP LINK BETWEEN BAN FRANCISCO MEXIOAN PORTS—A COTTON MILL ClkdO, BTC. AND IN SAN VRAN* Saw Francieoo, March 11, 1965. Speculators contro! the receipts of flour and wheat, and keep up prices for thoes articles, Flour has advanced to fifteen dollars a barrel at wholesale. Advices from Colina, Mexico, say that Mavimilian hae ratified the contract of Juares with Moesere. Holiday & Co., the owners of the Hine of steamers running bety San Francisco and Mexican ports, These steamers mont sail under Mexican colors, ae those runuing in the Gulf on the eastern wide are required to do. Our trade with Mexico is now very large and ropilly ipereasing. | A cotton mill isto be erected jo Son Fronetsco forth with, The staple te to be procured from Sinaloa, Utah and tho Sandwich Telands, while eflorts are making Adopted by the Canadian Parliament. Quenso, March 11, 1865. ‘The Canadian Parliament at four o'clock this morning took avote, and adopted the confederation scheme by the following vole:—Yoas 01, nays 33. Artival of the Ship Dreadnought at New Bedford. New Bevrorn, March 11, 1865, The ship Dreadnonght, Captain Cushing, with ol and bone on freight, arrived fhero to-day, after a passage of eghty-two days from Honolulu—the quickest on record. SHERMAN. Important Union Re- ports if True. Reported Arrival of a Scout at | Wilmington. No Serious Opposition to Sher- man’s Advance. The Rebels Murdering His Foragers. HE RETALIATES UPON HIS PRISONERS His Letter to the Rebel Lieutenant General Wade Hampton. Hampton Threatens to Execute Two Men for Every One Sherman Kills. The Horrors of War in South Carolina. The Particulars of the Burning of Columbia, &e, &e, &e. '» 9 Report of a Scout from Sherman’s Army. Puiapecrura, March 11, 1865. ‘The Bulletin of this city has the following special de ar Wasnrsato, March 11, 1865. A letter dated Wilmington, March 6, was received here to-day, in which it is etated in positive terms that @scout from Sherman's army had reached Gen-ral Terry’s headquarters, who left our forces in the occu- pation of Cheraw, South Carolina, the terminus of the Cheraw and Darlington road, and but a very few miics from North Cagglina, Nothing but *hvalry ekirm'shes had taken place. The army had rested for some days, and found very fair sub- sistence along the route. ‘The advance into North Carolina was a certainty. This letter adds that on the Ist of March the scout started for Newbern, but learning of the occupation of Wilmington, reached that place much sooner. The source of this intelligence is perfectly reliable. Report of One of General Thomas’ Scouts. [From the Washington Republican, March 10.) Major General Thomas (olegraphe the government from the Southwest that one of his scouts has coine tn with information that the rebel Generals Leo and Cheatham, with thetr forces, had been sent from Alabama against Sherman, but that Lee was subsequently recalled to de. fend Selma, Ala, which, 1t was supposed, would be | attacked by the Union forces. Cheatham was ordered to proceed, and, after form ing a junction with Hardee, who came up from Charles- ton, to attack Sherman. The scouts report that the rebels have information that bofore the junction was formed Sherman hurled a few of his veteran brigades back upon Cheatham’s column and completely crushed it. Hardee was not up In time, and report docs not say that b battle at all, but that Johnston was supposed to have attacked Sherman in front and got awfully whipped. There is every reason to believe the report to be true, notwithstanding the roundabout way through which tt comes, The name of the place where the reported battle oc- curred is not mentioned, but it waa probably somewhere on the line of the States of South and North Carolina Sherman Retaliating for the Murder of His Foragers. CORKESPONDENCE BYTWEEN HIM AND THE HEBEL GENERAL WADE HAMPTON. Heapguartars, Mrutany Divison or rime Mrseosives, Ix mix Foun, 24, 1805, } Lieutenant General Wank Hameron, commanding cavalry forees, ©. 8. A.:— Gevxnat—It is officially reported to me that our forag ing parties are murd: after captare, and “Death taal foragers,”’ One instance of a lieutenat and seven men, near Chestertield, and another of twenty, “near a ravine, eighty rode from the main road,” about three wiles from Feasterville, J have ord roda similar number of prisoners in our hands to be dispued yf in like: mavner. I hold aboot one thousand privoners captured itn various ways, and can stand i as long as yw; bot L hardly think these murders are committed with your knowledre; and would suggest that you give notice to the people at large that every life taken by them simply results ip the death of one of your confederates. Of course you cannot question wy right to forage on labelled the country. Itisa war right as old ae history. The | manner of exercising it varies with circumstances, and | Vf the civil anthorities will sypply my Pequisitions, [will | Sortid alt foraging, ButT find no civil authorities who can respond to calls for forage or provisions, and fore must collect directly of the pe I have doubt this in the occasion of much miybehavior on the | part of our men; but Teannot peruilt an enemy t Judge or punish with wholesale wurder, Personally I regrot the bitter feelings engendered by thia war; but they were to be expected, and 1 etmply allege thas those who struck the firet blow and made War inevitable ought not in falrnese lo reproach us for | ple. | the natural conse Imesely wewert our war right | to forage, aud ny resolve to protect my foragers to the extent of life for life, 1 ar, with reaport, your obedient servant, W. T. SHERMAN, Major General U.S. A UMNEAL WAMETON'S LY. Heavquaicrens, ix tHe Pimup, Feb. 27, 1866. Major General W. T. Smexmax, U. 8. Army:— Gosvnat—-Your communication of the 24th inst reached me to-day, In it you state that it has been offl- | cially reported that your foraging parties were “mur | derod” after capture, aud you goon to say that you Lad “oplered a siinilar number of prisoners in your bande to | be dixpooed of in like manner.” ‘That i4to say, you have | “mur. | ord red a number of Coufederate soldier to be dered. You characterize your order in proper terms, for the public voice, even in your own country, where it eeldom | dar 6 to express itself in vindication of tru, honor or justice, will surely agree with you in pronomneing you guilty of murder, If your order is carried out Rofore diamies!ng this portion of your letter, I beg to fs te Yo for every wilder af mine “murdered” by you T shalt have executed at once two of yours, giving, in all cages, preference to muy officers who may bein my hands In reverence to the sialoment you make reganting the death of your foragers, I have only to say that I know nothing of it; that no orders given by me authorize the killing of prisoners eftep capture, and that I do not be. Heve that my men killed any of yours, except under ¢ir curnetances in which it was purfectly legitimate and pro: per they ebould kill them, 1) ts @ part of the system of the thieves whom you | designate as your foragers, to fire the dwellings of those citizens whem they have robbed. Tocheck sale imhumas aystom, which is justly exe crated by every civilized nation, I have directed my men to shoot down all of your men who are caught burning houses, This order shall remain in force as long as you disgrace the proferrion of arms by allowing your men te destroy private dwellings. You say that I cannot, of course, question your right to forage on the country. “It isa right as old as hie tory.” Ido not, sir, question this right, But there ise right older even than this, and one more inalienable— the right that every man has to defend his home and to protect those who are dependent upon him; and from my heart I wish that every old man and boy in my country who can fire a gun. would shoot down, as he would « wild beast, the men who are desolating their land, burning their houses and insulting their women. You are particular in defining and claiming “war rights.” May I ask if you enumerate among them the Tight to fire upon a defenceless city without notice; 10 burn that city to the ground efter it had been surrendered by the authorities, who claimed, though in vain, that protection which is always accorded tn civilized warfare to non-combatants; to fire the dwelling houses of citi- ueng, after robbing them, and to perpetrate even darker crimes than these—crimes too black to be mentioned. You bave permitted, if you have not ordered, the com- mifasion of these offences against humanity and the rules of war, You fired tnto the city of Columbia without o word of warning. After ite surrender by the Mayor, who demanded protection to,private property, you laid the whole city im ashes, leaving amid its ruins thousands of old men and helpless women and children, who are likely to perish of starvation and exposure, Your line of march can be traced by the lurid light of burning houses, and im more than one hous:hold there is an agony far more bitter than that of death, ‘The Indian scaled bis victim regardless of sex or age, but with all his barbarity he always respected the per- sens of his female captives, Your soldiers, more savage than the‘Indian, insult those whose natural protectors are absent. In conclusion, I have only to request that whenever you have any of my men ‘disposed of,” or “murdered,” for the terms appear to be synonymous with you, you will fet me hear of it, in order that I may know what action totake in the matter. In the meantime I shall hold fifty-six of your men as hostages for those whom you have ordered to be executed. Iam, yours, &e, WADE HAMPTON, Lieutenant General. Wade Hampton Thanked fur his Reply to Sherman. {From the Richmond Sentinel, March 9.) The correspondence between Generals Sherman and Hampton, in to-day’s paper, will arouse the manliness of every one who reads it, General Hampton will receive the thanks af every Confederate for his spirited and ag- propriate answer to the Yankee brute. This correspondence reveals the fate of the beautiful city of Cotumbia, Fired into without warning, and laié in ashes a‘ter surrender, Sherman has earned for him- self the hate of mankind, and the treatment due toa wild beast, His barbarity will have an effect opposite to that whigh he designed, and will arouse even the old men and boys to shoot down bin and his so-called forag ers at every opportunity. A Reliable Report of the B : Colambia. [From the Richmond Whig, March 8.) A reliable person, sent into Columbia to ascertain the condition of that anfortunate city since its occupation by the fodra's, reports that he found no difficulty in reach- ing it, Sherman having larried in the place only three dayt—long enough, hewever, to leave what once was flourish ng city @ mass of ruins. The f derala, upon enter- ing the city, finmediately applied the torch to all the public buildings and to many stores on Main street. ‘Whether it was their intention to destroy the city as effectually a8 the result shows, or whether their malice | Was directed solely, agatust the public buildings and pxb- Ke property is not known, But one fact ts certain that three-fourths of Colimlda Lave been destroyed. All of Main wtrest haw been dostroyed vu LOtL siden, with the exception of a single building. From Main street the | fire spread im the direct’on of the Charlotte Railroad depots, covering three entire squares in that direc. tion upon the whole length of Main street. The Catholie convent, churchos, and all public and private buildings within that space, all were consumed by fire. The ene- my, not ratisted with this wholesale destroction, vis'ted the suburbs and applied tho toreh to the residenc:s of General Wade Hampton, the late Colonel Frank Hamp- ton and Colonel Christopher Hampton, and many other private residences on Arsenal Hill, Many private dwell- ings not consumed by fire were visited by the drunken foldiers, who despoiled the male and fomale oocnpante of their jewelry, silver and other valuabies, including woaring apparel, tearing in sureds what they did not carry of. The reporter states tl several thousand women, children and sged men aro without shelter— men of substance Naving to depend wpon the liberality of their more fortunate neighbors and the surrounding country for assigidlee, No act of the enemy, boretofore committed, equiis 'n barbarity and In the gufloring which it has detailed, the last perpetrated at Columbia. Faneral of the Late Rebel Gen. W. H. Ce Whiting. The above ceremony took place at Trinity church at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, A large crowd had congregated inside the sacred edifice Jong before the time sp citied for the commencement of the ceremony, most of whom #emed actuated by « morbid curtosity to be- hold the funeral service of a general in the rebel service. It was the especial desire of General Whiting’s family that his obsequies should be as private as possible, At one o'clock the process on was formed, and pro- coeded from the vestiblule, where the coffin was laid, to the altar, It was headed by the Rev, Drs. Dix and Ogilby ; the cofiin followed, borne by six of his most in- timate friends, and attended by Brigadier General Beall, ©. 8, A., aud the only brother of the deceased. During ite progress Dr. Dix read the passages appointed for such oecasions by the Episcopal burch. The coin was placed before the altar, and the Rev. Dr. Dix proceeded with the burial service. The service, always impressive, was in this cave deeply so, Every one present seemrd alive to the solemnity of the occas! and many appeared sincerely aifected. The afflict mother and sisters of General Whiting occupied seats near the altar, and exe ted | nasaal sympathy. ‘The last words of the service having been uttered, the procession | reformed in the same order, with the addition of the female relatives and several ladies—friends of the deceased—all in deep mourning, and out of the chureh, whence they proceeded to Greenwood Cemetery, where, pending the re moval of hia remaine to the South, they were deposited, The coilin was of highly polished pore. wood, silver mounted, the following Inscription being | on the breastplate :— Bescrnesces re necerereerer eeteomovaninonsnenen ry ereees. ve 3 Major General W. H. ©. WHITING, C8 A, 3 late of Missbxippl, H Died on Goverr "w Toland, Now York Harbor, March 10, 1865, 5 Aged 40 years, 11 months and 18 daya. OROCLLO LEE TELD TE EPPE LODE DETELOLODELD, BOOLEETOOLE LE On the coffin were placed two bandsome crosses, Come poed of pare white cameias; and, while it @us passing up the aisie, © young lady pla-ed @ number of flowerg with a whe ribben, on the lid. Surrogate’s Court. WILL OF CHARLES BREUBING—DRCTBIOR AGAINST THE CLAIM OF MISS KAUFMAN, Surrogate Tucker yosterday decided to deny probate t@ the paper propounded as the will of Charles Breasing decoased. Mr, Brensing was a well known citizen, of German birth—a music importer on Broadway—who died quite euddenly in the year 1862, The paper presented ag Des will is written in German, and purports to bequeath | all bie property to Mike Kievfman, The two witnessen—« THe Mase Kaufman's eister and brother-inaw—awore to hg ‘having been written by Breusing and executed in theif oe Pa Jerton, in opposition to the will, produced @ large number af witioaes who declared the handwriting ble that of the dece rae | the signatare and body of the ye probate beeausd shaw pof been al evidence of tis genuing hese. The property left by Mr. Bre sing is considerable iq } moe iver ng this decision Surrogase Tucked | Femarked that cases like this were eminently proper ones to go to a jury; ne were most of the contested will a it involving questions of forg ry, insan t; oand similar isenen of fact, ‘The Sur had be o vainly endeavor ng, for two sem . Logeiat re, Wo obtains reform ‘of the aystei COU whch @ jury shou! pee fue ones; fi it the present method of cision’ upon such important questions SS a jury wae anomalods, burdensome to the Surr gate, unsafe for the commanky; but that he had tt little hope that the Legitlature weld change the prero statutes which imposed 0 dangervus @ reapomabilll guon the Surrogate,