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South, we hate boasted ever since 'thelittle skirmish with England in 1812, is brought out and displayed in 'most magnificent characters j by the present rebellTon. Heretofore,, despite all ,our loud talic , and boasting, we hare had noreaj 'idea of our own greatness aaa nation. In tne de- velbpment of what we are so'cO-tspicuouslj, both , i to. ourselves and to foreign nations, if in nothing else, the war has been of service to usl The mar- ;Tellous,display of. Tesources of men and materia made manifest by both sections of the country in the struggle now happily, so near its-end, is with- out' parallel. The joint armies at the North and South that are, and have been, employed since the commencement of hostilities, will aggregate between four and fivo millions of men, . and it is argued at the North that our available resources of men is now even greaier that at the beginning jof the war. ' .. ' v ' .. j' Bat not 'only in the vastness of. the; armies 1 we are capable o.f raising are we great as a nation. i When is taken into the account .the fact that, with very trifling exceptions. Vwe have produced all the. ! material required by these magnificent atmies t , t , !have fabricated thegun$, and powder, and clo!h ing, and eo3ipmentsf and wagon?,' etc., andpro duced Che provisionsjeonsumed, by our own re- ! serve 01 xaoor auu irom our own sou me grau- deur of the spectacle is enhanced and our superior 'greatness to any nation on the face 6f the earth is ! more apparent! . And yet there .is another feature of. the case that adds still more to our cause of, boasting. In every respect, at least in so far as the North is concern- . ed, financial as well as fotnerwise, we have main ed a proud independence of all foreign aid; The South, it is true, mado an attempt at aTbrefgn loan, but it was a miserable failure, barely pro ducing money enough I to pay the expenses of ne- I gotiation. At the North, not only has no applica- tion been made , for foreign -pecuniary assistance, but the clamorous appeals of German capitalists i loan us the trifle of five' hundred millions! of dol lars on our own terms, have been steadily rejected.- "'. j No. Both at the ; North and at the South we have danced, a very extravagant and costly" cotil- non, it is ixue, ana nave paia ou own naaiers. But here the comparison, between the two sec- We printed yesterday regarding? "hi3 loan, morning ? the latest advices from! which it appears that it is being-taken up by our own people at the rate off four and a half mil lions of dollars per day.: The figures were, for the closing day of the week, $9,500,000 for the week.' fS27.000.000; and from.' the, 1st to "the 25th of February, $6S,000,000 This leaves but $10,000,000 of the JosLtij (origi- nally for $500,000,000) yet untaken. , After sucn a disMay of a nation's wealth at the end of four years of mot terrible; and magnificent war,, it were folly to argue its stability. There' 13 no power under heaven that can overturn it. 1 Whosk Faux 13 IT The Raleigh Confederate,- . " , I - f ! 1 ' . ; in speaking of the passage of some Federal- pris oners through that city, says ; About twelve hundred t ankee prisoners a idirty, fagged, and as hard featured a set of men as ever were seen were sent down irom oausDuxy, and stopped at the railroad depot in this -place,' on vesterdav. awaitinsr orders to be sent to Wilming ton for exchange.. The Yankee authdrities below, Wilmington refused to receive a lot previously sent, but we" understand that Grant has sent in 'structions,' thrblugh our Exchange Agent, to the oScet in command there, oidermgtneir reception at that point,"and they were expected to leave last night. It did not appear, tnat a very strici. gu,ru was nlaced over them, or thev were allowed unu sual liberty by the oftleer in command." Many of them were seen fetraffslinff through the city during the morning, unattended, and m perfect ireeaom Whose fault is it that these prisoners were such Thi3 is yonr own handiwork, ;Mr. Confederate, and we are right glad you have lia'd 5. chance to look upon it. - Now, when you see a body of returning rebel prisoners bear in mind how these jicllows looked, and then tell us winch party in this war it is that is inhuman and barbarous r i . - Such marked examples of the difference between J . I ' i i . . : 1 the two parties in the treatment of its prisoners ought to satisfyjany candid man that the rebel cry of Union cruelty and outrace is mere bosh, j But perhaps there is a large party, in the South who sympathize with the South i Carolinian, who, ac costing one of ojnr oflicers held as a 'prisoner, said : We have t ecided advantage over you Yan kess.". W.at'B that?" inquired the, prisoner. Why," replied the cbivalric Carolinian, "we return your prisoners in a condition to be utterly useless to you &s soldiers, t while ours come ,back to us fat and healthy, and in just the-conditibn for the Held." " But,"asked. the prisoner, " do jou pride yours elf; on that?" , Certauily," was, the reply ; 'everythins; is fair in war,only you crip- . tions ceases.. - The Southern politicians jiave alL ple J0Ur e.nemy."- Well,". put in the Yankee, I aiong Deen encourasinettue people to persevere in 1 wouia use to snoot a regiment i sucn ieuows as Vied IHiL', iHea, p&ih on' curl icri, iince Ui'vfguabcaU.cdrt . held ll ' Uatifi Ja tltd fall ABfcbaoajl trni fal- ibenta a tu 15 make tiUitia ert ingtaaU 5 inUre icoiuxan, ana soon uv au w low that of Charleston, be ' rebellion wUl come dowto with; a crstsh, and the- prices oijall the ne- cesarie3 of life vnu come aown wnu m t Wnn: snrnrr hp- OUR LIBERATE If JSQL- V i--a ? c h piers. ? k J stc& Correspondence of The Herald of the Union. , Having assisted for several days in jproTiding cr uieiinnieuiayj wnuut viui Muwu uyviv, ,..., concentration and the; smallncs of his tvery nian is so ixapirtint to Lee lhat hei afford to leave a jUvisioa at Wilmington, therb is in, one pwaj an obvious advntaA Thu3; dayi after thy, and witli .capture capture, the, grea ganio goes ou.to its cuJai tion. Urant walcamg ana waiingas heteJ burg, Sherman driving on through South, U2 Xortb Carolina with irresistible force; ScWt j wmv.n!irrtlwniv thft barbaric lcadtsrs oi uie advananir -iromr.viiminffiQir:i ana MeridU with tearful-1 reaaJ ? uu mi cjf . picture ou uuc simc , uu uu iuo vvuvjiiei mj rebellion, Ir have "often, looked . t . . . . . f a - LI V w w- pride and highest admiration upon the selt-sac- I nJ trembling in bis trenches,, and .Bur-; raficin' loyalty evinced by these defenders of I: gard and Uaitfco straggling fonruruto aqiuStr th. Renublic. i The patience, fbriiluoe, unsvverl. weakness to his. ? On the oje side wafrtl. ving derotipri of pien who have suffcxQd thus for " their insane attempt to destroy the nation, assur ing them that the .resources of the North were rapidly being exhausted They forgot the liability of their own resources, never so prolific as those of. the.North,to give out. Now see how jhe case stands. For nearly a year pqst a wholesale con scription ias been at work in the South, sweeping iito the ranks of the army every able-bodied male between the ages. of seventeen and. fifty! years. And yet their-armies! ae incapable of withstand- g iuvsc v liic tuwu, , iuiu ui. ine iitorin, (save in a fewiqstances, no conscriptions has been made. In the exceptional caseg, it has been a light draft on a dense population with privilege to the draft ed to ay commutation, or procure substitutes." Ia the South theie H no -longer any volunteering for the army, simply 'because there are no males left out of the army to volunteer. ) On the; contra ry every Northern paper we pick up s tells of'the continued activity ' of volunt eering under the late call of the President .for three hundred thousand recruits. In the city of New York, on the 2-3th ult, on ' hundred recruits wer enlisted, chiefly for three years;' and from February 13th to Feb ruary 24th,f one thousand one hundred and ten volunteers were obtained ' in the !same city: " Is "it not apparent that the resources of. the Sosth, at least .pi men, the most linporiant item, are nearest exhaustion? v r jV .' I - a--";.- Still more clearly is the more complete exhaus. tion of the South apBarent in its nnancial affairs. Its issues of scrip ; have come to be worth in market.really less than one Cent on the dollar, and , areonUnually depreciating! despite every enort of the rebel leaders to bolster them up. In pixie to-": t. day a pocket full of thd currency of the land will barely buy a meal of victuals. fn the. contrary; j ; the United SUtcsTreaury notes are daily inareas' ing in value, and to-day are actually worili sixtv- ;"sir "and two-thirds . cents on the dollar in gold' VAi4k'; :n K Kit' I a SI r W n ? T y r to give - gold a speculative value somewhat above you are, ana shoot you now were we on lequal terms I would to start the job. Siase of WeU.kxes3. Indications acre not lack ing that the rebellion is about on its last legs. Hitherto it "has had no supporters more firm bold and defiant than the press Of the city of Rich mond. Even that support is; now leaving it. Elsewhere in this sheet will be seen a significant extract from a recent Jssue of 'the Bnqnirrr, to" which attention is especially called. . Tbis extract) places' Virginia with Tennessee, Missouri and Kentucky. -.These States are in Fed. eral occirpation. ' They are represented in the tfnited States y Congress. They are ' reclaimed "States, restored to their allegiance. - The Efiquii tr there fore predicts that yfh i Virginia tae issue is decided. . She .is .virtuallyj out of jtie Confede racy and restored to the Union. 1 Straws ' show; which way thej wind blows, j The wholie tenor of the article eferred-to indicates" that tie f war in Virginia is at 4n end, .". The tide is now rolling towards those.Stateswho, made the nghf," ays the 'Enquirer, j, t . ' ' ' "; ; ' ' ' ". . . The spirit of, disappointed, bitterness;!, oflliope less repruatiiiBg,. ui uespairtog recrimmaiion per vading the article is noticeable. i-4 " i i their country, is the rnoblesl,'lvInest spectacle in all human history. n '-. I Many and strong were the expressions of in: tesiied, deathies loyalty which I' heard from. the lips of the wan, Wasted heroes hom we re ceived 'from under the yeke of j rebel, barbarism at "North East. " Tur tlfe sad experience of the past fevrdaysj my country's cause seems more fi?red, herdes'tiny more glorious' tfaah ever be- i V l li'i .-.b' . lure.- ..- ' ' . - . J 1 '5 i Sumner's great speech on the ''Baribarisni o Slavery." is but a faint representation of the dark, horrible, j fiendish realitir. Eopel inhu- mapity may starve u to death and bri ig to early; graves pur brave boys, but it .-nrio.ti diininisb, it cannot Kill tneir spirit oi uevtouoa i "cc government of; the tlhiftd States. Lieut. K. C. Jordan, of the 7th Itegt. Cpnn. Vols., for nineteen mo'nths a prisoner 6 P war, re lates the following touching incident : . :X "When the three hundred officers re' ienUypa roled were, marched from their pb.ee confine ment, they passed one of their nunabec who had bpen placed by! the iroad side to die he noble and patient sufferer looked upiwith al smile as his comrades passed, arid exclaimed for i am dying,! but, thank God, I did not take ike oath f allegiance to (lie Confederate govern- rnenU" . ' 1 ' Before' our jaarolcd officers wovlld rcqoive food, and immediately after. their arrival VRithin out: lines t '"North Kast," they gathered beneath the tall pines and sang in' tones that thrilled the soul, and with animation of countenance like unto5 the Battle smile of loyal ty,t thi patriotic song, composed by one of their: number, enti tled " When Sherman Marched, dortn ' to the Sea.7r; No true patriot looked -upon tihat scene . .. . t ' with dry eyes or unfeeling heart. ' I : As the poor soldiers left tbefcars tihe forest ecnoea wiui meir. snouts -oi joy? witn and often strange exclamationS of del says, throwing his aymsi atoft-f-"Ve' more in God's country" another exc gard and Haitfcc! straggling fonrurd to auStr beaten, flfccmoraliaed mass of meny perhaps sixt tnousand In ritzmber, and ; every . man ea'r desert : and on the other side a confident, tffeo tive and enthnsxastic force ofat least i twp hu d red thousand meicerery one eager to ftrib the last blow, i -N& one can "question the result; . ' - ' :- I ' Appointment Coiifirmcd bV the r Untied suues enaiu. . .TJie Senate bai confirmed the foilowin mat ions ; J ; I , Brigadier General' Robert Anderson ;to bt major general; byjbrevet in the regular; at mvj Brigadier Generals Chas.- J. Paine -arjdl El ward Heath,? United States Volunteers, to ll major senerals bf brevet. . I k m I Thb.Senatoi alsO confirmed the following: toi tie brigadier generals n tho volunteer torce:;- i Colonel! Powell Glayton, : Fourth Aritanaw Brevet Bricradilr General George L. flolonei Twentv-hlnth Maine. ! . 1 - ; . . J T ( ,L Colonel jllebry iGi -lliomas, JN meteen in; u ted-Statey 'WAiHTi'yf ; i BeilL Brev vetBrigadiir General G. A. Pennypacker, TTniip-tl stutfs Vhlunteers and Colonel of tin Nin-y-scventii Annsylvania Voluntaer I " Brevet Brisradife General Green 3. pauta, United Stites . Volunteers and Colonel 1 of the Fifty-sixth Illinoii Volunteers, vice W.istrn, signed. - t . Also the following to be" : brigadier genoRi Lionel jJaraes FjVtade, Sixth ' Uriitetl Staltis V v- heir wild ght. One are .once arms, " I an. going' to fight" again for good 61d Uncle Sam,, a third points to the old flag, flashing eye arid voice broken with land; with emQticn, says, " Thank Heaven I am oiace mdre under the Stars and Stripes.-? u A brave Irisjhrnan re plied to my question, How liave ypu fared ? "As well yer honor as a man coufd exec'tj who has been a year under Gnera Startutiony- God bless our returning heroes. Tbe.'-i.ufferings they have endured, have not been in vain. The fruits of Justice Liberty, IIolness,! v 'ill spring' ffom their agonjes, tears, blood. ' ' r. cv j: tu , 7th c. v. , Wilmington, March 3d, 1805. Tlie Capfiire of Wilmington at the North. From the N. Y. Herald "Wilmington is ours, as both V Feb. $5.1 Admiral Porttr The Gold Mabket. General GUlmorVs deci sive, blow. at'.Chirleston, and General Schofield's and Admiral jPorter's triupf h : (ktWilmjiigtoff," have told with some effect m NewYork upon the Wail street faiblers. X Ifnmediately after the re ceipt of the news, gpld.weni down to ibS.-j Fair ther favorble hews it was '.thought would brin" the shining metal to a still lower figure; and, wkh every uew' aunouueement oi me : success 01 our arift s if will fall stdl more, f Truly, as the pcet says;." in the lowest depth there is a lower still." Tiis is good-, news for the people, but not for the speculators. mous The fell of Charleston is synony- with thej fall of gold; of provisions, ofgcloth- ; its real worth," thus maiia the margin between I ing, of rents, and oft every tiling In which tbo work- t - . "... 1 . ; - - ; , . ' and Secretary Stanton simultaoeouslyannounce'. Our gunboats 'are at the wharves, where so many scores ot blockade runners ha.e dischar ged the canoes of British arms and ammuni tion that Have been used in thelattemp ;io break down our government,1 .and-:oufoId j0rs are in the filthy streets - that f .lately "echoed ' jwith th e defiant rebel slang of cotton dealers and drun ken sailors. We thus hold both iinds ;of that lino of railroad that, !un er tlxe . name of the "W eldon sroad, was Vbutl a short time ago the msSn. reliance of Lee's; army for all supplies of jnaleHelj and in a great degree for subsistence This road traverses l a ja direct; line tli State of North Carolina land all of Virginlajsouth of Grant's camp. Previous to the passage of the. James by Grant it wg far the! most important of Lee's lines, as it brought all tKe foreign sap plies from Wilmin gtOn, and drained also a very ,rich country. Lee fought three terribly, expen sive battles, to recover the Petersburg j end of it frbrn Grantvahd-ailitisr.m' ihi builtS iiMn$ a fortifications to enable him stiU to drav supplie8 tfroni the some? oad. ' t It is tlo absylutely oufs. It is a mistake to suppose that tlie holdinf of Wilmington was no longer" of any advantage to Lee after the los of Fort Fishier. ,By hold'n inai pwco ne ubju io some ; extent'tnjn V eldon road, ahcl, 'as hehas shown, 'could at times draW' supplies from it around GramV left.! "That U Li farce, hakeutllemnloVed and away from Grant tery coosiderable IJnion force. He takes Hoke from Wilrniigt.n to con centrate; but Schofielcl can, at thesaimo time, join either . Grant! or. 5hermar : ritH;'b& whole command. . Not a maq nee4b left attWilmiiig - " T' K- V.'; . ; :" - ' Moonlight, Lleventh Kansas W.VBlair, Fourteenth Aanfaj?- V. i Est?, Fourteenth .Ohio Major Verplanki Van Antwerp. Hnlnnel ThomnA Moonlirht. Eh cavalry. i v ! V Colonel iThc-rias JUL' Bowen, Thirteenth Jvanf sas Volunteers: Colonel Chirle cavalry.; j j ! 1 Colonel ? Goorg Volunteers. ' ! Colonel John W. Ames, Sixth United State colored. . I Colonel J. J. Little, Seventy-sixth Pennsvl vania VoIunteiersJ ; rt ;H ? ' "Major "Alexander B. , Dyer, 'to . be .Chief! of f - - nn "f -wJ Vk 1 - rv 41 " - V--i raaiiliAli i irv "i Lrv W a 1 1 i--B- The Execution of Beall -A TERR.Rr.p WARriVG.-Thatfwar Is imDerativo'we had an other lassuiranee yesterday, in the executaontof Janfes ilu eail, ok the; charge of being aj rebel st)v. Not! since tlie execution! of Maior, Andre. , during the Itevo.-ttion has a warning of slimilalr potency and eharqeter been presented to the eyes of the da tin "I andlrcckless in this country!. While- Andre's crame Ijmight be considered df greater mcignitudq and! darkribss .than .that, a - . Captain gBeall inasiriuch as it; in volved absolute iy iiHi yxifsxice ujj iue repuoiic in us .came, infancy, the unlawful .! jacts of the latter were calculated to ebcopragea body of outlawsjtvhesm drily object w4s b'. plunder, murder andLdestifoj wherever an ungimrded vessel or a defencelHs vfllago fell intp tbpir hands. Seeking the cov ert afforded by adjacen t: neutral ; territory JCapj tain Beall 'and his! misguided mea s?.lliedt "Upon 'the; soil of 3he jUnated States and, by tbe.r dTa guises and reasonable; works, obtain, cCvfinfo-S mationiof 4oyd moveraehts and plundM prij vate property almjbst at will, For ; thesel; acts, young oeaijias, spxerea-. the nnm peuiry ,r ih this world, and has thus been made to expiate aw crime upon rae ganows ine areaaea altar to-day's Advertisements THEATRE H ' Vv'i s V ) ;vt BENEFIT, OP OUR IMllOLED PBISOXEIB. :H:j--lv;'T-,,i:".;--",-i' SA TURD AT EVENING, MARC1I 'M The perfortaanee will commence with tLMghly en - ' . tertammg vandeviHe, entitled toe. ,,4 to De toilowed br the verv amosme. eitrara ; ANTONY- AND jCLEOPATItil To conclude with the Laughable Farce of PADDY MILESUB0Y1 -4 5 Dress Circle 1 Parquette,! ! Centre Gallery, ADMISSION. ' - :" $1 L ' 1 06 50 oa : boors open at, 7 : partaln rie at 7r . o'cloik, ' SIGN OF THE BLACK: BALL. S - f a No. 3 Water Street.. mHE Subscriber bees leave to lnforsnTi.i rinda ; andthelpablic tha. his Store: ia noW open to supplr themi -with a! general assortta.nt of "FrOTisl ianr Steamboat an4 Ship Stores, and Shlp'Cnaad lerv, Groceries Dry Goods and Hard ware,' Paiut-l, Oils, Tobacco, Rope and Block; Chairf Cables, Solars -Ta Colles,rDomesUc vVU Juice, llavana Segars, ShoeJ Thread, Twiner mt Fish Hoolc. at io 3 South "Water vJtreet, tw6 doors . South of Market Street. :" ' If:"'-! '- - ; V March. 4. :J1 v -1 -t . r :d Wf r