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lit J. M : -r-X " if. rpioB ) ON THE Z OF TRADE STREET VS2, per annum CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE. IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. WKST SIDE mm IN ADVANCE. j7. TAHSL Editor and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1861. TENTH V 0 L U M E N U M B E It 495. ir tit til ill lii I i K i ii i ii i iii i v THE WESTMI B&ffiQCMT, (QPublMied every Tiit'Mlajyo) WILLIAM J. 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J. Kerr, ATTOiiXEV AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will practice in the County and Superior Courts of Mecklenburg. Union and Cabarrus ' ounties. Office in the Brawley building oppoite Kerr's Hotel. January 24, lol Illi;ilT (2IBB0N, M. D., Pli ati tioliu vr .iiuuiciac AND Office Xo. 2 Indus corner, Charlotte, X. C. January, lrttil. Has constantly on hand WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C, Of the best English and American manufacturers. Call mid examine hi sto. k before purchasing elsewhere. Wtch crystals put in for 25 ciiits each. January, 1 POL y John T. Butler, PRACTICAL Watch and Clock TIaLcr, Jew eller, Arc., Opposite Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, X. C. (Late with R. W. Beck with.) Tine WafclM'N t ltn h A Jevi-liT, of every description, Repaired and Warranted for 12 mo nth Oct 10, 1801. y J. G. WILKINSON it CO., PKALHtts IN i 3 v e v .V i 3 a t e cl W a re AND FANCY GOODS, i IS-3 No. 5, Granite Eange, Opposite the Mansion House. CHARLOTTE. N. C. Attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry. September 18, 1SG0. y New Supply of WATCHES, JEWKLRY. Solid . Silver and VhU d Wan . The subscriber has lately purchased a very extensive supply of the aiiuve articles. His purchases being mie direct ly frtou the mauufae; ui er, he is therefore enabled to sell at a very smail advum-e n cost, and persons may rest assured thai all hi1- articles are war ranted to be what he represents them to be. tfm. Wniches a ad t'io.ks cjre.'"i;'!y repaired and will receive my person il stter.i in. ; V. I'Si'KWITH. Ny. 27. l .-V, i ds:. a. i4s:$s-:ws, t CHARLOTTE. N. C, Would inform the public geiu i.iLy. i.nd the citizens of Mecklenburg particularly, that he has resumed the Practice of DENTISTRY and may be found at his old Hand, lie is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold. Silver, Vulcanite, or on the Cheojilastie process, as patients may desire, and fill Teeth with Gold, Tin, Amalgam or Os Artificial. He is also prepared to perform any operation belong ing to Dentistry, and need not say that he will be pleas ed to wait upon any of his old friends or new friends yoa may take that for granted. February 5, 1 SJ 1 NEW GOODS, K00PMANN & PHELPS have received a handsome assortment of SPRING GOODS, consisting in part of DRESS GOODS, BONNETS, &c, to which they invite particular attention. April 2;$, "l86T Hka DorAUTr.Rs North Caiiolina Troops. Adjutant General's Ofuce, Raleigh, Oct. 15, 1801. j General Order. No. 20. 4 ii . :. i. t ., ...... j i r iiinip.uiif.- uiioinri iiiccneu oy nit ouicruur . ill remain at home, without pay, until called upon ! for active service, when a reasonable time will be al- i lowed them for reaching their appointed place of ren- dezvous. This order is necessary on account of the ! limited quantity of clothing and camp equippage now ? on hand, and to enable the Governor to have these sup plies ready for the use of the troops. By order of the commander-in-chief. J. G. MARTIN, 0t SI. 4t Adjutant 69ral. WL1 EAT ! The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new crop of Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers will find it to thir nrlvti)'irrf tn .nll o t tin PIUII. , ...... . - - . . . I II V. Vtl.tlk" LoTTE STEAM MILLS before selling. J any i, tf J.NO. WILKES. FACTO ICY foi: sale;. The undersigned propose t sell, at a low price and upon liberal credit, their COTTOV FACTORY, locat ed on the South Fork of the Catawba River. The ma chinery is comparatively new and it: good order for work. 1 he water power is good and the huMdinffS ample, ami a good FLOURING MILL attached.. The principal machinery consists of lis 00 spindle?, 9 cards, 20 looms, aili all the machinery to work the same. J. Si E. H. STOWE, Oct 8, ISM Stowcsville, N. C. IIL'TTKK! KJTT1R!! The highe'st cash market prices will be paid for Butter. Eggs, Poultry, Ac, at PALMER'S Sept 24, lfcOl Variety Store. T liilVA linu- Wl tinnrt rtnil im iAnetnnlU- rorplvinfr l:rge quantities of Hides, vhich I will exchange for Leather S. M. HOWELL. Gt-pd Charlotte, N. C. October 8, 18C1 I take pleasure in informing my friends and pa'rons of this town and ueighboi hood that I have returned to Charlotte and resumed my former business. In consideration of the existing pressure of the times I shall limit my terms of tuition (in town) on the Pin no to $3o, for the fuil Session of 40 weeks, or .?1S for the half Session of 20 weeks. I have a line stock of sheet music on hnnd and will attend punctually to all orders in that line as also to Tuning, Repairing and Sale of Pianos. Address orders through the post-office. CHARLES 0. PAPE. Wanted to purchase, a second-hand Piano. Oct 8, 1861. Hardware ! ! Hardware ! ! A. A. N. M. TAYLOR ETp ESPECTFULLY iuforms his friends and the pub BltL lie generally, that he has added to his extensive stock of 'Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete sto k of Hardware, consisting in part as follows: Carpenters' Tools. Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun ing, grafting, tennon, back, compass, webb, aud butch er SAWS; Braces and bits. Draw Knives. Chisscls, Augers, Gimlets. Hammers. Hatchets, and Axes: Brick, plastering, and pointing Trowels; Saw-setters. Screw plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of all kinds. Spoke shaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spirit Level, Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boring machines, (lougcrs, and in fact everlhing a mechanic wants, in great variety and at very low prices, at TAY !.!. Hardware Store ami Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man sion House. Charlotte, N. C. May 2f, 18o0. tf Blacksmith's Tools. Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham mers, Buttresses, Farriers' Knives, Screw-plates, Stocks and dies. Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe ami clinch Nails, Borax: Iron of all sizes, both of northern and couutry manufacture; cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; &c, for sale very cheap at TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing Cans, of all the difl'creiit sizes, at TAYLOll'tS Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House. Agricultural Implements of all kinds. Straw Cutters, Corn Shellers, Plows, Hoes, Shovels, Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks. Mattocks, drubbing Hoes, Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar den Hoes and Rakes, with handles; drain Cradles: grain, grass and br.icr Scythes, Bush Hooks, Wagon boxes: Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120 srallons each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles. Sheep Shears. Jfec, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite the Mansion House. Tin and Japanned Ware, A larcre assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate. Babbit metal, &c. Stoves, ti'-e larjropt Stock, of all sizes, at TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion House PKTER R. DATtS. W. H. HAHDEE. DAVIS & I! AIM) KB. ilODUl'E COMHSSIOiV MERCHANTS, Potorslburg, "Va. R K F V. R TO lion. D W Courts. Gen. R W Haywood, Raleigh. X. C. Feb lit, rn-pd. All kinds of EUROPEAN BIRDS; also, a beautiful asso: tment of NEW STYLE CAGES. Those wishing a finr Sonrrster. Will find it at J. D. PALMER'S Variety Store, One door above the Bank of Charlotte. Nov 2 0, 18.30. From and after this day (1st of January, 1831.) we will be pleased to sell our old friends and customers, and the rest of mankind, for eaih, anil cash oily, any article in our Hue of business that we may have on hand. Anv person sending or coming for Goods after this date, without money, will please excuse us if, in stead of filling their order, we furnish them with a copy of this advertisement, a we are determined not to sdl a single article on credit. B3k, And those indebted to us are requested to call and pay, as we wa&t the money. 1 ' OATES 4 WILLIAMS. January 1, 1SG1 tf Dissolution. ri,o r,, (1f pit r ivr.S SPRINGS & CO. was dis- solved bv limitation on the 1st January. 161. The business will he continued under the name and stvle of FULLINGS & SPRINGS, and they hope, by integrity and strict attentiou to business, to merit the ; same patronage heretofore liberally bestowed by 'l. :r numerous friends and customers.. The present financial crisis ?nd the uncert-i: r. business, for the future compel us to shorten t -r . of credit from twelve to six months to prompt j r customers none others need ask it. All persons indebted to the old firm of FnlPr.gs. ; Springs & Co., must come forward and make immed ate settlement, as it is absolutely necessary that the bus- ; aees be speedily closed up.' "A word to the -wise is saffi- 3i Clje 0F5hm Drmorrqt. CHARLOTTE, N. C. FOEEIGN NEWS. We gather the following items frorn the late ftews from Europe : It was reported -ut a large steamer had left London with a full cargo of munitions of war for the South. Capt lYgram, of the Confedernte steamer Nash ville, took ff the captain and crew of the Federal merchant man, Harvey Uirch, and then set fire to her. Mr IiU.-stll, in his last letter to the London Times, averts that Lincoln and his Cabinet are not indisposed to a peaceful arbitration, and are propably considering a proposition for accepting or ut-king thu inn t vention of the European Powers. It Has reported that several steameas had been insured in London to run from England and JS'ew Orleans and back. Beresf'ord Hope, a member of the English Parliament, in a recent lecture, said that the readiest method of restoring peace in America would be for the European powers to recognize the independence of the Confederates. The Charleston Courier publishes Havana dates to the 24th of November. The Captain and 31 ail Agent of the Trent had entered their protest against the seizure of Mason, Slidell, and Eustis and McFarlutjd, before the proper authorities at St. Thomas, and sent a special messenger on the steamer La Platte to report the Mason and Slidell affair to the home Government. ale of" Valuable fBro?erty. STEAM ENGINES & MILL FIXTURES. No. 1. I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, at the Union Gold .Mines, known as the ''Howie Mine," on the 23d and 24th of December, the follow iug personal property, viz: O 8 lea ill Engines, with Boilers, 2 J, 8 and 70 horsepower; 1 Tubular Boiler; 20 Ball's Amalgamators; 4 Bartola's do ; 5 Double Chillian Mills; 1 large iron Lathe; 1 large iron Pan; 2t by II feet of Boiler Iron; 1 large upright Boiler, of Boiler Iron; 1 small do. of cast iron; 1 large 18 hoise Wagon; 8 hogsheads Sulphate Soda; 4 Brick Presses, for face brick; S Chit Mosae rS.LT25 TCIIjLS, new; 2 Flour Bolts and Reels; I upright Saw Mill, new; lot Shafting. PuUie. and Hangers; Joints' Mining Pump; lot Gas Pip'-; lot Iron Gear Wheels; 1-1 3Iulf, Euors'S 4 -1-Iioi-m W;igoiis; i two horse V, agon. 1 Buggy, 1 Carryall, lot of Har iis.ss.3 Cow.-, 3 Calves, Farming Tools, Household and WU lic-n Fin n;t ire, and various other articles too nu :nt roiis to mention. 2. Also, on the first Monday in January next, I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, at the Court Huiise door in Monroe, Seen TVEttROES; Ben, aged 42 years; Mary, 40: Julia, 12; William, 10: Henry 8; Sarah, 5; Mary, 1. And the following Tracts of Land, lying in the county of Union, on the waters of Twelve Mile Creek: One tract, 172 acres, adjoining lands of F L Wiatt and others, and known as the Washington Mine. No. 3. Also, another tract, containing 100 acres, adjoining the lands of A J Clark, Wm H Howie, and others. Also, another tract, containing 4(33 acres, ad joining lands of F L Wiatt, the Big Survey, so called, and others. Also, another tract, containing 287 acres, adjoining lands of Wm II Howie, R G Howard, ami others. Mso, another tract, containing o!Jl acres, ad joining lands of J C Austin, R G Howard, and others. Also, another tract, containing 264 acres, adjoining lands of J C Austin, Wm Jones and others. Also, another tract, containing 40 acres, adjoining lands of Martin Chapman and others, and formerly known as the Ingraham Mine tract. All of the foregoing property levied on and sold as the property of It. F. Stockton, to satisfy sundry cen diis and. ft f us in my hands, issuing from the County and Superior Court. of Union County, against R. F. Stockton, in favor of T. W. Dewey and others. C. AUSTIN, Sheriff. Dec 10, 1861. 4w SHAK AD IyIOS, ASSES. 60 bbls. N. O. Sugar, new crop wholesale. 3u0 Molases, new crop, 100 hhds. N. O. ; 25 kits Mackerel, to hand and for sale bbls. N. O. Molasses expected every day. Orders from merchants will be promptly attended to, and price.- lower than the same articles can be bought in the Charleston market. OATliS 4 WILLIAMS. Dec 10, 1861 3t jVZlilliHriiie Paper 31iS!s, RALEIGH, N. C. The Ncuse Manufacturing Company pay cash and the highest market price for COTTON AXD LINEN RAGS. X. IL Not Wooleu Ri'gs. Present price 3 cents per pound, delivered at either Depot in Raleigh. S. H. ROGERS, Pres't. Address II. W. nusted, Treas'r. Nov 26th. 4t NOTICE. All claims agaiust the Saddle and Harness establish ment of the subscriber, will be settled by Mr Robert Shaw, aud all indebted to the same will please make payment to him, as it is necessary to close up the out standing business. II. M. PRITCHAP.D. Dec 3, 1S61 lm pd NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as administrator of the estate of R. B Monteith. at the October sessions, 1861, of Mecklenburg County Court, all persons in debted to said estate are requested to come forward and make payment; and tho?e having claims against the same are required to present them within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. of their recovery A. A ALEXANDER, Adm'r. 4t-pd November 5, 1861 PSiOCEAiTI AT I O N By Hi Excellency, Henry T. Clark, Governor of Xirth Carolina. Executive Department, Raleigh, v i,- t ifi;i r , , , . - . In nmsnance of the power vested in me by the 19th section of the Constitution, and by and with the advice of the Council of State, I do hereby prohibit th ex- !( latioll. Itevonn ineiimilgoi mis omir:. nsiiuatun. Po: Ret t, ' l.vuiher, Mens' Shoes, Woolen Goods, Ii sc- Blunkets.A-c.&c.. except through the . o. tl: proper officer of the Confederate Govern- i r : he State Governments. Adjutant General nill employ the necessary ; carry into full effect this order. All Agents in i to pur. bafe.lor tne oiate are r"i'r" J" '.lcu un noniY. - ' . : . 11 r n 1 1 1 1 i rv . 1 f Trnor sx-Offlci. Not ISta. 4t THE COWARDLY DESPOTISM AT WASHINGTON. Through the instrumentality of one of Seward's conSdential agents, (says the Richmond Whig,) we have come in possession of the following letter, addressed by a brave aud noble woman to Lincoln's vizier. We are given to understand, that the perusal of it was not without visible effect upon that impersonation of all human villainy. Ihe twitching of the muscles, and his agitated man- I ner betrayed, not perhaps any compunction, but a ; sense of personal insecurity at the hands of the avenging i. emesis. This letter is the most graphic sketch yet given i-JO the world, of the cruel and dastardly tyranny which the lankee- Government has established at Washington. Russell, in one of his letters to the London Times, mentions the expedient of "arrest hy t'trajiy" which has been introduced by Seward, as something new and appalling, and out stripping all the ingenious contrivances of all the despoti.-ms that ever existed. But the incarcera tion and torture of helpless women, and the out rages heaped upon them, as detailed in this letter, will more shuck manly natures, and stamp the Lincoln dynasty everywhere with undying infamy. 'Ihe lelkr tells its own tale, and may be relied on as a true copy of the original in the hands of Wm. II. Seward : Washington, Nov. 17, 1861. To the Ilvn. IF. II. Seward, Secretary of State: Sir For nearly three months I have been con fined, a close prisoner, shut out from air and ex ercise, and denied all cott-munication with family and friends. " Patience is said to be a great virtue," and I have practised it to my utmost capacity of en durance. I am told 6ir. that upon your ipae dixit, the fate of citizens depends, and that the sigu-nianual of the ministers of Louis the Fourteenth and Fifteenth, was not more potential in their day, than that of the Secretary of State in 1861. I, therefore, most respectfully submit, that on Friday, August 23d, without warrant or other show of authority, 1 was arrested by the Detec tive Police, and my house taken in charge by them: that all my private letters and papers of a life time, were read and examined by them: that every law of decency was violated in the search of toy house and person, and by the surveillance over me We read in history, that the poor Maria An toinette had a paper torn from her bosom by law less li'iuds, and that even a change of linen had to be effected in sight of her brutal captors. It is my sad exprrienre to record even more revolting outrages than that, for during the first dajs of my imprisonment, whatever necessity forced me to seek my chamber, a detective st od sentinel at the open door. And thus for a period of seven days 1, with my little child, was placed absolutely at the mercy of men without character or responsi bility; that during the first evening, a portion of the;e men became brutally drunk, and boasted in my hearing of the ''nice times" they expected to have with the female prisoners; and that rude violence was used towards a colored servant girl during that evening, the extent of which I have not been able to learn. For any show of decorum afterwards practised towards me, I was indebted to the Detective called Captain Dennis. In the careful analysis of my papers I deny the existence of a line I had not a perfect right to have written, or to have received. Freedom of speech ai d of opinion is the birthright of Ameri cans, guaranteed to us by our Charter of Liberty the Constitution of the United States. I have exercised my prerogative, and have openly avowed my sentiments. During the political struggle, I opposed your Republican party with every instinct of self-preservation. I believed your success a virtual nullification of the Constitution, and that it would entail upon us all the direful consequen ces which have ensued. These sentiments have doubtless been found recorded among my papers, and I hold them as rather a proud record of my sagacity. I must be permitted to quote from a letter of yours, in regard to Russell of the London Times, which you conclude with these admirable words, Individual errors of opinion may be tolerated, so lon as good sense is left to combat them." By way of illustrating theory and practice here am 1, a prisoner in sigh', of the Executive Mansion, in sight of the Capitol where the proud statesmen of our land have suns their paMins to the blessings of our free institutions. Comment is idle. Freedom of speech, freedom of thought, every right pertaining to the citizen, has been suspended by what, I suppose, the President calls a "Mili tury necessity." A blow has been struck, by this total disregard of all civil rights, against the present system of Government, far greater in its effects than the severance of the Southern States. Our people have been taught to contemu the supremacy of the law, to which all have hith erto bowed, and to look to the military power for protection against its decrees.' A military spirit h:is been developed, which will only be subordi nate to a Military Dictatorship. Read history, and you will find that the causes which briug a! out a revolution rarely predominate at its close, and no people have ever returned to, the point from which they started. Even should the South ern States he subdued and forced back into the Union, (which I regard as impossible, with a full knowledge of their resources,) a different form of Government will be found needful to meet the , opeIncnts of national character. There . t . , . . , is no class 01 society, no crancn ot muusixy, which this change has not reached, and the dull, plodding, methodical habits of the poor can never be resumed. i 1 1 J." J . . . . j You have held me, sir, to man's accountability, j and I therefore claim the right to speak on sub t jects usually considered beyond a . woman's ken, : and wnich you may class as T . J Jr .1 - " errors ot opinion. I offer no excuse for this loos digression, as a three month's imprisonment, without formula of law. cives me authoiity for occupying even the rccum moments of a Secretary of State. 1 - . . .. . - " object is to call your attention to the fact ; j that during this long imprisonment, I am yet j ignorant of the causes of my arrest; that my house : k been seized and converted into a prison by the : Omrernmcnt: that the valuable furniture it con- i taiaed has besn abusd and destroyed; that during some period of my imprisonment I have suffered greatly for want of proper and sufficient food. Also, I have to complain, that, more recently, a woman of bad character, recognized as having been seen on the streets of Chicago as snch, by several of the guard, calling herself Mr9 Onderdonk, was placed here in my house, in a room adjoining mine. In making this exposition, I have no object of appeal to your sympathies. If the justness of my complaint, and a decent regard for the world's opinion do not move you, I should but waste time to claim your attention on any other score. I may, however, recall to your mind, that but a little while since, you were quite as much pro scribed by public sentiment here for the opinions and principles you hold, aa I am now for mine. I could easily have escaped arrest, having had timely warning. I thought it possible that your statesmanship might present such a proclamation of weakness to the world, as even the fragment of a once great Government turning against the breasts of women and children. You have the power, sir, and may still further abuse it. You may prostrate the physical strength by confine ment in close rooms and insufficient food you may subject me to harsher, ruder treatment than I have already received," but yoa cannot imprison the soul. Every cause worthy of success has had its martyrs. My sufferings will afford a significant lesson to the women of the South, that sex or condition is no bulwark against the surging billows of the " irrepressible conflict. The "iron heel of power' may keep down, but tt cannot crush out.'the spirit of resistance in a people armed for the defence of their rights; and I tell you now, sir, that you are standing over a crater, whose smothered fires in a moment may burst forth. It is your boast, that thirty-three bristling for tifications now surround Washington. The forti fications of Paris did not protect Louis Phillipe when his hour had come. In conclusion, I respectfully ask your attention to this my protest, and have the honor to be, &c, (Signed,) ROSE O. N. GREEN HOW. NORTHERN CONGRESS. The notorious Yankee scoundrel, Charles Henry Foster, applied to be admitted as a member from North Carolina, claiming to have been elected at Fort Ilatteras. Also, Mr Segar, of Old Point, who deserted the South, claimed a seat as a representa tive from eastern Virginia. Mr Stevens of Pen 11. and Mr Vallaudingham of Ohio, opposed the claims of these self-constituted representatives. The matter was referred to a committee. May nard, a tory from East Tennessee, was allowed to take his seat. Washington, Dec. 4. Mr Saulsbury, of Del aware, offered in the Senate to-day, resolutions in ielation to the affairs of the country. One of the resolutions proposes that Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, Roger B. Taney, Edward Everett, Geo. M. Dallas, Thos. Ewing, Reverdy Johnson, Jno. J. Crittenden, Horace Binney, Geo. E. Pugh and Richard W. Thomas, be appointed Commissioners on the part of Congress to confer with a like number of Commissioners from the Confederate States, to consult and advise together for the pre servation of the Union and maintenance of the Constitution, and that they report to Congress. The last resolution says that upon the appointment of said Commissioners and the meeting of the joint Commissioners, active hostilities shall cease and not be resumed, unless the Commissioners are unable to agree. Mr Sumner, of Mass., objected to the resolu tions. Mr Hale, of N. II., said that James Buchanan should be added to the list. The resolution was laid over informally. Mr Trumbull, of Illinois, offered a resolution, which was adopted, that the traitor John C. Breck inridge be expelled from the Senate. In the House, Mr Cox of Ohio, offered a resolu tion that the President be requested to inaugurate systematic measures for the exchange of prisouers during the present war. Washington, Dec. 2. In the Senate, Trum bull gave notice that he would introduce a bill to morrow confiscating the property of rebels, aud give freedom to persons in the slave States. In the House a resolution was adopted request ing Lincoln to similarly confine Mason and Slidell until Col. Corcoran and Col. Wrood be treated as the United States have treated all prisoners taken on the battle-field. There is much feeling manifested about Powell, of Kentucky, and Bright, of Indiana, taking seats in the Senate their loyalty being doubtful; and they will be privileged to attend the secret ses sions, where the movements and strength of the army will be discussed. The correspondent of the New York Post, it is reported, will be expelled from the Senate. On Tuesday, the 3d inst., the following pream ble and resolutions were offered and adopted. Whereas, Herrry C. Burnett, a member of this House from Kentucky, is in open rebellion against the Government of the United States, therefore Resolved, That the said Henry C. Barntt be, and he is hereby, expelled from this House, and that the Governor of Kentucky be notified of this expulsion. Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms be direct ed not to pay Burnett's salary which has accrued since the close of the extra session Mr Wilson introduced a resolution providing for the release of slaves confined in prison in Washington. On motion of Mr Wilson, the same committee were directed to consider the question of abolish ing slaves in the District of Columbia, and allow ing compensation to loyal owners of slaves. Several Northern correspondents refer to a flare-up between Lincoln and Secretary Cameron. Lincoln ordered Cameron to suppress a portion of his report advising the employment of slaves in the Federal army and other objectionable portions. Cameron refused, and said that a number of copies of his repoit bad been seat to publishers, and he would not alter it. It is underrtood that Lincoln assumed the responsibility and struck out the ob jectionable passages. The Cabinet is in conven tion. Congress is agitattd at tha ouna of Lincoln. THE SEQUESTRATION. ACT. t. rf The sequestration act of the Confederate Con gress, in the opinion of all who hare had any prac tical acquaintance with its operation, requires es sential alterations, if not absolute repeal. In pur pose and in terms, it effects nothing but to pro vide a trusteeship for the -property of alien ene mies. Its nominal purpose is the creation of a fund for the indemnification of our own citizens who have sustained loss by the public 'enemy. Yet no provision is made by which, one cent of the fund can be applied to the i relief of such citi zens, even though their wants be most urgent and immediate. As at present framed, the law affords no relief to the value of on cent to a living eoul in the whole Confederate States. - ' ' ' The law etops just short of accomplishing; the object for which it was avowedly enacted. " It sim ply creates a new class of publio officers, charged with the duty of taking into custody and keeping in careful preservation all the propety of alien en emies to be found in the Confederacy If these absent aliens had themselves been entrusted with the duty of framing law for the preservation of their estates in the South, they could not have devised one that would protect their interests bet ter than this our Confederate act of sequestration. Perishable personal property is taken into posses sion by men of business, who have given bond and security for the faithful performance of duty; the property sold at a time when prices are very high, aud the proceeds deposited in the Confed erate Treasury. In the same judicious are debu collected and the moneys given the safe keeiiinir of the government use. manner over, to Lands arc also taken possession of by the receivers, care fully protected and cultivated, and the rents duly, deposited in the hands of the treasurer. AH this is done with the greatest pains and nicety;j but, beyond it, the law stirs not a tep. There is,, in fact, no sequestration. The act is misnamed in its title. Instead of being denominated an act for the sequestration of the property of alien ene mies, it should be called an act for carefully pre serving the property of alien enemies during their temporary exclusion from the Confederacy. Unless the act be so amended as to convert it into an. act of confiscation, it might as well be re pealed altogether; for, why should the Confederate States encounter the heavy expense of preserving the property and protecting the . interests of alien enemies, if no confiscation is to come of the pro ceedings? If alien property is to be confiscated at all, then it should be confiscated at once, while money is abundant and prices high. Why take two, bitvs at one cherry? The law is intended as a measure of retaliation; the enemy's law confiscates; why should our law stop at the pretence, without accomplishing the reality, of sequestration?, We know a single county in which alien lands lie worth a hundred thousand dollars. . Why should they not be sold, the money realized upon them, and the sufferers from the enemy be reimbursed, at once a portion of their losses.. . v. As the sequestration act now stands, the suffer ers by the acts of the public enemy are not likely : to derive any benefit from its fund within any de finite period. A very large portion of the proper ty of alien enemies in the South consist in lands many millions, probably a bandied millions of dollars could be realized from this source, and ap-. plied at an early day to the relief of the persons for whose benefit the law was paised, if the laMT did but permit it to be accomplished, in fact, the purpose at which it professes to aim. 'Ihe actual confiscation, the sale, and the distri bution of the proceeds, would put an end . to the whole subject; whereas, if negotiations for a peace should enue while the sequestrated subject was ail still under the control aud in the hands of the government, it would create a difficulty and sub ject of contention, which would greatly embarrass an accommodation. The Yankees would insist upon their citizens being the recipients, of funds so carefully collected and preserved; and the peace party in the South might bo in condition to enforce compliance with such a demand. .The result would be that all the pains and expense of our government is at now, in the whole business, of sequestratiou, would enure to the benefit of the Yankees. Unless Congress possesses the purpose and the nerve to confiscate at once to fight the Yankees with their own fire that body had better repeal its scquest ation law, which can enure to nobody's benefit but that of the alien enemies themselves. To confiscate outright is at once to provide a fund for the benefit of our own citizens who have lost their property, in many cases their all, by tho de predations of the enemy, many of whom are in .a state of indigence. The first news of our act of sequestration spread consternation throughout the North; but since the shrewd Yankees have become familiar with its admirable provisions for their benefit they have taken the matter with the utmost coolnesi. The act is a most tame and emasculate affair; and, if some tfTectiveues be not put in it, should be repealed at once. Richmond Exam in. Seizure of Salt. Our exchange papers are - exulting over the fact that Gov. Brown of Geor- ' gia recently seized a huge quantity of salt at Sa--vannah and crdereJ the payment of $5 a sack to the owner, the Governor considering that a fair price for it. It turns out that the salt belonged to a merchant of Macon, who had paid $7 a sack ' for it. This is a very bard case, and is another evidence of the danger of exercising arbitrary and despotic power. If the Governor had a right to take this salt at 85, he had an equal right to take it at SI, which was the former value. The times are out of joint, and there is a dispDsition to take responsibilities which in ordinary times would not " be tolerated for a moment. . This disposition is . the result, (and we may say the cause also) of ? vitiated state of the public mind and morals, which. should be corrected as far as possible, for if ae ' quiesced in, sueh things will serve as precedents .. for the future, and leave us as little of real free dom as the yankees have now. -fay. Observer. , -. - - 1 Black Flag Riflemen. This is the name of a company formed in New Orleans for the de fence of the State. The indispensable qaalifica- ' 5 tions to membership are that each man must pos sess a determination to neither give nor &ik quar- . : ters on the soil of Louisiana; and that eaoh man j must furnish his own uniform, rife and hunting ' knit.