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The Ohio Democracy. The Ohio Democrats celebrated the 8th of January, at Columbus with great spirit. The animus of the oc casion may be inferred from an ac count by a correspondent of a Cincin nati paper, that “the speeches were more hostile to the existing Govern ment of our country than any Robel tirades evnr published m the land of the Secesh.” We make brief extracts from sever al speeches: Judge Bartley: After.depicting the sad condition of the country, he answered the momen tous question, how shall we get out of it? The best way would be for Lin coln and Hamlin to resign, And if they were capable of a generous and noble net, and were disposed to be patriotic they would at once surrender the pow er they have proved; themselves inca pable of controling for the welfare of the country. There are three ways .of getting out of the difficulty: Oneis ■to go on with the war, free all the ne groes, ami subjugate the Southern States. Another way is to cease the war, declare an armistice, open negoti ations, apd endeavor to bring back the Union by compromise and conciliation. [This plan was received with very gen eral applause.] The third way is, to let the Southern States go off into a Confederacy by themselves. If the speaker were a Black Republican, he would consider it his duty to favor the latter plan; for if their doctrine of an “irrepressible conflict” he true, a sep aration must be the final result. But that was not the position of the Dem- From Arkansas. ( Gentleman direct from Arkansas says the Richmond Whig, confirm the £ report of the intelligence of the cap- — ture of Arkansas Post. The gaTri-j son, four thousand in number, was principally militia, who fought gal lantly for several hours, until they were completely surrounded by a great ly superior force, when they capitula- ■ ted. Reinforcements were on the way but failed to reach them. Gen. Holmes was concentrating his j forces in the State, where he expected to be able to make a successful stand for the defence of the trans-Mississip- | pi department. The approaching col umn of the enemy was known to be heavy, but confidence pervaded the j minds of our people. The troops were I complaining bitterly of having been ; but poorly supplied by the Richmond authorities, yet they maintain their spirits, and promise a good account of themselves. The country has been almost entirely drained of supplies, and as neither army can long subsist upon local means, or can probably procure adequate subsistence for a great length of time, early offensive operations may be anticipated. Petersburg Express. Thursday, STATESVILLE, — 0 i ^Tie Standard’s TAIL in Trouble. The Greensboro Patriot, which cf late has been transformed into the caudal appendage of the Standard, or to use plain English the tail of the voracious beast that picks up the crumbs which fall from Gov. Vance’s table —in its last issue, undertook to vilify the Iredell Express and its editors, by squirting at us a portion of the slime which was gene rated in the crucible of a mean and morbid mind, contained in a carcass fitting to wear the collar of “ Master Holden,” and do the bidding of the Great “ Buffalo” whip, at Ra leigh, who can “kill, and make alive,” and, perform other wondrous things! The writer February 19. 1863. From the North via Grenada. Mobile, Feb. 11. A special dispatch to the Advertis er and Register, dated Jackson, 11th, i contains a dispatch to the Crisis from Grenada, which says that Chicago I dates to the 4th had been received there and New York dates to the 3d. I Dry goods had advanced beyond the j reach of greenbacks. Gold was 162]-. ocratic party. Of the three proposi tions the most sensible, as things now stand, and he spoke only for himself, would be to declare an armistice, and go into negotiations for compromise. The audience heartily agreed with the speaker. The trial of arms had been made, and fatally made. We had been whipped more than half the time. Still the administration had faith in Providence, but why Providence al lowed himself to be whipped so often was curious. Judge Thurman: Plie President has as much power to suspend the Constitution of Ohio as ho lias tile writ of habeas corpus. It was ,the doctrine of the President and his ^followers that the Executive has the .power jo do anything that is necessary to put down the rebellion. If this be so he can abolish the State Govern ments, can turn Congress out of doors; and if there shall be, as no doubt there will be, a Democratic Congress next year, we have no assurance that an armed force will not turn them out. On the same principle, he may sup press all the courts in the country. If the green backs fail [a voice “Or arc gambled away,”] or Chase’s paper mills give out, the President, if he thinks it necessary to carry on the War, can take every dollar from the citizens of every State. ITe can do Slope than tliat—he can deprive you, not only cf your political franchise, your personal liberty, and your prop erty, but he may demand the sacrifice of your lives also. This is what the doctrine of necessity leads to. Hon. J. W. Jewett: Who ever thought that Proclamations were to make laws? They were de signed to command obedience to laws; but the mere executive of la w has seen proper to proclaim law to the people, and overthrow law a, ? d government as Heretofore understood and recognized. The speaker then took up the several proclamations of the President, and denounced them as in contravention of Jmj ■Two years since, said Mr. Jewett, 1 ,was so unfortunate as to be a candi date for your Governor, and I never .regretted not being elected until the morning I read the President’s Proc lamation authorizing the arrests of persons suspected of disloyal practic es, by irresponsible officers. I then regretted there was not some one in the Governor’s chair who had the back bone to issue a counter proclamation. [Repeated cheers.] I would havemq.de that proclamation before you, Dr. Olds, were made inmate of the Bastilc. [Ap plause.] JO. Aho Constitution as it is, and the Union as it was, and the negroes where they are. Responses by L. R. Critchfield, the new Attorney General. Thinking, Committal of Major Sanders to Fort LaFayette. Major Reid Sanders, who fell into the hands of the blockaders off Char leston with the ‘ intercepted dispatch es,” was examined in New York on the 1st inst., and committed to Fort Lafayette. The Herald says: He was then under the assumed name of Geo. A. Sherman, and claim ed to bo a British subject. IIo was dressed in mechanics’ apparel, and on being searched documents were found secreted on his person which confirmed the suspicion that he was bearer of rebel dispatches. Sanders was con veyed to this port, and transmitted from the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, to the custody of the United States Marshal, where it was thought he would be a valuable witness in condemning the prize vessel on board of which he was when captured, lie here denied his identity, insisted that his name was Sherman, and that he was a British subject. This subterfuge was, how ever, detected by Prize Commissioner Elliott, who’recognized him as Reid Sanders, with whom he (the Commis sioner) had been well aeqainted. The Marshal said he was also ac quainted with Sander’s father and mother, and that the movements of the accused were watched from the time he left home until he was brought to this city. Sanders ultimately ac knowledged his name, and admitted that he was known at home as Major Reid Sanders,.of the Confederate ar- Draught of the Seine. —The Atlanta Confederacy says :—-“ Vai- landigham is not a Yankee. He was born in Maryland, and is of the best of Maryland stock. The purest of Southern blood courses his veins, and there is not a single Yankee idea or instinct in him. We are personally acquainted with him, and have the history of himself and his ancestors from his own richly stored with the treasures of history.— has but few equals and no superior in Ame- of the Charleston Mercury, a to one dollar a pound. At that rate the val ue of one year’s crop would be about $2,000,- 000,000 of the article in the “Patriot,” is a very small specimen of the genus homo, if he be not in fact a cross between the lowest bred cur and the smallest atom of the canine spe cies, therefore, his pusyllanimous yelping at our heels, disturbs our equanimity as little as any other base-born pup would, that might keep his insignificant carcass beyond the reach of our booted toes, which the aforesaid villitier, we make no doubt, will endeavor to do. This writer belongs to the herd of “ Buffa los” that infest the State from “Currituck to Cherokee, is doubtle: all, Sir. and yet the “ 1 incipient rebellion’ AV hr do armed guards traverse the State? What meaning do the proclamations issued by Gov. Vance, convev ? Why are men banding together to oppose the laws? County, last week, and yet the “incipient re bellion is doubtless a myth.” We charge, again, that there is “incipient rebellion ” in the State, and we charge that the Standard and Patriot have done a full share in instigat ing it! Under the leadership ol'these sheets, and President Ramble officiating at the open ing. Songs, dances, the comedy of “The Honeymoon,” and the farce of "Paddy Mile’s Boy,” made np the initiatory bill. —The Tuscumbia North. Alabamian of the 30th ult., furnishes the following particulars of a recent raid of Van Dorn at Holly Springs : Dorn made another attack on Holly Springs a few davs ago, capturing 700 prisoners, and bad! The infamous —against the Cause of the South—against the money which the soldiers are forced to take to support their families, by refusing it. | popular, without putting their own necks in the halier, and the consequences are. visible on every hand. The soldiers in the field are as true as steel, and thousands at home will stand by them to the last, excepting the .Standard and its Tail. Why is not the “ Buffalo,” who has assail ed the Editors of the Express, in the field, showing /Is Patriotism, instead of cowardly deficient in patriotism Z means fail to call at Greensboro for the Tati. my. He asked that he might not be sent to Fort Lafayette, as he was in bad health. A physician, however, was consulted, and he was transmitted to Fort Lafayette on Saturday, under the charge of Deputies Pool and Buck ley. Major Reid Sanders is some what like his father, stout and stun ted, ruddy complexion, and about 25 years of age. His apparel was an ex cellent disguise, and completely trans formed the man of military bearing into the laborer in search of hire. scoundrel Captain Latimer, who made him self' infamous by his depredations in this County, and who had been burning houses and cutting up extensively about Holly Springs, was hung by order of Van Dorn, only ten minutes being allowed him to make his arrangements for his long journey. —Major Austen, of Morgan’s brigade, on the 4th instant, captured and destroyed a wagon train on the Pike between Lavergne and Nashville, He also captured a number 'of prisoners, including a Captain and a Quar termaster. —Among the Acts passed at a recent extra session of the Louisiana Legislature was the following: “An Act to appropriate fifty dol- Deserters and their Punishment. Hon. W. Porcher Miles recently introduced a bill into Congress to pre vent straggling in the army, and of fering a reward to those who should apprehend deserters. Mr. Miles re marked that the practice of straggling had entailed great difficulties upon our generals, and had even been so great as to deprive us of the fruits of victory on more than one occasion. We dare say the South Carolina Congressman is right in his statement of the evils of the practice of straggling, but we think the remedy he proposes will not effect his object, because not aimed at the vital point of the matter. The privates in our army never fail to straggle when their company officers set the example, and until the officers are broken of this l ad habit, the men may be expected to follow it. Wo have seen our army upon a long and tiresome march, and almost the first men to break ranks and betake themselves to rest upon the roadside, or at neighboring farm houses, have been the captains and subalterns.— Let Mr. Miles modify his bill so as to embrace the punishment of these offi- from this State, in the State or Confederate service.” —There is a little romance in the life of Mrs. G. B. McClellan not generally known. It appears that she was engaged, some seven years ago, to Gen. A. P. Hill, the rebel.— Her present husband has since had several “engagements” with the rebel General. —A few days since a lady who came thro’ the lines at Fredericksburg under Ila* of trace, brought a message from Ilon. D. W. Voorhees of Indiana, to Gen. Jackson, to the elfect that he (Stonewall) was the only man living who could beat him (Voorhees) in his Congressional district, so great is the aibnini- tion of the distinguished chieftain in Northwest. —Major Leon Smith, who captured Harriet Lane, is the same man who, on the the the the Yankees for allies, and Northern news papers are copying, often, articles from both tracts to show these fact. 5 Wonder that Lincoln's arm ripe fruit which falls to the earth Corn versus Tobacco. Since the Legislature has been discussing the propriety of restricting the culture ofto of power, and be disposed to plant more than patriotieconsiteration. Tobacco bears em > r mous prices, but so does grain and everv de scription of food. And if by any possibility there should bean inadequate crop, whether from a dry season or from the narrow breadth of land planted in corn, the effect mar be dis astrons to our cause. The great struggle in which the country is engaged may and prob ably will be decided at an early day—at anv rate, within the limits of the present yearg Bnt there is an immense army to support. 1 and they cannot render efficient service with j out a plenty of food. We beseech our breth ren, then, of the agricultural districts, to give their earnest attention to the production of may be converted into meat, the profits on wlOr-h nr^ vorv n^O we WOU M a ] sc) sn r. perhaps, it was expected of him to ; cers, and the remedy will then be ap- manifest a due amount of gratitude for plied. More than that, it is the duty his election he went in and out-Herod- ; of these officers together with their file Twelve Confederate prisoners were frozen to death at Camp Douglas. San Francisco dispatches of the 3d, say that Judge Cragmer had decided that greenbacks were not a legal ten der. The U. S. gunboat Hatteras was sunk by the British ship Spitfire.—■ [What will Puritanic Brother Jona than say to this tweak of his nose by John Bull? Of course, he will not think of resenting it.—“ED. Exp.] Dispatches from Indianapolis of the 3d, say that Federal deserters are making forcible resistance to their ar rest. There was great excitement in consequence. The Kentucky Legislature have or dered out 20,000 troops under the Mil itary Board, to resist the enforcement of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclama tion. bers are eager to reach their homes that they may rejoin their families and look after their private affairs, while many of the Eastern members whose homes are in the hands of the enemy, wander about undecided and abstrac ted, not,knowing where to go or what to do. Iheirs is indeed a sad lot, but we trust that before the next meeting of the body whose deliberations have just closed the cloud that now obscures the horizon may have passed, and that peace and quiet, prosperity and hap piness and a thousand blessings and comforts to which we are now stran gers may be ours, and that an inde pendent South may take its place as one of the brightest jewels in the fami ly of nations.—Ral. Progress, 18th. Latest from the Front. Matters remain quiet in front. The heavy snow storm which Fight in Culpepper, Va. The Lynchburg Republican of Tues day, says that a rather severe fight took place at the Rappahannock bridge, in Culpepper county, on Friday last, between a portion of Hampton’s cav alry and a body of abolitionists, who had been sent to destroy the bridge. The vandals .partially succeeded in their design, but before it was fully executed our men came upon them, and after a hot fight drove them off, with the loss of four killed, some eighteen or twenty wounded, and thir teen prisoners. Our loss was one killed, seven wounded and two miss- ing. The enemy was pursued some operations for some time to come,;™ . 3 f 1 . 0 ™ Y river, but so rapid was though important movements are on , ei1 lught, that but little damage was foot, known only to whom it may eon- '‘? n ® 1 ,em 0n . tlle ’’etreat, nearly their corn, and which it might be imprudent I Wb ", 10 os3beln g sustained in the fight at the bridge. The bridge was a new one, and not Tuesday will probably check military to disclose. If Rosencranz designs an advance, he can only accomplish it by the turnpike road—the other avenues being rendered almost impassable by the weather. We hear frequent ru mors of changes and transfers in im portant commands, but consider them merely the idle gossip of the camp.— Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, it is said, will direct the movements of our army of a very substantial character, and we learn that only a small portion of it on the north bank of the river was injured. If necessary it can be re paired in a few days. in the future. The men greatest confidence in him, as much a favorite with the have the and he is army of Outrage and Retaliation. The Shelbyville (Tenn.) Banner learns from the best authority, that Gen. Morgan, a few days since, sent a Bag of truce to Murfreesboro’ to Tennessee as he was on the Potomac, j B1 Our army is being gradually increased convey lad’es who were anxious to see by voluntary enlistments and by means of the conscription officers, and the sens reported to be mortally wounded and prisoners. Gen. Rose- crans seized the wh Ie party, charging , , , , . . , , them to he spies, and threatened their health of the camp is as good as usual, exeputlon . Gen ( p; whcn infol . m . T S " 10 °‘ the "^^ l ® d ° f tb ® flcU > replied with spirit and 6 U "‘’"C/ 11 11 ^ l. determination to this violation of the Congressional. Richmond, Feb. 12. Date, Mr. Sparrow of Lou- j rights of war, and ordered twice the number of Federal officers of the bids est grade in bis custody to be placed in close confinement preparatory to it the purpose of Congress to maintain their being condemned and hung with- the right to the free navigation of the ^t delay if Gen. Rosecrans shall ex Mississippi river, as stated in the act of the Provisional Government, which was referred to the Committee on Com merce. The House Bill repealing the clause in the Exemption Act relative to over seers on plantations, was discussed un til adjournment. In the House, Win. McRae intro duced an Exemption Bill repealing the present laws and leaving the power to the President and Secretary of War. Referred. The Impressment Bill was discussed ecute those embraced under the flan- oftruce. ' The Reported Destruction of the Florida. The Northern papers, of the 2d, contain the rumors which were in cir culation at Havana on the 28th ult., of the Confederate steamer Florida, (nee Ovieto.) The following is a sum mary of the rumors: On Tuesday, January 27th, it was reported in Havana that heavy firing was heard at Matanzas and Cardenas . as if coming from vessels of war en- but no The action was had thereon. From the United States. Richmond, Feb. 11. Washington correspondent of Y. Tribune says that the Yel- gaged in a serious contest at sea. was also stated that the Florida It or low Rook in the possession of Count Mercier contains evidence that the re moval of Butler was known to Druvn De L’TIuys in Paris long before it was known to prominent members of Con gress in Washington. An j^w MIS Adjournment of the General Assembly nothing is better adapted for stock bogs dur- ! ing the summer and fall.—Pet. Express. | As with tobacco, so with cotton. There is The Legislature of 1862-3, adjourn ed at 4 o clock, yesterday afternoon. J enough of both tobacco and cotton to supply 17th of April, 1851, laid the boarders along side the Star of the West. These, the Texas Telegraph observes, were the first two vessels employed by the Yankee Government against 1 the South. —A late dispatch from Indianapolis says: 1 “ Bills have been introduced in the House 1 the people of the South, several years, but of corn not enough f r one year. Plant grain, peas, potatoes, &c., instead of tobacco and cotton. looking toward- a stringent enforcement of the thirteenth article of the Constitution, prohibiting negro immigration. The Democ) i racy will pass one or the other of these bills, j Lincoln’s freed negroes cannot come into the State of Indiana.” —The Selma Sentinel learns from a gentle man direct from Vicksburg, that the best qualities of sugar is selling in that city at from live to ten cents per pound. He stated that any quantity of it was being wasted by the soldiers who are at Vicksburg. He also stated that after the sugar was purchased, and that amount paid for it, it would cost very heavily to get it oft’, as it was a matter of impossibility to get it shipped on the rail road. No War News. M e have no war news of interest to com- inunicatc tnis week. The status of neither army has been changed for several weeks, that we can perceive, and no battles of im portance have been fought. Skirmishing, There was but little business done on yesterday beyond the ratification of bills, &o. Before the final adjournment the Hon. R. S. Donnel, Speaker of the House, delivered an appropriate and eloquent address, acknowledging the compliment conferred on him by mak ing him Speaker, fee. Mr. Donnel, as the presiding officer of the House, some other rebel vessel, had been chas ed by several U. S. gunboats; but with what result had not been learned. It was then believed at Matanzas tha^ the firing and chasing were connected with the same vessel. This rumor was strengthened by the arrival of the Creole, from New York, on the follow ing day, which reported that she had been spoken by the Union gunboat Cayuga, which vessel reported that she had observed a steamer on fire, sup posed to be the Florida, and that three other vessels were firing into her with great rapidity. The locality of this engagement was not definitely stated;. but that it was in the vicinity of the Gayes, off Cardenas and Matanzas. Alabama. The modesty of General Joseph E. Johnston is thus beautifully illustrated by the Mobile correspondent of the Charleston Courier : now and then, continues to be the order of the day at several points, with alternate suc cess, the Con federates taking a few prisoners and occasionally losing a few men. I states that Charleston, Savannah, Report or some other place, is to be attacked by the Yau was very popular, and we mean no flattery to that gentleman when we . $ lir g reat guest at present is the say that the Speaker’s Chair has sc ]_ dnmortal Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.— dom boon more worthily filled. Ouri^ight before last he was serenaded at Reporter requested a copy of Mr.'^ e residence of Gen. McCall, with Donnel's remarks for publication, but ’"diom he was sojourning, by quite a he was unable to furnish them. m °b of Mobilians. They called for cd Herod. lie canjo down on the closers to prevent the men from strag-. fioyerp.gjeflf savagely, and if ever any ' gling, and if they would do their duty, ,of its minions attempted to carry out । they would make the men maintain their unlawful measures in his sacred ; their places in the ranks. locality, he was ready for armed resis- Connected with the same subject, .tancc to them. He didn t believe one we are pleased to see tha t Mr. Gra- half of flip pdijjjle of the North cared ■ ham, of Texas has introduced a bill whether Abe Lincoln or Jeff Davis oc- providing for disfranchising those who cupied the W lute House in Washing- basely refuse to aid the cause of our 1 S H a ' n O f remark, , ponntry by skulking from the enroll-i make any change in the Exemption Law Mi. rlagg left the Hall, shaking his ing officers or deserting from the ar-j l'he bill which passed the House to repeal bead, some who obseivedhim thought my. As a eojintryman remarked to' the clause exempting the owner of twenty at the lank ti eason of this man whom us a few days ago, it is verv hard that I slaves, was lost in the Senate. ^wb of Ohio have placed in one a man who has done all in "his power ot the most important official positions J Feud, some who observed him thought my. 8@--- The present Congress has refused to kees, some time, but when no one can tell. Ilie most hopeful sign for closing the war, is the disaffection in the North West. A re solution has been introduced into one branch of the Indiana Legislature, demanding an armistice and proposing that a Convention of al! the States be held at Nashville, at an early day, to adjust the present trouble and end the war. New Jersey is moving in the same direction. Bonis Napoleon, it is thought, will offer either mediation or intervention early in the Spring, if the war docs not cease before lie makes up bis mind to take the step. Meantime, the South should prepare to de fend her borders to the last extremity ; and not “ put her trust in princes.” . 'g’ 6y quite a mob of Mobilians. They called for us i b ™ l° u d an ^ long. Finally he ap- ! and greatly to our regret and mortifi- P eare L whereupon three loud shouts ■ cation, our Senate Reporter was not were given for the hero of Manassas, in his place yesterday, and hence we- which he replied :—“ Gentlemen, are unable to give either the proceed- , e hero of Manassas is not here to- ings or a synopsis of the proceedings n 'gl't, he is in Charleston.” Three j of that body. We may mention the cheers were then given for the hero of j fact, however, that the Speaker, Hon. Seven Pines. To which ho replied: Giles Mebane, discharged the duties! “ Gentlemen, no one man j of .that arduous and responsible posi- t ^° hero of Seven Pines. , tion, during the session just closed, in ' bloody battle there wore many heroes a manner highly creditable to himself uniJer our fla g> antl the very noblest and acceptable to the Senate. Being i of them were from Alabama.” Where- for a number of years a member of the u l’ on ho made his bow, said “good Assembly and being thoroughly ac n ie ^ an ^ retired amid shouts and quainted with the routine of business, c “ eers ^ a ^ ^ e did n °t stop to answer. From some cause unknown to Three was ever In that ,in the Statu. ^mong the curiosities lately added to thp Museum, is a musquito’s skull, containing thp spuls of twenty-four ex tortioners and the fortunes of twelve printers—nearly half full, to secure the independence of the ®^r We le arn that on Thursday night Confederacy, should after the war, go ' last ’ whilc some militia officers wereattempt- to the poll, and put in his vote for any measure, and one of those cowardly miscreants should step up immediately after and put in his vote to tic off the ing to arrest several conscripts, in Yankin county, the parties fired upon each, other, when three of the guard and two of the con scripts were killed. S®" We were pleased to receive a call, this week, from Mr. Win. F. Williams, one of the Editors of the “Mountain Mercury,” pub-, listed at Marion, N. C. We are gratified ta learn that the “Mercury” is prospering fin el other. We trust Congress will dis franchise them all.—Pan. Appeal. tW. The Legislature of N. C. adjourned sine die last week. B®» It is reported that Gen. D. II. HIM has been offered the command of the army in 1 North Carolina, and that he will probably I accept the charge. his deportment was characterized by Caution an ease and grace that gave dignity Great care should be Uken that the to the whole body. A better selee- matter for vaocinat i on should come Bon could not have been made than fr0m a f(;0tl healt hy person. . A P re y dln g officer - death occurred in Augusta, Georgia, ■Most of the members left us yester- recen tJy under very shocking circum- and early this morning, but a few stances, from erysipelas, or some sim- remain, being loth to sever, we ;] ar disease communicated by vaccin- sBppose, associations which they have a tion with diseased matter.—Exch. formed and which they find very pleas- j and agreeable. Western mem- Several articles are crowded out. at
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