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IsnUicS and gTcenticks 'is'one toVae and eiLty
ond hundredths. - tTKia Is ioWra Sciiticuf vat-
oe. ; One 'dollar in gold V really worth to-day not
to exceed one hundred and fiHy, cents in currency.
and the quotations will show it reryjquickly.--
Thus is displayed 'another most marked contrast,
showing the rapidly, dimlnbhing-confidence of the
people of the South in the' rebellion, and the con
stantly increasing- confidence of the loyal people
of the country. in the ability of the'government t o
oppress the rebellion. , t -
'' Bat the grandest5 spectacle of all, showing our
greatness and invincibility as a nation and one
that is peculiar to the North J the South beiqg too
impoverished to make such an exbibi$-rappear3 in
the unparalleled demand for " the great popular
loan just offared by the national -treasury, known;
as the seven thirty loan.1
s A GRAND SPECTACLE. !.
v The inherent and inexhaustable strength of the
jTJnited Stales gorernment, of which, 'both at the
.Nerth and the . South, we hate boasted ever since
'thelittle skirmish with England in 1812, is brought
out and displayed in 'most magnificent characters
j by the present rebellTon. Heretofore,, despite all
,our loud talic , and boasting, we hare had noreaj
'idea of our own greatness aaa nation. In tne de-
velbpment of what we are so'cO-tspicuouslj, both
, i to. ourselves and to foreign nations, if in nothing
else, the war has been of service to usl The mar-
;Tellous,display of. Tesources of men and materia
made manifest by both sections of the country in
the struggle now happily, so near its-end, is with-
out' parallel. The joint armies at the North and
South that are, and have been, employed since
the commencement of hostilities, will aggregate
between four and fivo millions of men, . and it is
argued at the North that our available resources
of men is now even greaier that at the beginning
jof the war. ' .. ' v ' .. j'
Bat not 'only in the vastness of. the; armies
1 we are capable o.f raising are we great as a nation.
i When is taken into the account .the fact that, with
very trifling exceptions. Vwe have produced all the.
! material required by these magnificent atmies
t , t ,
!have fabricated thegun$, 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.-
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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,-
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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
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Such marked examples of the difference between
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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
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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;
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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. !
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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.
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. 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
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Feb. $5.1
Admiral Porttr
The Gold Mabket. General GUlmorVs deci
sive, blow. at'.Chirleston, and General Schofield's
and Admiral jPorter's triupf h : (ktWilmjiigtoff,"
have told with some effect m NewYork upon the
Wail street faiblers. X Ifnmediately after the re
ceipt of the news, gpld.weni down to ibS.-j Fair
ther favorble hews it was '.thought would brin"
the shining metal to a still lower figure; and, wkh
every uew' aunouueement oi me : success 01 our
arift s if will fall stdl more, f Truly, as the pcet
says;." in the lowest depth there is a lower still."
Tiis is good-, news for the people, but not for the
speculators.
mous
The fell of Charleston is synony-
with thej fall of gold; of provisions, ofgcloth-
; its real worth," thus maiia the margin between I ing, of rents, and oft every tiling In which tbo work-
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and Secretary Stanton simultaoeouslyannounce'.
Our gunboats 'are at the wharves, where so
many scores ot blockade runners ha.e dischar
ged the canoes of British arms and ammuni
tion that Have been used in thelattemp ;io break
down our government,1 .and-:oufoId j0rs are in
the filthy streets - that f .lately "echoed ' jwith th e
defiant rebel slang of cotton dealers and drun
ken sailors. We thus hold both iinds ;of that
lino of railroad that, !un er tlxe . name of the
"W eldon sroad, was Vbutl a short time ago the
msSn. reliance of Lee's; army for all supplies of
jnaleHelj and in a great degree for subsistence
This road traverses l a ja direct; line tli State of
North Carolina land all of Virginlajsouth of
Grant's camp. Previous to the passage of the.
James by Grant it wg far the! most important
of Lee's lines, as it brought all tKe foreign sap
plies from Wilmin gtOn, and drained also a very
,rich country. Lee fought three terribly, expen
sive battles, to recover the Petersburg j end of it
frbrn Grantvahd-ailitisr.m' ihi builtS iiMn$ 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
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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
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The perfortaanee will commence with tLMghly en
- ' . tertammg vandeviHe, entitled toe. ,,4
to De toilowed br the verv amosme. eitrara
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To conclude with the Laughable Farce of
PADDY MILESUB0Y1
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- 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:"'-! '- - ;
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