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. VOL. XXI. ,1 ' SALISBURY, N rr TVe find it uhfAuMf nnry M Wr. g Wriir pJiMJAtBgrw pp? the rate of uWnptioo. hi .i.X.r. V from th 7th instant. I irwc win, i i THREK IXtfXARS ibr fiix month For i. ...i :.-:.... win nntlmnowr. 1 for a toiip-r time. , leae of rtb Uottroe d.K.triue Prcrmher 7. 13. 1 d flinjt lh door iJrB fjt tb frv-t n- lrfrrenc of European ualluiw ia Awirrl HIE' WASHINGTON (;OVEIlNMEXT,?5"M "r',,: v wn --r ANI MEXiau SEW KD ORDERS j MiTioe or rnncr towiid hmhw. NON-IN1KKVEXTTOX. TbtityVt frMm hub I projJoie to rrmark d tli cund )laf (' Mr. krKKTAitT wiWAHD to majoh Of, a I tfcward,) i tli rrfaliva of Fr"t toward ihk ottTi'Aiioni or THU UIO i or TIIU :! OKAKDB ' lCIaTM IEJIT or ITATE. ) n. Xov. 28, 1803. J. Wnhiiltton, Jfijur Central V. . liukk. command-ilit- ltr(rtinetit of llw Gulf, Bivwn vtli 1'nm : r" r-' iin-rl I bnVefl hI havtun t'niti d i' i'' l'ubnt your tbrw dw I ,;,;!, of idc 6lli, Tilt aud 6tb rvtctira- !T. 1 44t gy al 'fHure iq conratulaliajr vou uii )'"f KXrful UtMlmjr and oe ufiui upon lite l.R iTud4 wbtcb an Uie tiiore io it wa tf f-ttnl l UioiuHit it apjuirlty "crilicat mlft i ! taiHuatcatni. . ;im iwt 4lrH.tT fairnd that thrcon(Wion rffwKinf from ciil Miife aou loreiyn war in Megi oi dr neductiow tor military etHpriia. ! have, tbereforv, to inform roe of the ex i t cftniHn of our reiattotia toward ibat rl -u LIic.iLkhjLjfif?J!Uim terra l amuy aa nwwinrp, anor roam ttibing diplomatio relation with lht re ptiblio ofMexico. We regard that coun try a the Uieati of foreign war, mingled w iib civil trifv lo tbi conflict we take no .art;1n5;i.'i0i ibr mitwwiwwrttor nlwoluta aoTfiaterfention aod non Inter ferem. :' ' ', . ,. Ii"ro7nroanif of the frontier it will de volve on roa, as (ar aa practicable CuOtis tently frtb yotrr other lunctioti, to pre. v-ht aid or supplies beJilg given from the United States (o either UJiiigereol, You will dfod Ui UaiUfd Stales in Texas against any enemies yon may encounter thire, whether domwlHs or foreign Never theless, you will wot enter any ps'rt of Mexico untes it ba leraorarily, and then clearly necei'siry. for the protection of your " n IileSJniML.B4irn C&OJiLjhe Mnican twolt r. Vou can auro no Au il.o.iiv in Mexico lo protect the cititena .,1 tin- lJr.ite.1 Stales tliere, much le to r-dievi the wrong or injuries committed the Unit.-d Stales or hr citizens, lu tlu r tliie , wruiijrs and injuries were , iiuiiitttsd i our side of the border or itie Kll.er. If consuls 6iul their poMtions 'unonf3 on tin- Mexican s;le of the border j !! ili. in I. in.-llie country rather than in-1 ok'' Ui'- roifi-fioii of your forces. j !,.- .( i- ik.ii n-nli from the fi from the fij ' LieroMniV., .rf'lh I'ri.j. nt to Nvoki ' 'l "3 un' v' Ol the .MX .,v .U h''h- Irom lawfol neuter ami I tlKl'1V"- 2d 1'hal h, ahali reeeive in- . . i . : dlSDeUlUtbl ClllirillllaH fur ilia irxlunn. .,iy unii'Cearv atii un.awiui ei'irj inentr'": ..!' the pr tiiM of war, li:it at tlitoiie lllnd Ul.l If .-VlKtMll lit ili.rl'i. Illllllltfrll aiHl inimical -euts a n?ev occur irr-.viex- ; i I .1 - i . I , ico huh lo coinrnunii-aie all inai Mian be t . If .1 .1 It I . i.npuitant f.-r this (Joverniiiei.l to under-i UJ? ?j"nwtes that an eny acknowledg . ..,.1 , .....vr.,i.(it th. m. h U l.r,lr ne- f tt,,!.a ? lhe empira by the Uui- c s.ai v to Fmv that anv inrtu-.ti" vou I SUte! Would wnvenietit to France, . ' .. . . . ' rellevlllif lir aimnsr ilian il. ku ....: imv Hunk priiix-r toiivu tor Urn guidance ilie tfoverntiient in its relations towards Mi-xh'o will i- voii-nlvrt-il with that pro- ound .!.. ct wliitli is !.. .mi.J t thai I'"'" I luwoi. whhh roti -pr.-s.' Itraoiilnngl tlii -oiiiliiiiM-nf ion' I have endeavored to i-rrl i i sv.nd riil.'iinif ii.to ttie1 sphere of votir tmlitart ofieratioiis. and to coii6nonivlf .'.",pil . that in w inch vou m-e in con- '.. t ' Uli tin- 'ofltirl move nielli no go s on iii Mt-xiii. . 1 -am. General. -your ob't scrv,l..'- V .-: r - ' :--:r'-y-:i1 - ' Iikiukti&nt or Statc . 1 . WihinKtwftlccTnFoXr s,r tMir diupmch of OcioUw 25. No. s i . hfii len- received; WHaubmittwi 1a v i rsi.jHtu, Mnd you wilt accept his ,-rit.fril acknowledgements' for th very mt.T-tiii iiif.u matton and judicious ob--(nvatious whh:h it contains concerning h pr.-ent condition of Mexico. In replfto in inquiry contained in Tour dispatch. I have' to inform you that the absenca of) forther insiructions from thil departroentn voo will be expected to rem sin in the.same relations aa Bow toward the Govern roent of United States and Mexico, If tot any cause your residence Nt the i lly of Mexico shall . become intolerable or rrivutdy n 1 ..tlllllnt Iflilt I I lw If tlllxrl IA mtllirt - ' - ------ -.,--. . ij . In llie puWiitlMrd di1oinMlk) tortviott- ; M"gion yowvranwni wr i i . r .1 i . if .. . 1803. ' we dimI Ilia Tollowmr. ivwnrd 1 "iK-. . 1 II U IIIMU' OIMlva JllMd IB t gnrd lo otlw iwttiona. Tliej iiavo twilbriri rijflit Bor diojKMlion to inttjrvne by Jorce in the interim! ffira of Mexico, wbflhr toVctabluih and 'raaintaiu. a re-, jwiblic'or rjrn.a .dorttlki-Governtneni tbiftoirlo overt brow an iiririnl or (o vfjCB ve, if Mf'xivo cboomt U -ubIib or at ct pl k, The United Stat have neiib rr tbi right nor dinot)itiun lo iutervfne bjr-rctJM br.wl.in. ib JaiiieDtaLIe wr which it now poing on U'lwwii France and Mexico. On Urn CHitrar j, tht-y jtrac tW in rrptrd l Mexico, io -vry Jjliastt j of that J r the noa iutrvt-utioti wlMcb lhy ruire alt l;rijjii l'owrra la oWi in regard to tit tfuitai Slair. MAXIM1LUK ANO THK MSXICAX IHkOSK rn aricino? orliiw KKcooxmos. Mr. Seward, under date October 28th, !ayio0 aa folio wa ; - - - 6r--l bv the honor to acknowledge the reception of your diapatch of the Otb inL, which bringa uie the vjewt exiireaned i by.I)fPn the ailualiou 10 Moxtoq, Various conttdarw lions have indooed the President to avoid ttkTOjrrae specttiMtive debates bearing on that situation which have been carried on M the variotn capitals of Eu roe, as well a those of America. A de termination to err on the side of strict neu irality, if we err a all, in war whfch is carried on between the two nations, with which the U ailed S'ales maintain tela lions of aniily and friendvliip, was promi nent among the vousideraiious to which I have thus referred. The United Stales, jMVertheleM, when invited by France or Mexico, vanttot otitit toexpress tlimseires with perfect frankness upoti'lhe new inci denu as they occnr in the. progress of that war. M. de Lb uys Dow speaks of an elec lion wbicb he ejcpecU to be hckl in Mexi co, and to result in tie choice of his im-. perial highness the Prince Maximilian of Austti to the Emperor of Mexico. We kareTrom other mafces that tfe prince has declared-bis wiiltngness lb accept the imperial throne in Mexico on three condi- "'. " ua ms caueu h ... &, 1:.1 ni.. i. u. ii if i ' . -""'i"" iJetice. Mini ince, ruv T tli iimimtH m. f - - i . - p-re. 3d. Thai the head of, the family. "t Ulll ITI ll UI .UiriM KflHIl MIIIIMCiHi ... v ... .. . . - " wst IMin I I HIT 111 lllt-KM lil'IK M I HAIIVtl Jlu iieletrinir to tbeia fdr f , , . - ble, under the circumstances, from her troublesome comDlication with Met hm. . , . . " p-i- II- :i .i ,r .. Ui i-ancii, government ba not -jiMonju-l that in the otini.,n ""wu oivea me ueriyaueuk eMao- lishment of a foreigu and monarchical form of Government in Mexico will be found neither eav nor detirnble. Yon will in- form M. lrowyade Lhuys ttnl thhs opin ion icinaiu uuchanged. Um thiiother liand, the United Sutes Iinva they, t ha least pu.pose or desire lo Jgirlg!y.liUbjidrr.iru , or. interfere willt thir freo choice, or dw . . . i !MfuiirdytrMj1Mai -4-tw halever institution of government they may, in the exercise of art absolute fwdotnf estab TishT " It is proper, also, lual M. Drouyn de Lhuys should be informed that the United Stales coulinues to regard Mexico th theatre of a war which has not yet end ed.in the subversion of the Government long existing tberw, with which the United State rcmaio iu th relation of peace and tiocer friendship, and that for this reason the United State are not now at liberty to consider th Question of recognizing a' government which, in th further chance J oi war, may mw ibiq ii piaoa. , ihvm . - . iui ini murr imriu titm oiuhii w tw if I own nFoiv. niu rw-tfmuf i iieir Biiri-reTLrn- i ii r ii ill i na a hmbii miin . 1 1 mill i ! i mj i. i . lfinuiuiniMita km nniuf ...-. ri . will bi eijucted tolJr yourm-lfto any 1 1 DJ MepvUdncJiiul be imnirrttrtl. 1 Aril Ur4v m to render JiMtnjHible for ttWure-seefruitHlr r: a f - rrom ibif Juerwu. f j ViruMiwihe Uuofjatr(ite irmjr M not mlj , ted Stale, ositeti)y wild their (.riiM-l i fl, can do no othel'W' than have th i --" v - ""H I (aiflhUIVif UaiJi i,rilii l.ui.im . J Iiui . u t ; I I M. FOREIGN oriN pxs. ;. We jeeterday gaw uf article (mm the London Timet on t e ODeuinjr of 1804, and what had oeen i (onjlih-d by the North in 186J. W give' to day; torn, furfhitr bioVUci.wblcb abow wbat M thought in England of the propccta for the Confederacy for 1804 V 7 W ','.'" From lb Loiiia Standard. - territorially, thrSoutTTtM oo doubt lost aomtftbing, bat be haa bnt in finitely lea tban wat generally exjJcted, and tot i fourth of what aonie pcuhhrlr" aodaci"' oua partiana of the Federal I cauaa have' lately eet down to it crediU They any that the Coufederacy now holla only oni-1 Jiatf of the territory iTctaTmM. TOe anHwerT la atupiy tnai una te uueny ntrue. 1 in the 'claim," of courae, aro included Mia- aouri and Kentucky,' of which the Confed erate Governoient nevi-r held iKeKioo, and of which the iNorth writ not koep poa aeatioo, .when once it is defended in . it min object. Of the eleveu Slates repre tented at Kichmondn July, 1863, only one lias been temporarily reduced under Federal rule, or rather oiv" pied by Fedef" al armiea. Since the outbreak of the war the South baa lest Tennessee and a frag ment of Arkansas, a little portion of river aide i territory) in Lout-iana. and - isolated position in Florida and the Carolinians. .TJifi FedrAkiMupy bnt rrtbut-nr-attr Voftliern V irginia -is simply g devastated bailie field, which the North cannot be said lo have' possession. For all practical purposes ten of the eleven Slate are still held by the Confederates, excepting such poi lions of tLtm as have been actually occupied by the Federal troop under the protection of their gun boata. A territory more than three times as large as France remain entirely unsubdued. aud at their present rate of progress, which ia not likely tio be maintained, it would lake the North ten years lo overrun it. Even when overrun it would not bo conquered; but we need, oocenter into any discussion of what may happen in T case so far re moved from practical probability. If at any moment that should occur which has more thau once seemed on ihe point of coming to pass ; if the Cont'eder ale should gain a deculwl . victory io tlif West, while driving the army of lh Po tomac out of Virginia, the North would have lost al a blow everything-excepl New Oilcans that it has gained in three years of warfare; while, as w have seen, the South may sustain a defeat without losing anything of her essential strength and power "of self-defence; ItTi quite clear that she will maintain it until her inde pendence is recognised ; and. it is for Eu rope to consider whether the termination of a war which is a disgnc and an afflic tion to mankind shallbe allowed to await the alow recovery of the" North fronriiT fever dream of conquest, booty, and enj- P,r- - : ,'- From the Liverpool .Mtrcgry.) . Tlie very latest IK'WH .frcHweat of war in America, like most of the 'new of the preceding three months, is as utifavor ble as it can be to a speedy termination of tne war, either by "thecomprele sucoesa of the; North or the South. The North ern army of Gen. Grant, after having sustained rather a- sharp check at King- golil, hna been reduced to a Mate of i tivity bv the want of supplies and means j of transport for a winter campaigu. It raay bold its ground at Chattanooga dqr ing tbe winter months if it can keep open communications with Nashville, sdd it tpay kdvano into Georgia iu the spring; but it will have to light its Way from one g, plOUi-.nilUiygraF march it will be further 4oirt tlie - lwe tf it owaueit3and-iritroiwxnawt country. ' - , . . i4t advance, -should t tsfee- jvi compel th Confederates to burn tli cottou t o"r of arbitrary itjiprwohitieoi will he grown in former'years, aud will thctualIyLtHLfoxlhe purposes conteipplated by pveveni the planting of a cottou crop tn-f Congress ia granting n f fitch., Ex. the spring of 1864; but it will take months, 1 '.,.,' if not years to conquer Georgia and Ala- From the Richmond Examiner. . bama, and even ifconqnered they will be mere wilderpe. I his a the propect even LaLtheoinl wherth Federal, for tgnes look brightest, aud even there any considerable success gained by Gen. Long street .would render it inipoaajbl' for the Federsala to advauo into Georgia. Ia South Carolina and Virginia lb Federals '' Bttarry ' rwwieat, ' and no loa. a "Charleston ind nichmomleuiitiiius ' Iimii.U of I lie Confederalr the mui-i ton lum i 1... ... . A fl . ...... I, ,.f m.nu,,.!. I i .l . .. i i i j " -r 'r " vi mlil n lrn tkt ttia ttAra lrtnrtuj( lhaf ContvfaWUUrtfirt jit Ciiarton, W tack of tlie arinr of the Potomac', but eren to V-q that army eoulinaally on the alert to dtfunJ iit owo jitiwo-L -..-H r : Arreat on ; mere aupi-?oa fcae alwaya been regarded jut the odioue exertion of arbitrary' jiower; Tbtf pracice ha pro dueed morr revi.fution than it hu ever re- preswd. . Tlie Bnlieli nice bare regardtd it with more lilter and iaiplacable abbbr renca than iny ot)e branch of tba humae fjtrnily. For two cinnriea half of Ennlinh hutory in occupied with t!i cardinal theme of Aaifff eorput. On tbU matter hinged the moat bloody ait J destructive civil v.w that ever curmxl the- laud from which thia people apraii" Arlnftary ? impriaouroenta IDJ., .nU UuauwaU -itltaw-nf TOn,iMOtJll Europe, and effectually aerve the despotic j.urpoaea of a Komnnoff or Buonaparte !! "but amonc' the rounrrvmen of Ilnmnden and Mieir desoeodants thev have. heen riiufaX only jlblotidT ouLbreakJ and implacable civil dissertion. ; They are in coijiiici wiin. our jirauiiiona ano eauua tion. They are offensive to all oar histo ric ideas. Jiud repulsive to- ihe just- prida we clierih in our institutions and descent. The miuds of our people are inflamed on tlielopioof personal liberty - inflamed-by imp ve rl ce n t u r ies; of antrn ated h islftryj $ ri d ihr suspension of kvbetti corpus would ex cite tli- very disorders it is intended to prevent. viction of ltv to protest agai protest against a suspen sion of this writ. The. euds designed to be attain-d by suoh a measure can be reached by other j means. It ia said to be aimed at secrel treason in special localities. Let the laws against treason be amended to embrace the new aud concealed phases ofj.he crime ; jnd Jet a cbanga f venue be allowel at tle discretion of Govern ment. The measure is said to be necessa ry for the suppression of straggling. .Let stragglers be tried summarily before an impromtu court, composed of any three commissioned officers nearest the place of apprehension, and condemned and shot oh the instant of convictions Some measure of this sort would put an end to realstaag gling, which is the evil complained of. The .mere fact of- reposing arbitrary power, ..against . which our people have a mdhionat Tepugnairce,ic tbeltaridsoftne Executive, would do ten fold more harm than it would cureJLtidJaHuia have the additional apprehension that the power would nut be uoed to public advan tage, but abused to. purposee of personal malitfiiily. It a mourutul fact, placed bo- i j 'k. u ,.... ..:j...t.. oM .,ou..fc wv-,., the Executive is capable of employing the great power "of Government (bribe un worthy gratification of animosity. There is not one man in every hundred citizens of the Confederacy who does not' entertain this opttiion." The measure itself is repug nant to lit minds and feeling? of the peo ph, and this -'repugnance is stropofthened hv a ri'iicial MDnrehetiMon that tbu bower ho in. hold Uicliinond MffMiniil 'all lit at- oi nrbitrry.aesi would mrt-bep4o)-rlfc'w for the public good, but abused to private f injury. IoldT insolent, dangerous Union j jsts would remain nn molested, arid tealous secessionists, '.intent for the good of the cayse upon holding Government W lis du ties, would )s the victims, of official pas sion t. -. - r- -' "' '" '"' - - Even' if tots grnnt f arbitcaty power were ever so wi-e in itolf, ontlcf a H the circumstances of the hour, and even if our '"people had not been educated in an invet- eraieVepugnance to UiinksixDic arrests ; still, what good would come of the grant ? Soma of the wisest feslatioti of our stat ute books i a dead letter from the refusal or incapacity ol Uie Jvxwcuine to put in that the br?t legwUtitm haAbi'frvtfllwr'j aside riont the iii(Knttoiiot Loigress:J - Tiik Tins NoktiiwaHu. It ia reliablv estimatuu that during the past week, over one hundred Jews, principals of substitutes and others,- bav come on to Richmond from the South put up at the hotels, and disappeared by th various asderground rootes to tho Nodh. . How tbay.go knows only to themseJresaad thi ageota; bat it ia tra they bare gon, and art still ha j pwnir. Tea Jew tefUn- of ttif principal - 1 hotel SendamorniniT ' TU ' JL- . I ill.. uJiL. .1 ' ... i j ji . r - . -. . . . i , wcnuni lWi' 1111(1 Ien 1 lUOUlflnri ' ''f4r,"B ,-iffe" thai twrwoo. iw the rmar f fuLA inVf,..nPL IBCTWsf comVIo Iffchmoiid wh h marketing, or a -load; of forage, and carry oat a load of blbekad runners concealed in their vehi ple. making a more profitable specufation " on their outward than inward trip, as all pay hear ly,' loo. Nnmlrs lave been overhauled on their journey through tho lines by the detectives, and are now rest ing in Castle Thunder, but more have so Ceedd in escaping. It i hinted but with what amount rif -truth w know not (hat tlie mysttriou art of the embalmer has been employed in some decent cases of re;ent dispprancsr and that several embalmed Jews, ueaUv; fcoffindhav gone throuch the line' n rout to bereaved relations in the North 'pmopneing tht War. fien flr- J. iJorgan,JorrnerjT tjie Yaokw arWL-, horbeld-CumoiTTandnSaD when v,rL milb invaded Kentockr. has imiJ od teen makme speeclie in Tnd iann Ha. houncinv the war. -TnVv-.Ri u l. Stated, that when he first ioined th. he anpnoaed it -w; tor-tb restoration of jit he Union, but f bat he i had since found u ma(l ii was a cnisad against the 8oMtb,rn plnteraurobthem of their negroe,- That bo conaeqaently was op posed, to giving another dollar, or raising another man for the. continuance of such an nBhoiy war. Iiickt Wkir. ' HABEAS CORPUS. J5lig.'8!atn-e of AJaUma-To-r centTy passed an Act n bicb no. Xlie-deuial of 'a writ of fa&eds corpus no act of felonj, the penalt attach ed ing not Jess than a fine of one , jear s imprisonment. IN , . We should, like' to acB this Act adopted, bj -ever State in tbe Con federacy. , Tlie right of habeas cor pus js nne of the-most laerecf irrfte possessioa of the people-end onrht to be gnarded with the utmost jeal f"y' A some ofoor national lee islators seem disposed to tamper with it is time that the Stat aboni.v Ucome to tbe rescue. In England, anj attempt to palter with this principle would shake that stable monarch to its centre.' Can be possible that we, who are fight ing the battJe of constitutional liber tyj slwuhdhprize- bur "freedom less than our English cousins! IMrJc asiMhe-situation of-the country, it issurelj not yet necessary to convert' the Government into a despotisin in order to ratnW it f. tunes. And that .nM, w.m .i . , . . vuiu uc lie enectoi any suspension of the habeas storm, a ..i. habeas corpus Act, there cannot be the slightest doubt. With our per sons at the absolute disposal of mili tary 'authority, wehouldhave as imie to Jglu for a the meanest uussiau serf. Let it not be said of us that we threw off una tvrannv owly to build up another at home. - Carolinian. Price of Taper. A bill was pre sented at the office yesterday, says X1 AfLunta Confederacy one thous and nix hundred and f fey dollars, tor eleven bundles of paper ! In times of peace, paper was the least -ilvejteux in4beoasitwiis of newspaper- making. Members .-of Cong ess need not worry their brains about the supression of Confederate uewspapers. Tlie paper mills at this increase, will soon effectually put an end to them afl. tW Ubtiv Prisoa, rifi.Col. Powell, C.ptsia oinKun ion tapr- wanir, Bava been paroled, it lelt RiehmoatJ yesterday moroinr r City Msi--tlt7 jmbarkatl a hmr trWea boau tlva privataa, alstt paraUtf, aecianpauled thetn. The Coloael ia kuewa as u f yea PoweH, and Staatoa is aBitf fidouT former neuiber of Congnn from Uhim Powell will doublleat ba txchanged ibr Colonel Lee, ot oar srny.-r -P.t Espr t-, Jaa. 3L Iilanldt and Shorn far wr Trooyx -V e understand tbaMha Ad-Tanoe steamer bro'i on-ber leoent trip 10,000 pairs shoes, 14,000 blankets, and; 8,000 pairs of rank. Also that there is plenty of otolites aaJ Wankeu our aoldiers, and if they are not supplied it is tho fault of their Quarterniastcra. . We trust it will not longbe anybodyi fault. Cfotbe and feed, tbeot by aD rnrm of bmbd V,' fbf. Often -
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