THE PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 94, 2 March 1864, Page 4

THE PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES.

[From Uio"Tiinc?." lVvciuljer M."i Tub Hiriviil by the same mail of the text of two Pivsulent.,' Mo : s ; ,yes, botli mldro-i.-d to .Senates and Houses of Jiepie.-eiiialivos, is mi illustiaiirn of the political condition of the Aiueiieau Ivejjublie more ••Inking than the report. <>f any battle, won or l..st. [•'i£hti:ur indicates a pi.wer of "resistance or attack, 1,111 the appeai-iuiee 01 rlie two Messaires side by sidi». iH.th equally formal, is the visible prod that i.ohind the Southern tvi-i'ssion there is a political organization 11.H complete as that of (he >v..flh ilscll. Tlie ..p.-nintr the Session of a U n peaceful e.en.ony : lint when done in duplicate, as in the present e.isr, it niiiy tear a Very diifcivnt meaninj;-. A convulsion of (in- old p"lilie.ii syst.iu h-:s thrown •ifa.-wond and h.isi;le bodv. Instead of the one planet i.l'the West, observers have now !■■ watcb the ..,.-.v,;v.entsof a double slur and make :: twofold .M.-SOlVateuNtinn. , .. 'l'ln- },lc-.-:'.;e ■•! ilie X..iibi:vn i'l-e.-i.biit is brief u lie ii (".iv.pared wiiii ionuer spei-imi us i-f lhal annual l.ii-lll.UMt." Th- jl.liut- it l.>L-..:he.. ~IV. UUmel-..1> : r.oiiLrh. but they are siiort.'y d. :.!t with. The I in;.is hi- 1 u-y li t and topics are dismi-S'.-l in i sinui. , paragi-Mph of a !ew lirns which iijnuerly would have neon found capable ..f i ii-briiiit-i expansion, l.iaio i.-. saiil of t!>.e relation* of the Nwih with the Km-.'pean I'owurs, and in the Line .•.n]ilo\ eii 'here is no e.-lux.fthe l.iUei-feeliii- t.iwanls .'Ou-l.ml thut has found c>:pr"~si..ii ao often in journals and in piny sp.-e.-he?. Mr. Lincoln passed very rapidly • ivertac ri.ie.-lions CDiiiii.'cted wit:i t'ie c..iis;vin-!i.::i .n Kr-laml ol the vc-sels th.' S.utli has employed as eriiisers, but bis alUisi.ni. brief as it is, exaggerates the liicl.s. f-te says,— " Her Majesty's Oovuruniciit, as was jii-lly e\])ccled, liave their authority t.) prevent the dc).afturi' of new hostile (xpedition's iro:r. Dritish ]iort.-i." An einj.ty hull, without ni-ma-inunt "r crew, is misdcs.crihed as an " expedition." I'he (iil)ieiiliy in all the cases ei.inpiaincd of has b-cn that nothiii;-; in Ihe titlinns of the shi;-i indicated their destination with leiral i-eilaiuty. The vessels were ~ii the ojirn sea liable (.. cu.tui'e by the North, when tho Southerners converted them into .ships .'1 war and made thvni i-apablu ot liiiM'.iief. We ire still unable io comprehend how iiio .'-kill and on-U-rprize of the Ni.rth has l,r-,o ho paralyzed that, pos--cs-inn i.s.S ships ol' war, ailo.it nr in (oniM. of eonstriietion, it did ii"t enforce for its own protection a ..tiicler " police of the ocean." With half the liuml.tr of war vessels on the Northern N'avy List the (j.iveiumcnt coiilil station one ship on every ten miles

..f the coast lil- eki.de. If the North has wasted iu real .-trengt'i in building or chartering whole fleets of vessels unlit lo keep tin; sea, it must visit tlie failuic 011 its own Government. A year Mr. iScward was reproaebina: nil Kmojie I cause it culd not -receive his exceedingly eh. ertul views of tlie w.ir as euiToct eMin.al-'s of tho po.-iticn of th'j •■oiintry. Mr. l.ineoln gooi l«c!c to li:e same jn-iioil. and describing tho p.wtion of ailairs id tlie tiiue. intimate.-: that the Enrfpeau cjiinioii ol his. diilicullico was neaier the truih than that of his Foreign AVIi.-n C.mgrc s a-.-cn.bled Lu-i; beo.-mher, iie says, the war had la.-led nearly twenty iiiiinths. The re: ult of many eontliets by land and >ea had been '* varying." 'i'h"Ui;-h the limits of the revolt had been praciieallv nariowi d, yet "'lie tone of public reeling and of opinion, at homo and abroad. whs not sii;isiaetory." The popular elections indicated the domestic " uneasiness" caiiM'd by political division. The kindest words coming from Kui'<pe

" were uttered in accents of pity that we. were inci liliml to siiirendei- a hopeless cause." Tlie commerce uf the North was sullcniiar greatly from a few armed vc-eN, which constitute/ tlie whole Southern navy. Thure was i-wii ;: prospect, that the Noithern blockade s'hc.uld be rai. ; eil by lorciiru iiiioivenriou. These dilbciillies Mr. Lincoln dots not 111,w but a year ago Kmvpo v.-;is frequently relinked an.l accused of ill will J;,i perceiving and pointing them tut. Substantially, the President contends that the Noith lias been successful during the past year; but ho abstains from goiiij? into the particular incidents of Hint success. Tlie lri'onl operations at Chattanooga >u'O not dircclly mentioned, M'hora i< no allusion whatever to tlie A liny ol the I'otomac. Xo military commander is muned by the chief of the Xor<!ieni K.-publie. The omission may he according lo rllieial piecrdetit, Imt bearing in mind the immense sacrifices the American pcople'has made, tho Jh.ssago contains a. very cold ami inadequate appreciation of them.

Mr. Lincoln's proclamation of " pardon and amnesty" to those citizens of the Southern Sidles who may ho ilis]>"i-i.'il to abandon tho revolt w have already cowiiii.-icd. The text of the document adds to tlio'iiuinWnfi-liiwos who will bo oxcepted IVoi;;, any terms i>l reconciliation. The door is shut ngain=; idl who have any hii'uience in or over tho Confederacy. The pivfiV.mittinn di'li-rs from the uturtl form in which an amnesty i.s proclaimed, in fact it gives no lime of grace, and 'contains no date aft.n- which tin; i.IJW- of pardon will bo forfeited. The Southerners, th'.'ivl'.in. , , can 10.-r none of its iulvuiitiigc-s by try ins; tlio chiiiiL'i's ol' war lor ;i few months Tho siiii-aw.ion tlmt. oiio-ton'ih of tho pojinlutiun of :i Sliiti; ni.iy, ifas.vistcd by a Fcdorul army, construct a local Govi-rimwiil and voiiui into (ho Uiiion with it, is in.-iiti-iiiii'.i.'d i'.v Hie "condition prtcwli'iii,"—tin: Northrrn iirniy nm-t jiosmi-s the Slide hoioro the tenth li-aclii.'ii of tin- j.LOpl.; can vole. 'J'his ])i'ssi:.<sion is (he exact r,,,ii,i v.in..|i »■„,., as Ji r . 1,-:,,,...,;., inti;n:iti;s, mur-t- ilt-ci.le. The pro].o.-al tl-al. a 1, nth of tho inl.abitaiils, pin.-- the Northern army, shall hind the whole .iflhi! ciiizen.- I.i a sinful, ir illustration of the pnnciplii tlmt Iho " will of tho majority" constitutes th« only l'-i;nl power. 'Tin; Mes-SHge of the Southern is in stylo and language! much supei-ioi- to that of his Northern rival, lie is a!.-;) more generous in iicknowlcdirirg tiii..-ei-vi,cs ofhi.s niilit::ry coiuniamh is. Mr. Davis uocs nt info tho hiVtoi-y of the war during- the year, which -Mr. Lincoln appi-ars to avoid. Hi: begins hy noticing the vSuutliurti reverses at Vicksburff and Port ]Iud:;on, of which lie admiU all the importance; hut hi: does full justice to tho elloiU; that liavo wived Charleston from capture und continued such anolfective rcsiftnncc to the Northern arms in \ ; ir~i:uit. Ho spaaks in a. tone of disiippnintment as to the relation* of tlie Confederacy with Europe. Ho cxpuctod, probably, t'aut the Kympntliy felt for the weaker party in :i t lif(.- mid dcat.'i rti-ug-rlfs would by this time huvu taken the mcro cii'cetivo .-iiapo of action. Tho Sani.li has .doubted, -wo itsir, whctlisr Jingland could bo neutral if the wished, and to Sad* th.it ovto the ection

famine is not to us an overwlielmincf national calamity hns been a disappointment at Richmond. Of i the'eivil war itself "Mr. Dnvis speaks without despon- | dency, but yet wilh 11 degreo ol iboluiy cu!<HtaLla to j liip liiimniiity. 'I'lio nbsencu o.f .iiiy feiitimont til thi* j kind from j\fr. Lincoln's n-iidors it one of j the most cold-blooded political documents over pub- \ lUhed. THE TA\'O 3IKSSAOE.S. SoMi: four or fire centuries hence (ho curious may raise i> tpiestioii ns to the origin of tin; suyinu' about " looking like the Devil over Lincoln." Fuller, if j we roriii-mVT correctly, exijliiins th« tradition tlmt j tin'enemy of maukiiui, S( einjj of Lincoln I Cathedral, ]iut on his very blackest look while ho j asked the economical question. " Why this waste '?" j r.ut future iniiuirers considering the history of our I time, will rather ivfer Oin .-ayill"' to the'auspices ; undiT which President Lincoln w.ii;l-s civil war. And j cerlain'v the .supuriotendinp; bpirii, looks very black, and nil black. There id an amiesty whiuli reads like a proscription, the executions being all who have served the Confed- | eratu ('Ovevnment in any capacity above the rank I and tile.

From emaneipMion, there i≤ no fliiichin". mid the President seems, indeed, to have nuilcd the Uncle ling to tin- nui.4. and to be ik-l.Tiumed to go through with tlii! work, lint what hi' will do with the poor crcai.ures who, aecordiiiLr to his own declaration, arir regarded wiih contempt and dL-p-iist by the lire ami enlightened citir.mis, rind who will bo vefus-.-d a place amongst them, ho ha* m>t yut considered. Hi; !i:is encu;;h on his hands now in '.■nlhnilliny the South. Tin- :■! is shiiili , ) , 'thiin um:.il. and split rip into niiiiiy inatterh otMnull find remote interest. Bia we think there is more cmilidmice in it ;i? to the issno of tho war thr.n apjjp.ivcd in preceding aiUhv»?es, and ocrt;iinly not without rc,ir,on, tonsidcrinjj the rc-c-ent Ifiiin- olsiß-'"jsH. The President confes>-H, ho wove r, tin' pinch olVciircity of liiliuur, and nigg-jst.t drawing njion ior ;i .supply. , l)c-loa.sb ofn n:ivy ot <'»SS vessels, invluuing TS iron-clnd slemiicw, but he doe* not stniu the nveivjge tomiiii<i! oi'Oiis ilect. But ss llio number of seamen is 31,000 wo find thai the iivonigis cruws would be littlu moio t!i;tn fifty, win'in'f it is clear thiit Hie navy i.i diidHy composed of small emit, for service in rivers sind del'iiiico of harbours.

Tins President in one place acknowledge;; that the iMijrlish .-iiul French Governments, have exercised their .-uitliority to prevent thn departure of \vh:it ho .viTandiosely caUs hostile, expeditions iVom their ports. Yet in another part of his Jlcasajju ho p.-iys, " Otir commerce was suffering ijrfatly by a few iirnicd vrs?cl9 built upon and furnished i'roni foreign shore?, mid we worn threatened with such udiLitiojis from the same quarters fiswouM swoop cur trade t'vom tin- .-c:\ and raise our blockade. We have failed to rlicit IVom Kuropean Governments anything hopeful u].on tins subject." I low is this to bo reconciled with ILu preceding , acknowledgment : I'lil'ort-jioing into the particulars of the enormous expenditure, tho President congratulates Congress on the chooi fulness wilh which the bind, n; incident, it to tlio great war h.-.ve been borne. This is rather premature. They have not yet got to the pinch of tin- burdens. They are now in the happy spending wlicre promissory not.-s keep things g'Hiiff meirily. but (ho l enible tjttlin.tr d;iy most cm.-, ami then will be tried both the credit ami the emhii-iincc of tho people. Their re.-ourees ure indeed vast, nml so too are fhe drafts thuv are preparing on them. IYivitU-nt Dav'is's if pitched in a minor key in accord wi;li Lincoln's major. Jt ••xti:-nnat.v. !U'.;hiiiL;, nothing, admits a >•■!i- ..i'disaslers. ami atlirms nolhiug but hnt.miiahie n-i.iitlioii. 'J!..: saddfv-t enfe-sum ho has to ".n.;!;e U of mi<ivi;idii: - t '•The ..-JV.rlivi; check opposed to tho advance of in-vaii'::-.i lit all poiu's was Vii.-'.i as (~ itiji.rd JiOj-c 0. , ' Uivir early t'.\|.iil.-<i<>ii iron) porti'in.-i ol Ihi: •.crntnry previniii'lv Ofciipi.-.t bv tin-in. «ii<-n tin- country was paiut'ullv'sui])ii-..d by the iiit"lli»iMH-i- that, tho oir.ee:in cuimnand nl tho fiimbi-riaml 0.-q. liui! .surrendered that iii.pnitanl .-ind easily delensilile jia.- , ." ivUkvii Jitimj a Kiwi. \:pnn the suniiiioii- of n force ft:!! lriitr;-ii I'j have linn /,/"(/'•';""'>• to iu reduction, and ir/icii ;■■■■/;:- fiirre.iiciits vnv t'itkin .iHjyorfi-i.i (/;*:,.-nu. sun hail 'f>-t:-i nr,l.;;-tl l<, >ii< »/./. The entire «an inrluainth" cniniii.-inder, Hit] held by tii'c iT.e-.ny, lam lmiibli- to surest any r-xpliiiiation ot (his li'iVa-ier, which laid opeii" Kast.-rii T«.-uin-s.-:i.o and ;~"ou!1i-\\'c.-!<tu Viiginia io !;osli!e opernLions, and brolii- the line of oomiuunicatioii bntv.-ccn the srat of I'overnnient and .Middle Teniit'-M'e. 'J'iiis (Msy sue-i-i-ss of thn rneniy was followed by an adv.uiee. ol (-•ciii'ivil Kti.-ocriins into Georgia, and liiir army evaeufttcil ( lialtanooga, ar.il availed itself of the opporuilu'tylhm afford*; ioi\vinnin;_!imt he lic-ld of Cbicainauira on.,- of tho iuo.-t brilliant and dei'isivi; vicioiief; of tin: war. This signal defeat of ('•'lioral L'ott'rj-an.s wa.fiilli'iwcil by his retreat into Ch.Vitanoeg.i, where his iinpiTliii.'d position had the immediate client of reiicvina tlM'jnesiuie of the inva-ion :it o'.her points, lurcing the .•ujic'iitiatit.n for his roiief of iarg-c boiiies of triiojis wiiiuirawn from tile armies in the Mississippi Valli'V and in .Northern Virginia. The combined fovers thus accumulated against us in Tennessee so μ-reailyoulnunibcred our «rmy a-, to encourage thv enemy \o attach. After a Ion}? and severe battle, in which iiTeat carnage, was intiictod on him, tmiir "funr trimti-i iinxph'cabl'iitbandontiljiObll iaiis <v/'«,wf i.'rciii/ti'i, and'be a <>isurdc'rltt retreat c.i.iivll, li'ihe comin.-uul'.-r t■. withdraw the forcesl'l.-owhtre.succt.ssiul, sml finally to retii-i' witli his whole army to a position toniitwenty or thiily miles to the' rear. It is iieli.-.ved lliat iV (lie tiiMiia >'i,o yiridit! to the <t*s.>,.lt :,,)r! i',t:;.;).t irllti 'the r-i/oi'r'ir/,ich /,',;-/ /„■:> iHy'tr/n/ o,i j,r,-r> : ,:,.i amnion.-, i',,d which wn.l ,',;„ HV-I,:! i.) ills l,.;i:!f t.;i ti.: mder j.vrts of the //,,,-, lue ~ui,:: / would hare uren rrlinisrd w i!!i very u:-eat .-liiiijrliter, and our t&iintvy would hiiVi.' fKi.-aj>O'i the mWortnno, and the army ihe niiirlitiiMti'in, of'tlie first deluat thai has. resulted'tiom iiii.-coniiu<i. by Die troops" lie conclude.-;, l.owev.-r : —

'• Whatever obstinacy may bo displayed by the enemy in his desperate sacrifices: 1 i p.;oney, life and liberty, in the hope of enslaving us, tho experience of mankind has too conclusively ,-lwira the superior cndurr.nce of thos-e who light fur home, liberty, and independence to permit any doubt. 01 the result."

Tlu'iv is a queuilous to::o about the conduct of Franco titul Knt>laii<l, Hiul oharjje of leaning to the Xoil.li. JKnglish sympathies ;,rp said to bo with tin; Kortli, and some words uf Lord F;;:sseil are fastem-d upon !■> suppoit lliis assertion, but, they will not fairty u<i so. for what Lord" Ktissell s-vt'd otily iimouiiiod to this, that syir.jiathy wan divide:!, and generally the division is tho division of elaffCa, ihe upporinclinin£ to tho tiouth t!io lower to the Xorih. Anil many who bepir, liko oiiiM-lves, by wishing- well to the Xorth, believing the merits to be on its i-ide, have been estranged by Federal truculenco und greed of greatness Ijoundioss and utterly unscrupulous.— London Es.n>tiinvr, December -0. DEATH OF ME. THACKERAY. Slit. Thackeray was found dead in his bed on Thursday morning. Sudden as the loss of Pee!, or of TalI'ourd, or of Lord Macaulay, whose death saddened the Christmas holidays tliri'e years ago —sudden, also as other recent c'ea'hs of üble men who laboured worthily in (he world's eye, but whose, eallinj: did not bring thorn so near 115 thai of a foremost noulist lo Ihe world's heart, has been this new cause ol" public? grief. For a few days past Mr. Thackeray hnd been slightly unwell ; yet lie was about among his friends, ami he was out even on Wednesday evening. .Hut when called at about liine o'clock on Thurs. iav morning lie was Ibimd dead in his bed, with placid fare, having apparently died without suilVring pain. What- is yet known of the cause of death was thus told in the Times of yesterday :—

•• l! was but HViiclinmipi that be might be seen at his club, radiant, and buoyant with glee. Yesterday morning he was found dead in bis bed. "With all'his hi,jh spirits he did not seem well; he eompl.iine,! of illness; but- lie was often ill. and he laughed oil'his present altaek. He siiid that he was about to undergo seine treatment which would work a perfect cure iii his system, and so he made light of his malady. He was suffering from two dist net compluints-, o'lii) of which ha- now wrought his death. .More than :i dozen years ago, while ha was writing J'ntikntiis, it, will be remembered iht'.t the publication of that work was stopped by his serious illness, lie was brought to death's door, unci he was saved from death by"Dr. EllioUon, to whom, in gral.tude, he dedicated the novel when he lived to finish it.. But. ever since that ailment, be has been subject every month or six weeks to attack?? of sicklies*, attended with violent retching. He was congratulating himself the other day on the failure, of his old enemy to return, and then" ho checked himself, as if he ought not to be too sure of a release from his plague. On Wednesday momirg the complaint returned, and ho tras in greet suffering; all clay. He was no better in the. evening, und his servant, about the time of leaving him for the. nigh:, proposed to cit up villi him. This ho declined. " i.U '"-'as 'heard iao-.'in»2 abous mid-

_Ig_____ : I 'Ml and he must have died between two and three iiAhe -morning of yesterday. His medical attendants attribute" his death to effusion 0:1 liio brain. Tliev sulci tliat lit- hud .1 wr law bi-am, weighing no ]c--'t/ia-) OSJozs. He thus died of the complaint winch s::emcd to trouble, him least. He. died lull of strength mill rejoii-inji, full oi" plans nnd hopes.. Oil Monday hist lie was himself on having linM'ed four numbers i">f n new novel; he had the manifcript in his poeket, nnd with .1 boyish lr.aukncfs showed I lie lust pages to 11 friend, asking hun to read tlumi and see what ho could make of them. Vv'hen lie had i-umpleted four numbers more, he said lu- would subject himself to the skill of a very clever sui-Tcon, and lu> no more an invalid. In the fullness of his powers he has fallen before a couinUvint winch "ttve him no alarm." Mr Thackeray's nge was but fifty-lwo, and ho *eemed lm-'c. vigorous, cheerful, with yet a quarter of a eenlun of Hie in him. Then- were aoinc parls of his diameter that ne\er frit tin- (ouch ot lusyears, and these were icndcrlv remembered yesterday at liinnv a Christmas fin-side. There wan to Uie last in him'the. sensibility of a child's jieueroiiP heart that time had not sheathed again-t light touches of pleasure nnd pain. II is sympathy «as jiroiupt and Ui-en, but the Mine yuick feeling made him also over sensitive to the i-iitall liimoyanees that men usuahy learn to tiikc for -ranted but ony form of the irietiou that liplonij-j to liiuveiiu'iit of all kimU. Ho was seik-ilivo to'his 3rii»ilivcnes3, and did in his writings what thousands of men do in their lives, shrouded an over tender heart in a transparent veil of cynicism. Often he seemed to his readers to be trilling or nrrvouslv oijlHiding himself into his story when he was but shrinking from \hv full discovery of Uu own tinipL' intensity o: feeling. Hie iuo*t polished worU ' Vanity Ffiir, , ' ' JCsmonJ,' or the ' .New-comes'—in v.-!iicli hiM. book the alhvted cyiiieism, I hat. after all, ,:oiil-i not slrike deeper ll'.un into the, mere surface of tliinjis, is set aside, and more nearly Shan in any other of his work* dii-clLirae is nu.de of tiie whoie, true mind of W'iilifin Makepenco 'Jhaekeray—in ihwe liis mii.-leriiicces Uieiv is -.lothina better, nothny nioro ::!.)-ohit'elv ccuuine ai.d perl'eet in iU way than tho pure h pir:t "of frolie in Homo of his comic: rhymes, lie could plav with his " Flwisnuau X.," very mueh as a happy ehiid jnVvs with a toy ; and how freely nnd delight fully lue'ftrenijtth of hisv.it flowed into the chii'il'iS paatomino l.aio of 'I'he Koso. and the lliiij;.' It is not now the liuin for taking exact measure of (ho "ei.hu ol' the true writer we havo lost, Wlwt sort of hold it took upon the English mmd and heart his countrymen knew by the *ad mid gentle words that lesMM-.lay co-.ineeted the Bensu of hie loss in almost eiery* household w-ilh the great Kuylish i'estival of loving kindiieni. There are men v.ho, apjiealing to wi.lelV sinvad I'orms of i;;noi-a:iLV 0." prejudice, have uiorc'readirs t!ian JVI r. ThaekeiM.v, and yet the io?s of one of these vriier- on uu- ..ve oi' Christmas would have struck home nowhi-ro bexond the private i-irele of his friends. AVl.atevci- the e:.teut or limit of his genius, Mr. Xiiaokcray found tho way to the £ivat,'generous licarl. .And the eiiu-f Kcerel of liis power iv.-is tiie ciiiipk- Mrenuth of tympatliv within liim, ihat In.' iniglu- iiinuh fiinn mrr i'ullv out ihat was none, tin- less tiie very soul of his suoi'ess-I'ul work. (Juiekiy liis mind was run- to a rouyh touch;" but- the .-nine cjuality gave all (he force of its Irutll to liis wriiiug, all the livelv L'rafi'S to his styk , . '.i hat part of him whie.h was'the mere bhnd he put u? tit ;he ineoiiveuieuily h-.ru'e window i:i his brea-i, d. .Tiiea.ted into formula; and there were .-oiue ivho mia'nt be pardoned for bei-oMiiii-i wvarv ai the repi lition of old patterns ot sarcasm at the shin-deeu vanities of life. But the eve w:is a dull one lliaf conid not look through this liV-isiiu-HWi-l; jn'.o a hiisid ihat, so 10 speak was always Chrii-Luas. half a.-hamed to bo kuow:i at the emus as jcuiity uf so much in li-.e iuxui-ios of kindly ami so continual an enjoyment ot the ]'me; t :-i(!e of llle Whatever Jllile feiicU n.i.y !.:.»e ;;alhei-ed about ?.ir.Thi.ekeniy'a publii: life lav iigh'iv - n ike surlaee of the minus-that cliaueed t.. 1.."- in loiitesl with him. They e.ouid be

liirortu oli' in ii l.ionii'iil, iii t!.e lii>( shock of th« lu-ivs tliat !■•.■ mis i,<.i'.l. In ill' , coin,-!. , of Iris r.eiive ....... r i1h;o me ii w of lii= library brcllinn lvilk vhoni ho lias 1:1" In i-ii br lid", into c«.-ui::i-l. At ono

i'.iiit- bo :\ i'c'.lijiv-AvoiKii-" vitii us in this journal. IF.- vurivi'il jimcli n:i(! ,- n.aiij- .-iiid curious :ilyo vasiiis i'livT.ds. 'I'd ;ouh-'.)i'llio voithirst in tlio liiiid he v,n- j.iino.t in Ci-ii ml-liij) iliiit hail undured, Uiioui.huut i!u-HiVi:i!!C ol' « ; mill (hero live very liuniblc ruuiii* in Li-ikloii wh.-re llu-rc v-;re It ars vi-slcruH.y i'oi- liiin w):i>.-o Irlt lmnd iiid r.ot know wiuii'liis lii'.ii'. , . liiid done in i.-i!eni cluu'it;. — L',mlo:i Kxaiu'uft-. iJijivnibcr 2G.

IxiifTi:i!i:scn io Dhatii. —Cue o{ the mo'st slriliim; i;lii.;iriU;o)i.- of the force of habit is (be perfect indllVereuce wilh which soldiers Co into battle. This is not a charaei. rL-ii' of American more limn of ICu-li-li or i'r.-uch, probably; llin:i!.!;)i i( is i>xliibi:ed in bolder relief, liecaut-e our anny is cu'.:i]>ONcd of Volunteers, i;eneral!y men of iir.eiliger.ee, of religious ami IV.-sl! irons the l>ea.vl'ui i.nrsuils of life. "Vet ihc power ot' adaptation lo ciiviims'.ances if -o ttronsr in (lie Atiiork-iiii nation lli.ii ivi'liiii )es:> lli::u :i yej; , —ol'ien in MX JMOiltll> — th" raw lecruit t s transformed into the vitei an soldier who caivs Ho little for death us the Zouaves mid Tureos who u'aie tlie critical su-okc. at'•-'olferii.o. and iif-aidt. '.I heiv hme bi'f'r plenty of t'alliint eha'.wi in this v.av ci'ial to that, or the' aitaek oi" t'.ie Light :;l .HiiUik'iavr.. 1( is (juitj shocking to n i'.i.-iidiou:- !:iii!il !o read, as cue otien does, of the thoui-lni.-s.-, reckless behiiviiv.- of our ",r.;o;>s ou the oveiniic before a ba> lie. The order has been read wiiich a.".>!i!> one n:.m out e:'ii\e o? fix to death Oi' ivounds. jjvery man knows t!uit he is to be tired .It v.-iih rilled siiol, round sliol, shot, and llinio bulls, lor ci 'hi or lni Hours T tluit he will probably be called on to ciiar-e a forriiiiaiio'.i or i<. i.il;.: a bat'icrv ; that he will be exposed to dealii durjiir that w.'mle lime, whether he lies down, siands siiH. Viilk.s. runs, or rides. There is no cscf.nin;; the risk, Ui'.lcM he runs u.vi!.y bi-tbru- tlio battle"beyiu : and that he lui3Mo !lioui;ht oi'doim,'. Now, it \\ouid be supposed by persona aeeustomect to dwell r-.iuch on the roK-UKii-t-i.'s of ihe iiitur,;. llnU :>. s, .'.iier's e:i:r.p on the evening befoiv a l;a:tle \\ ould b>? a sucne i.fme.ditutioii :u-,it niciitid and spiiitual pre]>aratio>>. for the dread ordeal of Ihc uvjitow- tlml. the. n-«iiiu-niai cluij)laitis would aci-.-c upon tlie o.v.iision to hold ict ligiousservices.. wHieh wouMljo generally attended by the soldiers : and that the only absentees would be those who were in writing iast. Icltei's to iheir friends, and l.iakinc their wills, if th.ev had

anything to le:iv... Notliinp; can be further from the inil.li Limn this imaginary picture. Jf the cvenins bclore a battle is remarkable over oilier eveuinysiu tin- history of camp life, it is Uiar. the men 101 l more titui'ii-s, lniiL'h louder, smoke more pipes, mid are jjenerally jodier than nt oilier times. Letters occasionally get inu> print, written fr>m oiilcers, stating Ihi'ir iixed belief llmt they s'uill die in the coming bill Ho, and taking a sad farewell of wife and familj. ll' they chance i J die loners are. published, and pass us "extraordinary presentiments." lint the great minority of tin- rani; and lile do not indulge in mournful anticipations, eitlu-r in Uieir own minds or on paper. They do not expect to be killed. And a* it may >eem to us dwellers in pcaivftd ways, that are so very uuvful of our lives and Hjiils on nil inviiMniis, thc\ do not miicli care if they ar.' killed. .At. tor the ll.aplain, ;.( nmsi. lje said,' villi every ve-pecl. for his oilVe. he is nor yenerully soil"hi. for nor heeded on the evenin- before a l.attie. ili-i ministrations on Sunday may K- auended by tlio wliole resimenl. but lie finds it hard lo rally a dozen on I lie other more soleimi <>i-.~.isioii to ivicoive perhaps his last. a;;eetionale coiiiim-1«. It vas stnu-d by :i !>i.>iiileinaii who :aw und counted the nu:n!n-r iha; oul of a whole brigade the chaplain, bv lianl pertiiasioii, i-onld oniv colle. t km audieii.o of'" ju-t----prcviiiu> ti> I!r.nisid,-V disastrous attack on the liciiiht--

above 'l'l:e rest of t\w. l.rifadiwl.istloil. played .-.moW nud kiek.'d up (Ik-u----heels oulho jusl as if iln-v were "tjiij on a pleasure ex.-ui-.sion of into a' tempest ?>!' .-li.'l and shi-11. from wliio!i lmin'.ivJs of tlii-m uevor iv-tuniL-il ahvc Kialnlv viewed llu-.v i> nothing proline or highly in tin's iiulillovomie lo liu; prcvi' ron!ilu> or liio Jiu-ir. ll N w ,-n hk-s-hI 0:1 tl,o s;>!di..Vs part, nnd s-liuulil b.- :i!-..-.-|-,loil with the heal, i-onslriu'-tion tliut mil bo put upon it. in iniiicipntionis wori-e than ilglilins in ruiiiity. "Cowards ;'ie a. Uiottsuiid d'-aths ; l>tvJ\e men !.»t" ouiv." 'J'Jie Oravo BoldieiMniiy-ivol] diriiko to dwL.il to.) iJoFcly- on the hoiroiT, und i'alalitics of (he apj.-nMichvus! battle; iir.d it is not surprising Unit lie should ullcct, it" h« does not fool, mi aversion to all ecrcmouial pvcpu rut ions forliis possiblo death. Criticiso or comment i:pcn Hue gay indiilcrence in fat. , n≤ we may, it must boc.dmitted that vdicn backed up by energy Kndcndui-av.ee ite the eluiT that vans battles. — yds York Journal