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ey and establieh an independent government. ‘The resu! very was an ofder to Magruder to send the Consul ateGialvegten to

t of this dise

Mexico as soon as possible, an@ithe Riclitaénd Consul te feave

rogar

It further appears that the receptien awatted hy Narl Russell to Mr. C hadleiyver Ma&sov at London, is not such as ocr ts with the

latter's sense tations of ¢t} Richmond. Mr

plimented jor his s ‘

of propriety or with the expeéc-

ation in consent ng notwithstanding the annoyances to which he ¢

sab) eted by the evident coolness of the Bri

lt abneg

) Fomain at his post,

cond portion of his correspondence relates to

sury and Nayy Departments. Mr. Memin- ger explains the schemes devised for raising mongyyin Englandjby the hypothegation of eperana by which that coin may be traas- wited" tA Tritish naval vessels from’ the

\doekades ports to be employed in Hngland! long it was one continued and exhanstiag | and, as the author of aur eternal salvation, he is sop War parchases,and payments réevive elu | gtraggle with the mad—an enemy worse than |

eidation at the bands of the Confederate Se-

retary of the Treasury, while the use te

which a portion of the funds is to be put

finds explanation in the correspondence of day) it was determined to goncentrate the ;ocourred took plage in eqnnectign with uman| Phe utility! pontoons ag Hanks’ Ford. Near this ford salvation; aud that repentence for sin, fyith in our | the river hanks are high, and form a table | they are to be procered in England form land or ridge up to which the guns and)

the Seeretary of the Navy. gp! iwon-clad vessels, and the means by which

the butden of these jnterestmg papers.

from these papers we also learn the names! united labor of men and horses. of the financiat agents of the Southern Con- | federacy in Eagtand and what houses are

geady wt Gil the military and naval orders irom luelatbond. it may surprige some per sons to find out that Mr. George N. Saunders

is playing a top part in the negotiation look-! was not much swollen; but horses, waggaps| teachings are that Wiliam the Third, whose ing to the construction of iron-eladg in En-! and genus could not be taken down to the fingers were dyed at Glencoe, and not Jesus

gland for the Southern Confederacy. He figures, also. as the diplomatic courier of the fichmond Government, ety teheaimas—s

THE QUESTION OF PEACE.

The Richmond Dispateh, of January 10, Ais- euses Mr Jaines Brooky peace propositions Tt envs:

Mr. Brooks appeared fo be iw egruest in these @xtPayagan? propositions, elrange as it may ap- pear te any man who has possession of his seyges;

for, apen the eecasiog of presenting them, he | visible during the night on the yther side of

tuade a long speech, and expressed Limself eonti- dent of their success. Are the Nortaern people all patel bery tools, ox are they oaly stricken with that judicial madness which we are teld the goede alyags intlicet upon the victims of thejy avrath iy parafory to their ruip’? Can they wippowe that

he Sonth is as galless and as fily-livered as thear eelves, and that they are willing, for mere consi- detations of interest, to forget tee euheard-of eutrages ander which they have suffered during this war!) Can they beltewe then capable of se

soo burying in oblivion atl that dkey tave done! grand division, which had been holding itself |

jv all that they have suff-red 7 lt the Whole Lankee race should fall down in » der woay ae te be their mas-

bit dust te-morreaw

ters, we would spurn them even as slaves. Our only wish is to be separated frog them finally and forever— nerer fa see the face of one of them | agoit—never to hear the vaice of another Yankee

on the South stde of the Potemar er the North—| : . | te have no tratlie and we intereanrse of any des- ‘paring for the return to caimp. As I quit | he came up he exelaims: “ What is this? I must Before this can be pub-|

coption whatever with thea. We are fighting for separation, ard we will have it, if it cost the ile ot every main the Caatederate States.

We are aware tkat yituy geesous believe that

the pa:

the repre-entytives, desice and design to restore Peare. anJ Dat, at preseat, they dare not speak eut their rea) seytimeuts, which are in favour of reparation. “We de vet believe they are in faver # ony Sich there, They would like peace on eouktowof eur cetern to the Union, and they are tools enough te believe that a majority of the

people of the Confederacy are in favor of reunion. ! blockade.

dbey would lke peace ou these terms, because it}

weulld gestere the commercial supremacy of the | ger :—* TT Nort, and pockuly ot tiie city of New York, | sehooner rigged. Which 3s g¢ Lev ! the Union be not restored. |

Pout tiey ave as bitterly opposed to separation as |

Lineoht if, or a iy of the thieves and mur}

derers who lead hi

3 arises,

Luropean operations of the Confederate Trea-|

ty of whieh Lyouks and Van Buren are |

ede =

Texas to secede from the Southern Confedste- Lahsen I took to be an orderly, and a very! man beware what he says against this Legistative

filthy one at that. Ie was ordering a team- ster to unhitch iis mules and take them

,the front, to help afjother team out which barred the way. Isat and watched the oper-

, forthwith. The order with ation fora while, and listened to the orders, | Governor Dgndas:” — wheq we kuay that each © letter, however, was rescinded. | whieh began to bring a little hope of extri-| of these publi¢ men and each and eyery one of

‘cation to this bemired train. Presently 1 gots glimpse of the supposed orderly’s face, ga) saw that LO Was no less a person than Gen. Hooker. He was dresged in a black

: : wer se ani al repoert—the members of Vonfederate authorities at) water-proof coat, and was plastered with the Never se nt out an annual report—the me _— Mason, however, is com-| ochrous mud, so that he was scarcely’ recog: | which never gave their names to the world—w hose - © : ; gg

nizable. LLTS presence and vigorous orders set mat-

mneeives himself) ters going again, and while he remained |

there the sea of mud began to wriggle and

. =e on - S . | tr iat ¢ »n Critic ‘hich everv publie tiah Seoretary of Foreign Affairs. The se-| move, reminding one of x general urovement | from just and open criticism, to which every J

jon a plate of molasses eovered with flies, when, by reason of ‘some general alarm, the ifies make & uwapigous siruggle to get away.

| Slocum, Stoneman, Ciriffin, Sykes, Hum-

ot costa n't eUdh federate Statea. The modus | phreys, franklin, Burnside, were all in front,

'

j all doing their best to get their waggons through, and all covered with mud. Ali day

i the "rebels. Wednesday night the tired | troops lay down in their blankets, | It rained all night. Next morning (Thuys-

' pontoons wore dragged, all next day, by the Theré the ground was somewhat more firm.

| But it was now seen that the onear tentions of Catholics and Protestants in the Green e,

leut to the river were impractica The | mud in these freshly cat roads was tao deep. 'The fopds were not attainable. The river

| water.

| Howeyer, the roads were pretty well

ee of waggons and other impediments

on Thursday, everything being dragged y ‘to the higher ground, and on that ni ht the ‘men camped in the woods near hy, and all fround. Here the sturdy woodsmen went in ‘with axes, and generally made a clearing ; ‘their huge fires began to shine out, an ‘something like comfort began jo prevail in {thie ocean of mud. Rebel camp fires were

| the river.

stopped, and 0 rested qu 4 high bloff a | hundred rods back from the river. Thursday | it began to be ramored tut we were to re- turn and give up thy attempt. On that ‘night Generals Burnside and Looker retura- ved, and the cavalry and light artillery were ordered back. F This (Friday) morning Gen. Sumner’s | ready to march during the whole time, re- ‘ceived orders ta anpac qnd again encamp. | They had not left theip camp grounds, but still remained in frant of Predericksbarg. | ‘This morning the stragglers are gathering up, and ‘he atray batteries and waggons are filling in,, while brigade after brigade is pro-

'camp all is busy. ‘lished the major portion of the army will again be in camp before Fredericksburg.

| - —-

A Seprosepo New Parivateza.—Phe Yan-

| kee papers are excited by reports of a vessel | he raised his club, knocked oue of the three down | jealled the Princess Royal that lately left

Halifax. it is supposed for a Confederate port, with a valuable cargo of arms and am- munition, and which they fear will be trans- formed into a privateer after running the A letter from Halifax gives the following a of the suspected crui-

e vessel is built of iron and She is propelled by a serew on an average about J2 knots. After coalin,

she ran out into the stream, and fur the last) in secret conclave, they are taught to resurt to the | Catholics, and even Roman Catholic ladies.

two or three days painters haye been trans-

Int the event of a refines! to return tothe Voion, | fetting ber hull, spars and funnell from black they would, toa man, unite in bounding on the | lead culor. _ the captain professes ta _be- assassin who are deselating our country and tlong to New York, but it is certain that it ig

mardering our people as fiereely as they have | ever been bewnded ou by by Beecher and Hale. | ‘They look only te tueiv pockets when they preach |

of reconeiliation aad restoration. If the same object could be effi che d bs entire ly ch stroying the pee ple of the Southern States, ang they thought it as easy too, they would recounnend it as the best of all possihle paliey. [et them be satisfied. ) mak Dresident Davie expressed the seypti-

his real intention to run the blockade if he ean. Being short of one or two hands, he engaged two young men at Halifax to whom he promised a handsome bounty if he should

jaucceed m getting into Charleston. The | Princess Royal has ten lar vos in | , |hold. She oo no guasen deck , and her Feral coals, gud his feet not be burned?” "This system W : ‘go is represented as most valuable. She wag of Grangeisyy is said to be fousd to protect us frow | bimself confidant and pred cheralier to all? * *

The work of moving the peptone had been! 1

od aes 2

ane

jor this Executive Council: Let any man beware | what he says against this Supreme Court or its | J udges: Let any man bew are what he says against

those public hodies are open and subject to the severest sergtiny and eritigism. Yet, here is an institution whese rules were never published, who

proceedings are conducted in the greatest secreey = unkno#n to the law in some countries, and contrary tu the law in others—claiming immunity character in the world is liable, from the (ueen downwards, and every public body of men what-

lever, fram sacred tg secular

| lw my younger days | was faught by a Bible | reading futher that the Seriptures were’ the ouly rule of faith and practice—that they revealed the way of salvation through a erycified Redeemer ;

ealled our ~ glayioys deliveror.” I was taught ' that at Calyary and at Gethsemane the most so- jlemn, the mos fremendeys events thyt eyer

Lord Jesus Clrjst, gud poliness of heart and life, were absqlutely necessary to procure salvation. | But what is Orangeism, and what are its

jteachings! Jt ig q hybrid begotten af the con-

Isle years aga, and duly yaported to the fair fields jof our own Isle hy aun AB. of C.D; and its

) Christ, is our “glorious deliverer.” It ignores | Calvary and Gethsemane altogether, and in their | plages substitutes the Battle of the Boyne and the a of Limerick. It ignores faith in Christ — repeutance for sin, and holjpess of heart and jife— jand teaches that if you join the Lodge on earth you will certainly be adinitted into the Lodge iu ' heaven. It ignores the Bible altogether, while | prating about it, and in its place substitutes the writings of filthy old Hogan. This is no faney | sketeb, as Lam able to prove. And the “ Apostle nd High Priest of the Profession” is well known | by his “unclean hands,” assisted by one Reverend, who would have, under other cireumstances, done his country good service at the plough tail; and another who, if ke had gone te the bottam of the | sea in his father’s fishing boat, his country would | have been nothing the worse off, Taking the first part of the quotation last— |“ Phey are a great Protestant defence association, [they are a great peace constabulary” — reminds j me of a circumstance with which I was personally acquainted. Three men who had been spending an evening together, when about to part, were met by a ruffian with a club under his arm. As

i

| have peace.” One of the three replies: “ We are all friends — we are all in peace — not the least danger of any thing else.” “ Jjut JT must have

peace,” exclaims the ruffian again. Aa he spoke,

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business point) of view, Mr. Wightsnan will be a gainer by the change. , * “Yours truly, ’ A LOOKER ON, Lot 61, Janpary Q4th, 1563. —_—-— soe To [pe Enrrog GF THE EXAMINER. Sir,<In the Examiner of the 2nd inst. I peroovive a communication regarding the Kirk Tea Meeting,

which is sure to mislegd those of your readers who | >

were not present. Vague, but grievous charges, are brought against ope of the gentlemen ihe spoke—though I cannot understand how his lan- guage should have given such offence. However, I would haye left that gentleman to defend himself, were it not that your reporter gratuitously assails the Chairman of the meeting; and as T am respon- sible for the appointment of the Chairman, I ust ask you to do justice in the matter. '

I have then to inform you that not ono word was spoken throughout the evenmmng, requiring correction from the ¢ghair, The person your cor- respondent refers to js evidently Mr, Beer, who, in the course of his fow remarks, never onee men- tioned the term Roman Catholic; byt who did indeed express pleasure at wityessing any and every evidence of Protestant yuion, Are we to be told that such language is insulting to, those who differ from us? Aud as if farther to show that the words had no hostile bearing upan others, Mr. Grapt, who spoke immediately after, added 4 vider, to the effvct, that our Protestant union should ka qimed at for its own sake in the test instance, aud uot that we might be arrayed against others.

The threat that Roman Catholics may in future abseut themselves (vou such reunions, is very silly. I am not fond of attacking any sect or party; but surely your carrespondait does not think that I will pandey to any from fear of such consequences.

I only hope that at our next sa¢ig] meeting we may have a chairman such as Pr. foglis proved

and other paid tools of the “God fearing Goverp-| ment.” These merece naries, R., 8 , ete., true to their | instincts, secured place, form and emolument to | the “ God fearers’’ by every’available means, be- neath the érimes of robbery and murder,

J. A. MURPHY.

The Graminer,

Charlottetown, February 9th, 1863.

——wewe

. ” y THE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

Tuk nomination of candidates for the Couneil, in Charlottetown, on Wednesday last, was an Phe dulluess was chiefly

*

exceedingly dull affair. eauged, no doubt, by the extreme coldnegs of the weather. ‘The few who were led by curiosity to the old Town Hall, in which the nominations took place, tried to get as near te the stoves as they possibly could, each individual most arreve- rently keeping his hat or cap closely fastened to his skull, as if the place weve not a sacred one as a ‘Demple of Justiee, from whence the Worshiptul Mayor, surrounded by the Venerable Fathers of the City, seudeth forth his diurnal decrees, and in| which the Firet Magistrate of the County was then holding his solemn Court, There was very little to attract attention in the way of speechifi- cation. Some persons were, indeed, rash enough, when it drew near the hour of adjournment, to go upon the bhustings and utter a few sentences, but whether the words were frozen before they reached the ears of the listeners, we are not pre- pared to say, but certainly there was no demon- stration of focling an the part of the audience.

End a

WE have no detailed account of the nt /s/Ntios of Candidates in King’s Couuty. district, the Hon. James Dingwell and the Hien. Patriek Walker were retu rned without opporition. That district will, wo trust, be always secure against the igroads pf ‘Teryjgny.

McDonald, Exqr., were nominated on the Liberal interest; and W, 8S. MeGowan, Esq., of

candidates. We are confident that Messrs. euffrages of the electors, and we have every reason

to think they will be bath returaed.

ELECTION IN PRINCE COUNTY. For an account of the nominations in Prince

lowing well writtea Jetter from a correspondent at St. Eleanor’s :—

The nomination of candidates for membership in the Legislative Couneil took place here to-day. Ciwwg to the extreme coldness af the weather tere were notmany persons on the ground. Still the Court House was pretty well crowded in the afternoon. At an early part of the day the Hom James Yeo aud 2. Doyle, Esqr., were nominated as candidates for the first Legislative Council District, and the Hous. Dowald Ramsay and Alex. Anderson for the second. After a considerable interval, the Hons. W. W. Lord and Stanislaus Perry were put in nomination for the First Dis- trict, aud Dr. W. Keir and James Llowat, Exqr., ' for the seooud. The first four are in the Conser-

From about twelve o’elock untifnearly four, there was powerful whispering going oa inside the Court House, There were three or four knots of Tories iv different parts of the little room— ali

himself to be at our last ; fur the dignity, eloquence and suavity with which he discharged the duties of his position charmed every one, except your rather bilious correspondent. } have the honour to remain, Very truly yours, THOMAS DUNCAN. Charlottetown, Feb’y 4th, 1863. ———— 00 To THE Eorron or. ‘Truk Examiner. Sin;

Tam astonished to see in today's Vindieater an artioele on the Kirk Tea Meeting, written by a person who was not there, but who, nevertheless, authoritatively names and judges three geutlemen who took part in the proceedings. ‘The wnter graciously dixpenses a smile to one, a frown to another, and Billingsgate to a third. All three he

anxiety — faces very solemn — fingers raised and

| lowered very impressively—coat-collars twitehed | canvulsively—hurried footsteps through the crowd, here, there, and everywhere. “ What's the cause of all this trouble?” we asked. “Ob,” said our friend tg wham the question was put—* the Tories are sorely bothered about their candidates—they have one too many in the field for the first district, and they are trying ta get ane of them to with- draw.” On further enquiry we found that the Hon. D. Montgomery, late Speaker of the Assem- bly, Donald Palmer, Esqr., of Crapaud, aud an individual sometimes called Dr, Hendersou, and Sergt. Henderson, and Henderson the Quack, had been severally proposed on the Tory interest. There was another man vamed Mr, Neil Mehin- non, who had offered his valuable services by pub-

insults with his offensive personalities, As 1 do hot wish to allow those remain unanswered for a week, I would feel obliged by your inserting in the Examiner of the 9th inst, a brief explanation. The Vindicator, if it chooses, can copy from your columns; tho’ I am told that the writers for that paper are not in the habit of inserting answers to

—lett him for dead—and as he departed, be said : | “* Now there is peace.” But, says Mr. S., “ they embrace a large proportion of the most peaceable, upright, pious men in the commauity.” Perhaps |

80; nevertheless, there is danger that their peace- |

able dispositions may be “ modified,” when guns, | ' pistols, and loaded canes are put into their hands, ,

| Pheir uprightness is likely to be changed, wheu, editorof the Vindicator, Mr. Beer insulted Roman | That |

luse of such dishonorable weans and proceedings |

as procured Mr. Heard's defeat; aud as to their | @aguage, but wheag person who tells us he was not |

the charges they make, but that like the cuttle-fish, they dirty the waters and then seck to escape. I was at the svcial meeting referred to, and en-

jJoyed myself exceedingly. Politics and religious

acerbities seemed laid aside. ‘True, we praised our own Kirk a little; for “there's na folk like our ain folk,” and Mr. Laird gave us a rab for that, whieh we toak in good part. But, says the

is “ false as a bulletin.” Ido not like to use harsh

lie advertisement, on the same side of politics; but though he was very savage against the “faalse Quack,” as ne very impolitely styled the gallant Sergeant, he was choked off at au early hour, aud the trouble then was to get Mr. Donald Palmer to retire. Mr. Alexander Robertson, of Bonshaw, had been proposed as a Candidate on the Liberal side. He had, however—injudiciously we think—offered to withdraw if the Tory party would withdraw one of their men. If the latter could accomplish this | object, they imagined there would be a pleasant | time for themselves, and the expense and trouble

of a contest saved, ‘The whisperjng went on ata treyendous rate. Henderson was as ebstinate as a mule—he would not give up on any account; besides, he was the pominee and the right hand man of the Rev. G. Sutherland, who rushed from }oue knot of whisperers to another like a man

looking as if their minds were overburthened with |

vative interest—the remaining four come out as Libera of different shades of opinion, but all

good men and true. We had some speechifying,

and a very considerable quantity of sharp shovt- |

ing. Not having taken notes, I am not in a posi-

tiow to give you more than a very meagre outline of the speeches that could be heard. Indeed

character. It would have reqaired a Philadelphia lawyer to have saved the pieces. Owing to the

the Hon. James Pope, not one of those gentlemen were allowed to proceed with their speeches without the most unmannerly interruptions. I do not know what Mr. Pope's couduct in private life may be, but certainly his conduct on the hust- ings is the very reverse of gentlemanly. Mr. Pope occupies the position of a gentleman. He is a member of the House of Assembly; he is also a member of the Executive Council, and a magis- trate, and besides, is he not Major of the Prince County Volunteers? Now, should not a man— whatever his proclivities may be—who occupies 80 high a position in society, and in the Goxern- ment, have some regard te the dignity ef his station, and not disgrace it by conduct which would be considered shameful and intolerable in the most humble ship-wright in bis employ. I verily believe that there is not a man at werk in

For the first)

For the second}

County, we invite our readers.to peruse the fol->

| that did not eave’hity from ineult.

| such were the noise aud continued ‘.iterruptions | that the speeches were of the most fragmentary |

very wagentlemanly and very unfair conduct of

COUNCIL ELECTION 1X RING'S couNpy:| Mr. Lord attempted to speak. What sort of

“apeoch Me would have made had be been allowed | to proceed, will ever remain one of the things that we poor mortals are not permitted to know. He had hardly commenced when Mr. Pope, with hig wonted impertinence, chimed in. Some of the

| crowd below, taking their eve from their patrog | on the platform, made the usual harmonious sounds

distriet, the Hon: Joseph Wightman and A. Ay that crowds resort to when they de net wish g

| speaker to be heard. What, with the remons

Bours, | trances of the Libeyals and the private dispete of and ion. James McLaren, Of New Perth, were | excited politicians, avd the hooting of the b’heys, propared on the Tory side, It is unnecessary to) 2g storm was rajsed that hardly a word of say axything about the relative merits of these | Mr. Lord’s speech could be heard at two yard’s

| distance. Getting tived of the din, 1 towk @ ting

Wightman and McDonald are best entitled to the | round to get a mouthful of fresh air. Wheg J

came back the place was quiet cnough. P. Doyle, Esq., Was on the platform, holdmg torth with aur. prising force and volubility, Dir, Pope Was in the act of patting him om thé back for something he had said. A. strange sort of pet for Pope, ‘thought I. Mr. Deyle was expatiating on his, wrongs. The Bishop had pred him badly —the Li- byrals had used him badtly—the whole werld had turned against Biud—wit Was ogly amamg the Con- servaliyes he had found sympathy aud friendship —the Liberals were dishonest and everything that was bad; but the Conservativos-—-kauguage could pot express lisgratitudé to then gud hie réapect for them. Ho, ho, said I to myself, this ageounts tor the back patting.

Mr. Perry was the last who spoke, slwage ex- cepting Mr. Pope, and got on pretty well for a while. Bug Mr. Pope. conid not allow him to finish without interruption. His first excuse was to put Mr. Perry right in a matter of fact, something about Mr. Palmer's petitioning agamst the Award, He may have been right or he may have been, wrong, but having once got a going there. wae no ‘stopping the may, Mr. Perry has the manners of a gentleman and talks like a man of sense, besides |he is remarkably moderate in his views and tem- perate in his speceh. He did not offer the ikast | provocation to Mr. Pope or to any one else. But Mr. Pope wae so wanting in generosity, in good feeling and mm, | true manliness as to jeer Mr, Perry on his poverty. | Whether Mr. Perry is a poor man or not, I do 'not know, but this 1 do know that in every, thing that constitutes the true gentleman Mr. Perry is infinitely Mr. Pope’s superior. And another thing I willsay is, that I would far sooner be the gentle- manly, unassuming, intelligent, though poor Mr. Perry, than the blustering vulgar, bullying Mr. Pope, with the shadowy, reputation. of being rich. Mr. Perry’s was the last speech. When I left, Mr. Pope wae still exberting the Conserva- tives to vote for the men-ef the long siggy —for Anderson, even though they did net like bin land not on any acceant te vote for Dr. Keir, however clever he might be, and however” highly they es- fteemed him, Most unfortunately, Mr. Keir was | absent through sickness. ~~ PUBLIC MEETING.

A puhlie meeting was held ow Saturday, at Vernon River Bridge, called by Messrs. Beer and

the shipyards at Summerside, who, if he weve | Goff, candidates for the Legislative Council; and suber, would not have acted in. a more decent! yotice was sent to all the Orange Lodges to as- manner inthe same situation than the Honourable Sain: Messrs. Coles, night, Daviesand McGill, James C. Pope, During the whole of the pro-| having heard of the meeting, went to. it. ‘Lhe ceedings ke acoupied a prominent position on the | Pories in Charlottetewu were in great glee, as the platform, which was, I believe, raised for the con- | ex-Atterney General Hvecken and Attorney Gene- venience of the candidates, and was ready with | ral Palmer had gone to give Coles, as their friends, gibe ay grin, exclamation or argument, fat denial | the Tories, said, “a great hearing,” or rather to or low peysonality, to iuterrupt and perplex the | prevent hins from having any beariag. Mr. Beer speaker, and to preveut any impression in favour aud his party having vecwwed the services of Jobn

| half crazed, expostulating, begging, praying, be- of Liberal men or Liberal measures being made | 2. Bourke, Esqr., Land Agent and Proprietor, to

seeching—yow making frautic grimacea as he | &" the minds of the people. Although remon- | act as Chairman, proceeded te the meeting, and.

} piety, they are likely to earry more jnta the Lodge | t the meeting bringy forward such an aceysation, | poured his sage advice into the ears of the Attorney |strated with, and even suarply rebuked by Mr. | just as the Agent was about taking the Chair,

than ever they will bring out, for aa old fashioned book, of whieh Mr. 8. may have heard, says; “ Evil ‘communications corrupt good manuers.” Aud | vagain, “Cana man take {ire in kis boson, and!

; dis cluthea neat be burned?) Can one go upon hot

ment of the egtive Confederacy, im has speegh the | built at Greenock, Seotland, in 196). and ia] the encroachments of Popery. Well, here is a|

other night, when he sqid the people would sooner | waite with a nation of hyenas than with the de- testable and detested Yankee watlog

Anything } bat that. Poelish avlonization, Preach vassalage, | « Russian sertdum— all, all qve aasogiation with the Yankees |

a beautiful model. ‘The Princess Koyal sail- ed frony Halifax January 12th ”

preferable ta any) Manroe had quite a seare a few days ago en

account of a rumour that the new Merrimac,

The Richuwoad Ecaminar of the )2th, ia urging ithe rebel ram which bas been built at Rich.

pou the people ef the Bout nus ta velax their | energies Mi the prosegulign of the war, has the followin xg remarks Kpeu a prospective peace — “Tojnay be premature to suppose that the war is approaching its end, and it would ceitain'y be | rifindts to relax or military energies in such an)

idea. ‘Twelve months ago the South was even failure, being top heavy, and she is ly enmore sangiiue of an ently peace than now, alead-! Rocketts with a scow on “d) her afloat. Within} oat in the stream with the scow alongside,

ing Cabinet officer hasing confidently asserted that. it wonld transpire in sixty days. that sixty days, instead of peace, came a series of

disastersendiog With the surrender of New Oxleans, | Which had well nigh placed the peuthern cause in |

extremitios. The prevailing expectations of peace

~ taay be cqnally delusive new ; aud it is cegtaiuly! back to her moorings. . the part of wisdom to shape our measures and | weeks ‘Was she tried in this manner, but at. policy with single reference to a vigorous prose. | last, tired out with attempts to make her |

j#it right in the water, they have given ler

<ution of hostilities and an enduring war.

mond, with other iron clad vessels, was

jeoming down the James river to sink the

ships in Hampton Roads. It appears how- ever, from recent accounts of refugees from Richmond that the great ram is a

each side to kee Several times she has been taken

were abliged to replace them and bring her

For upward of three

“ Hut there is a radical difference between the | ap and acknowledge her g failure.

reasons which eneouraye expectations of peace now prevailing and these on whieb like expecta. | dite were based a year age. Then they were. betinded ou the idea of the oumnipateace ot cutton, aid the supposed, necessities af states which wauld coeree Eneupeou governments ipto. the mesaure | of intervention. These hopes proved worse than | atusice.~ They not only were pot realiged, hut! the consequences of reyling upon thes had liked to have proved destructive to the southern cause. | “They were persisted in wotil within a few weeks

vf the disbanding of oar wpaies by the expiration

of the twelve months teym of service. At the hast

lwur they were dismissed, and the conscript law

ayas enacted, looking tu @ permanent proseeulion

pf the war with & pexmanueut army. Until then

fe was not considered arthodex iy the Seuthern

faith who did not beliewe that peace was inimeds- | ately at hand frow.-ottou and intervention. Now,

on tit contrary, no expectation of intervention is

entertained: wo faith ix reposed in the coercive

powers of cotton, and the publie mind of the | Poutly bas settled dewn wie a tixed and deep | seated rrseluliow to owe indopendenes te eur. | eelyes. Lhe war bas proceeded for eight rmunths | gu tos plaw, and with all disappointments it can} never be devied that the general result i @ de- cided improvement im aur attains.”

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Tue Tate Movement or Gen. Burnsipe’s| ‘Nevy.—Gen. Burnside’s plan of advanee up| and feross the Kuippalannock hag been thwarted by the fhad and not by the rebels, | and prudence has heen compelled to cantrol | thre great and impaticnt desire of our troops, to advance*into Virginia, to victory and to Richmond. The correspondence of the New| Vark Post, written at Banks’ Ford on Fri- diay morning, 23d instant, on the march from Patmouth to that point on Wednesday, | says: —

At every tarn or rise in the road a) wagon or caiéson was seen sticking fast, and | horses and mulés were down in the mire and) wneble to rise. The roads, which had been hard and ood but a little while before, were weticky slop. In every gully batteries, eais- soné, supply wagons, ambulances, and pon- toons were mired. orses and miles sank up to their belies im the wad ; soldiers on the march floundered about, ainking to the knee# at almost evety step. It was impoa- sile t6 draw an tinpty wagon theodgh ths dren ifat mud. The whole army was stuck feet. : f rede along the side of the road, making my way to the front. 1 found the men turning off the tnain road to seck lesa worn and slushy by-paths at every opportunity, bat with no success. The brush was seas us bad as the main road,

W ben | got within about two miles of the river { came upon a seone of confusion worse than f tad seen hefore. In a deep gully, and on the hillside, where the road ascended, were stuck fastin the mire more than a dozen ecaiesons, guns, ammanition and forage wag- gons, and one of the great hoadquarter wag- gzons. Teamsters were cursing, and eracking their Whips, horses and mules were flounder- ing in the mire, strings of soldiers were drag- ging et long ropes fastened to each side af the wagons to help them forward; and |

fancied tat the whole, men, waggons, guns, |

pnules, soldiers and all, was gradually disap- ing from sight in the mu

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Tas Eyrecr oy que Procutyation.—Cen. Clusseret haa written to a Senator, under date of Winohester, January 7, a letter, in whioh he Bays—-

** We have reecived, Gen. Milroy and my- welf, the President’s Proclamation of Free. dom. In consequence, we yesterday posted on all the walls of Winchester, and scattered throughout the country, from farm to farm, aun order from Gen. Milroy, natifi ing all slaves that they are free, beginning from the

ist of January, and have the right to claim)

wages from their masters, or ta quit thom, and that in this case the troops wiil protect their rights precisely as they will thuse of other citizens.”’

A correspondent of the New York Tribune also writes of the effect the proclamation has already produeed—

* The northern neck of Virginia, the heart of aristocfatic and wealthy Je, is alive with a vast hegira of bondmen and bondwo-' men, travelling under President Lincoln's pass. The prociamation is depopulating the whole region between the Rappahaunock and the Potomac. In farm waggons, in coaches, on horseback, afoot and in buggies with va- luable property, in every ease, this second movement from Egypt to the promised land fills the highways and the woods. ‘The freed claves come direet to our lines. On the other side rebel raids daily snateh valuable slaves and hurry them southward and westward to the mountain fastnesses for security. Lt was s@ that masters hid away their perilous pro-

orty in the mountainsof San Domingo. in

altimore, the proclamation daily strikes

the fetters off the large number of slaves sent for eoieig to that city from the Shenandoah Valley.

To Tue Eprror or Tur Examiner.

Sim, —~ Without entering into the merits of the dispute between the Revs. Messrs. Allan and Sutherland, I think no man can read the com- munication of the latter, in the last Protestant, without a sense of indignation that such sentiments should fiud utterance in this the nineteenth century, and be published in a paper which has for its motio, “ Prove all things,” &e, The words. to which I allude are: “ They (the Orangemen) are a great Protestant defence aasoviation; they are the peace constabulary of our country, Let the man Who values his own yospectability and influ- ence beware what he says against the Orangemen of P. EB. Island,”

I can easily imagine what commotion jt would make if any one was fool enough to write; “Let any man beware what he says against Bishep Melntyre or Father Angus, av the Church: Let any nan beware what he says against the Pres- bytery of the United Presbyterign Church: Let any man beware what he says against the Wesleyan Conference, Or, turning from religious institu-

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Was picked | way atong saw a horse- gay covered with og? trom cap to stirrup,

tious to secular ones—Let any man beware what he says against tis House of Assembly; Let any

P the whole weight of this great Protestant “ De- |

| fact illustrating the spirit and working of this | great Protestant “ Defence Association.” During |

| letter on the question of reading the Bible in our! ‘common schools, Mr. Heard atteuded a mectiug | in Mr. Sutherland’s Church, and spoke in favour of the measure. Now, any person would think | this was sufficient to satisfy the most fastidious | | person as to Mr. H.'s Protestantism; but no—

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