The Camden Confederate, 1865-02-08

vis and ins cabinet. Uhc month, ninety days, one year's armistice is all but agreed tipon, and Stevens & Co., arc urruu-ing the terms of the indemnity ifhich Old ;-Vlie ngreC3 to -pay us for our stolen plate and negroes, and to strike an alliance, offensive .as-well as defensive, against the whole world'and- -the reslWjOf mankind, with the irrepressible Yankee nation, iu return for independence and peace. What can be iu the windj after all ? Has Lincoln been suddenly remiudod of somejipt, if not over-refined little story, suggeist-ive'of the possibility tlM^thc Yunkee dog, whilst grasping at thc^suudow of Southern subjugation, might lose the solid, yet substantial meat of Southern trade and.profits? Have the supernumerated statesmcu who control the destinies of England waked up to a dim perception of some (TreacTNemesis looxciwg uir lu ?l*o-fuu?.o, and do tbey begin to apprehend that tiro Yankee' lost for territory and pUn'der may a Northern direction, ifju*iated SouthI Is it altogether unlikely <.*at the profound dissembler aud far-see ug politician.who wields the power of-J/iiperia! France has never'been im^ posed upon bv the plausible gauljnoa and shal!..?* ft ? ? ifi/ioa i\f .Qhivi?i*il o t*il iklh K> l?a

J. P. Benjamin, * Secretary of State. The, Cry / the Gold Pickers, that was wont to toQcd so high keyed and musical along Biebniond's streets?' Gold, gold, get any gold for sale!" like the trade cry of the street, rags, bicker* has kfl at'once changed. Lb .one of dold^?fi^itoh-r-Mc5old, goldj who wants to byy nj.gold, to dayf- Gold ia tumbling abbnt their welt-attuhed ears, and with it is tumbling the airy castles of wealth of those who sacrifice<Tthjiir Confederate notes to, the God oftnam-The cjrv hasgone forth ..sendB?| tgjjror!to;nQjder8rlike an' alarm .of-fire; at ^yellow 'boyi" ?re- coinjn| jfo^hfjTrcfhi; unexpected .places ; from the strong tin boxesj from the gold brokers in high places, from the rag-bags and stockings of the old women and negro and holders are beetrars

many mercies winch lie lias extended to us ataid-lbe tr.afs and sufferings of protracted and bloody war. . ' N&ftyihercforo, I, Jicr-sansoN Davis, President of the Confederate States of A-mcrica, do iisno this, my proclamation, appointing Fkidav, tlic tenth day of March next, as a day of public fasting, [lumiiliatidQ and prayer (with thanksgiving,) for ''invoking the favor anil guidance ot Almighty God**' and I do earnestly invite all soldiers and citizens to observe the same in a spirit of rcycrctic^ penitence and prayer. Given undemiy hand and the seal j ) of the Confederate States, at Rich| L* 8". j- mond, this 25th day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred*nd sixty-five. jrffehson pavjb. By the President;

tipd themselves tor onco uoDplussad and completely at Bea. What is the meaning of this gfbat commotion and uuscttiugof men's minds? Have dyspeptic old ladies beeu favored of lato vritll an extra allowance of prophetic'dreams and omens 1 Every breeze that blows from the North is redolent with vague pcrf.uncs of armistice aud negotiation.' Invisible envoys from-an 0:1 vinous European powers are lauding at dead of nigbt on mysterious shores, freighted with sealed despatches, and keep flittingabnit like ghosts between inscrutable Executives and mum legislators. L?e and Grant are picking up for Alexandria and Washington, and Mrs. Lincoln is preparing cards of invitatioh to a great dinner and ball for Jcflf. Da -

I ilUfc b'? JfUUI IU?/I UUUIUU^ UiUU-.IIJUH, UJOtwri' of fact philosopher of the Gradjriml order.?-c JB lit doesn't get .taken in by sucli stories and ar guments?not lie. *Like; Sir Charles Cold-. H : stream, in (He play, he has looked into tho ! matter, and finds "there is nothing in it."? i Seward and Lincoln arc at their old tricks/ I i- U? " ' trying to humbug everybody. They have no idea of yielding one jot or title of their "plat- M form," and Blair's mission,>3 well ra the con-^fl sequent embassy of Messrs. Stephen?, Huntej^H I and Campbell, arc only intended to | vast quantity of wool over people's eyes, bo^^^H

bccD made, there is reason to bcliere a full excharge will rood be effected. Tiie Tallahassee.?T4ie enemy's ncw.-papers have falsely reported the Tallahassee as captured, says the Richmond "Dispatch."? She ran iijto Ni*w Inlet just after the capture of Fort Fisher, when discovering that 6ouie important change, he knew not then what, had occurred in the military situation, her commander (Captain Maftit) put to sea, and made good his escupel He touched the South Carolina coast and put ashore a messenger with despatches, who has reached Richinoud. The nose, if any, brought by this messenger has not been made public. . No Moitif PRw.ttr>M4r.s?Tlv? font tUof_

with being ni the way of an arrangcmcntl^^^H Knows that he made choice of three gcutl^^H men of highly conservative, or prescrvati^^H proclivities, to go to Washington lor the press purpose of showing nll'thosc people wt^^H : have been'abusing him for not trying "dic^^^H I macy,'* that'they weio alt "go tiier that lie, Davis; is altogether right. Shr^^^H j move of Davis', that appointment of Stcplic^^^^ as fugleman of tin ''Peace Commission J" fully satisfied that the venerable trio will turn front their interview with Lincoln & with very large salt factory insects in their spcctive auricular tympanums. Hopes- flHj