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Barbarianism.

--We copy the following from the Norfolk correspondence of the Philadelphia Inquirer. ‘"Starvation"’ is an exceedingly humans manner of driving people into reverence for the ‘"old flag:"’

‘ The rebels still hold out, and refuse to submit and take the oath on allegiance. For their obstinacy General. Wool maintains the blockade. If they desire starvation in preference to Yankee notions and the protection the Government offers them, the General has no objection to allowing them time to repent.

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