AMERICA.

Colonist, Volume VII, Issue 662, 1 March 1864, Page 3

AMERICA.

(From the Borne Neios.J Feom America™, have two Presidential Messages which, dealing alike with the past and the future might be expected to afford a glimpse into if™* tenes of the conflict; but they really yield no iSSmation which we were not in'possession of before ALirerpoolpapor had just apprised us, on "authority," tint Earl RusseUwasin receipt of a despatch from Lord Lyons to the effect that the war mZ be brought to a conclusion within three TonUis the 2SS T**lv emA B° Utt^ reduced that they would SS3 7 f ?£ hse*t0 BUe for an armistice, or, in oiher words to throw down their arms. Neither of the Messages confirms this startling p i ece of inShVence Lincoln nor Mr. Dav,s contemplates any termination of the sanguinary contest short of extermination^on one side or the other. Mr. Lincoln con^taE tno country on its friendly relations with EngS and France, announces his determination to adhere to his Emancipation Proclamation, and speaksmuch in the £7^ ?> ultimate prospects of th?wa? President Davis complains bitterly of the help which England and France, particularly the foraJr have given to the North under the disguise of neutraUty alludes with pride heavily dashecf with despondent to the courage and patience of the people, and again calls upon them for additional means to carry oXo Btruggle. There is not a syllable in either of these addresses to warrant the supposition that an armis! tice is in contempmtion, or that we are a whit nearer to a conclusion than we were two years ago. Winter alone suspends the fighting. The Federals areTaid ?™ £ oi°g mto wmter quarters at Chattanooga; Longstreet has retired from before KnoxviUe, and is supposed to be on his way to join Lee in Virginia, and the two armies are_ motionless on the Eap dan. Charleston is justifying the character of imp™ bihty ascribed to at by President Davi S P ?h 0 SSSJte? bought aU their skill to bear upon i? without effect. Shots drop into the city, but do no mischief. It M exactly as if the place bore a charmed bfe. Even the ruins of Fort Sumter cannot be taken The whole siege very much resembles the exploit of the French King; who.rode his men somewhat ostentatiously up a hill, and then rode them down again