TITE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. rillLADELrillA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1864
OF GUNBOAT HCCLELLAH
IIV NOliMAIN U'IKIII),
It la Recorded that lie Received His Education at a
NATIONAL KUKH M.'IIOOI.:
v . - - I v I SJ,. J I - ' r ' v . L' I
iu
THEM HE WAS TEMPTED!
IN A D R E A SV3 :
TflEl? E1B DBEAM WAS REALIZED, AND HE BECAME AN
ORGANIZER!
TO A. GKEAT AKMY IVKA.ll THE CAI'ITOL;
AND
YE POLICEMAN
.. I)UICTB1) IJIM TO "MDVH O N I"
NOT SO EA8Y, LITTLE MAC.
" Thai ecnauctod ,the work of r tone Illation would have bt-n eaiy." 1 e ttCMr'm'i Lt'.ler.
Fn.ot so ea-y, Little Mac,
to. I as there to see ;
J cun ay have bad an easy time,
Hat U was bard on me.
I (ball remember, Little Mac,
K'en to my dying day,
Bow in Virginia's miry swamps
'Week alter week we lay.
Tew ttan (hone brightly, Littlo Mac,
Four gloves were Tiite aa fnow ;
Do I tee roor ioldiert, In the mire
W ire floundering to and fro.
Tie 5eb lan-hcd at nn, Littlo Mac,
WLu could tUeir Oiirtli condemn ?
We toiled like muHknttn in the mud,
- The ccgroea toiled lor them.
Twu kindness in yon, Little Mac,
To set m negro free,
"Twas kindness to your Svuthern friends,
Hat rutber hard on me.
Twai manly In yon, Little Mao,
To leaf e our luea their slaver,
They doubtless needed them to dig
lia.r trenches and their graves.
Havitg Tailed to Accomplish Anytliiiig E ia EaaieLel, and Devotes Uh Llle
" ' Honrs to Mixing Discordant Elements.
..... ifd) hMjS SvV
THE KESULT!
THE NOMINATION OF THE PSACS PARTY.
CHICAGO CONVENTION.
Peace Men Won't Fisht. Oh, o! I'c;tcc Mii Ojijo; Tavos on WhNky Kciutisc
Ttiey vould tints Indirect ly .Siij'i'Oft t!:i' H'ar.
"ARE YOU FOR PEACr, LIl'TLiiJ UAO ?"
' 'Are yon for peace ':" Vallandiirtiiiiu uaid
"Are you fur LitlW H,u "
And lie iave a slight tus of head,
And patted biia v. eil on the b;U'k.
"It's a very strop? point," Vallttndiihain sui l,
looruigour mend JetKrson back..
"I have traveled the Sontb, as you very well kaow I
1 bave travel J the Kuutli all through, I
AndKoond that your fume had uot traveled 1
low,
For they wre all iu favor of you. ;
"I' for woe. Little Mac l Vllndlh ..... I
"I m for atuDcinR the war to-dav '
St you tt ou uiy platform witli oldi&r-liko
W'l can eaily manage the pay.
Tlanks that are planks!" VallandiUam said.
"Are planks that only mean pens
And a f rown and a shake of your soldier-like
brad
Will tuake all hostilities ceaae.
"Will yco call to the crew under Butler the
lieutt
wui you call to toe crew, i,nue Mac r
WUl yoa call to the m.nion. that darken the East,
Will you call to the crew, Little Mac ?
Aad send ihtm u VtviUwJaiid back
1 - K
But 'twas not euy.Lltt e Mic,
Fur us, worn out wiiri toil,
To meet such fie mot as wo met
Ujion tho s no ltd soil.
Thoy fonijlit us flcrcly, Little Mac
Hud nuuirlit to do liut ti-iit ;
Our guns wero rusty with nee ect;
Our spaues alone wjro bril t.
An l you remember, Littlo Mac,
Tliat lainoiis "cbont'e of base;"
To ub that fought tbu'. se en-days' flgbt,
It wus no plutsant n:e.
You y 'twas tny, L!tilo Mac,
Hut rcmcrul)Lr wo 1,
'Twis hatd to oe frinnds fall so fast,
And leave thcin wlieic tlx y loll.
And nil who f.tugtit the ro, Ll.ile Mac,
Will tell, and u ll you trn.
That it's no easy tlil'iK to savo
l'reidum and slater y too.
No, not so eay, Littlo Muc,
I'ui I there to nie;
Ami win-n you try that work agnin,
1'i .iy do iut cu'.l oa iuo.
' ' i .' I you "iy t
!ie hnrl"i iifo'.l Li'icoln, the
h.i.,'.
Jivt ?:.y lo t!:r 1 1 ( r ! . . li'tle M ic
'1 lie. inn.-' f ' nil li.o v. .ir (' 'tis nut the tiling
Tn viu our Iiu'ihI Je!i 'v-uii back!"
AliJ n(..inMU.,.l. ...r r0 kntbut v,m can prepare
J"i-t m:U a ni'-e platform for nic !
sol.lbr, you know! I'm a soldier so bravo,
Audcuii I'm il ium ready to suit;
uu Ro for the p'latiorm 'twill do for a show,
AnJ rU Pl" ',ur 1,1 U'0tl"
So yallandlhum Maximui brought out his tools,
For a builder of plutlorms was lie,
And he chalked out a thing with his pencil and
rule
That Jeucrson gloried to see.
Bnt little Mac thought it was hardly the thing
or a Mildier so brave as he,
And he pot on the spurs, and pavo it a fling
or the people ho tell at but knee.
I Anx Platform Is there with Its tottering planks,
And tie aoldwr to thm to dV
May ZullZZlrttlLZ
I whtr(f iVlv.r sTu Voi is "JT""
-
YE FAMOUS
The Backtonc of tho Ilebelllion Appears About to be
HOW M I KI I. IN TOOK M W4NSAIS.
. Y OLD KATOLUON.
Heard ye how the bold McClellan
He, the wether with the boll on ;
He, tho chief (if all the hmjs
Heard ye how ho took Muuossus :
When the Anncondu plurky
r lnipcu bis tail in old Kcninchy :
hen up fUrciuii the giiHhnnts padillcd.
And the thieving Kloyd skedaddled,
Then, chief of nil tho iim,
llcaid the word Uo, tako Mitnnssns. ,
Forty br'pades w.ilt. around him, 1
Vorly blatunt Irmnprts sournl bin)
As tho pink of all the heroes
ftinrc the time of liiklllnij Neroa:
"Now's the tin.o," cry out the ni.i.s-ei,
"bhow your pluckund tuke Muuas.is." ;
Lkt kviihv wan to-monow not only vote
himself, but aluo see that his loyal neighbor
votes. '
Be c a it ii'' v i. when you vote, to oi! that
your ticket is rightly printed, I'r.iinU u.e ,
anticipated.
Lkt eveky m an net to-morrow as though !
tho fato of the flection depended t.pou his
vote.
Tun WAY by which Americans can punish
Encland, Insult Frimce, and pain n victory
over traitor?, North and South, in by electing
A OB aii am Lincoln President.
Vote Eaui.y I Every rote cast before
noon counts two, as tho wavering part of our
pcpulation voto for whichever ticket may lead
In tho morning. .
SnAi-LTiiouK Neokoeh who have offered
their lives In favor of our Government bu
rewarded for their devotion by a return to
slavery? Not whilo Lincoln is President.
August Belmont ia a;;nnt for tho holders
of tho Confederate loan abroad. Bklmont
Is tho head and soul of tho Democratic party,
and is the sponsor of Mi Clici.lan. Will you
vtte for tho Coufederato caiulidate for Presi
dent?
A Waiini.no. Avoid all bets on tho ap
proaching election. Tho law allows no ono
to voto who has an Interest In such gambling.
A Copperhead may inform on you, mid a
valuable vote be lost.
The War bas developed a spirit ofpa'iiot
Ih.q in tho Northern heart whkOt luy Ulet
previously. Let not tho Arcs on tho couu'ry'a
altar grow dim under the influence ol tuo
blight of Coppcrhoadism.
If Mil. Lim'oi.n is elected we will have
war lor one year, and then permanent pejey,
II'McCi.icLNAN Is elected we will havo either
separation or a peace "rciticlfu.lbj'" asked of
armed traitors.
f All
TitAiToiiH in tho North support
Mc.Cleli.an and I'kndi.eton, nlihougli ;dl
who support them are not tralton. What
loyal man would fight n political hattlo side
by sidu with tlie cyiupathlucrs in tuo I! ibcl
Uou ?
The liol'iiM ol'liio Democracy lay ',ix cxrry
ing the States of l'e.msylvaiiiaand N.nv York.
II the Keystone Stale only does hr duty, the
Empire StaU) will tako core of hniulf, and
tlie Le.nocratic pnrty b.! Bccurely stramled on
the beach of Halt Itiver.
Sui'posr. that alt, oihipk of compromise
should be rejected by the youth, would
M;Cm;i.lan buj :
"Wayward sst. rs, depart in peace!"
Wo do not know what lie would do hi Mich
a contiut'cney. He demands our voles un
pledged us to his coinw hi such a vi'a! em ;r
geucy. tiKNFK AL JOIIW A. IIX, tt ll'UO VV :ir Deii.O-
crot, tinys :
"It'll man attempts to tear down the Amerl
can Hug, shot him upon tho spot."
General Jit Cu.li.an, the cuudtdate of the
Teace Democracy, says :
"To ue all the ui ts of diplomacy to Induce
him to haul It up again."
If Gkm.ual McClellan be elected aud
should die, Pendleton would be President;
and Gkokge H. Pendleton said iu his
place, hi the Iloii.e of lleprcsintatives, in
Juiiuary, 1K01, that he Teas In favor of ''leltiuij
the South depart In peace." Would you, who
have favored the war for three years and
more, elect a man who has opposed coercion
from the beginning id the conflict?
A Cu ANriK. The Democracy of Jack -on
and Jeei euson meant adherence to popular
rights, devotion to the Constitution, and a
determination to maintain the Union at all
hazards.
The bastard Democracy of to-day may be
defined as
D evotion to Europe and slavery.
nniity towards all free institutions.
M ob law In our Northorn cities.
0 ppositiou to the taxes and the war.
C onsplraciea In the Northwest.
It epudiatlun of the National debt.
A bandoumeut of Mexico to France.
C omproniute with traitors.
Y IcldlDf all our territories to slavery.
M Ob I what a full la there, my countrymen I"
CHARGE UPON YE QUAKER GUNS!!
-jx s . .:-
Blow of a Spade.
fontin'mmls come fl-icking to him :
"I.o, the enemy Mies pursue him."
"No," says (icorire, "don't start a trigger
On the word of any nipper;
l.es no mure of the ras. als pass us;
1 know nil about Miiiiasas."
When st lust a prowling Yankeo,
No doubt long, and lean, and lanky
Looking out for new devices,
T nk Ihe wooden nuns ns pries,
Says he, "I sviiow, ere daylight pa-ees
I'll take a peep at fumed Manassas."
Then tip to tho trenches boldly
Marched tie. they received him cohl'y;
Nniy Hebwas there to stop biin j
(lathering courage, in h.' p vses j
"Jeriisale.il! I've took M.iuass.is."
Hohl M Clellan heard the story:
" ( inward, men, to lields of g'oiy j
Let us show the Kcbcl fueinen,
hen we're ready we're not slow, nun :
m
0
s&eui 1 .W. rrW' kL
DEMOCRACY m
The War lmoerits nr.ler the t'Mc.
YeCi pper Image is I cing croaned with olives
for tho want of Inuicl.
Belmont's gold is on ti e tnblc.
Fence ur.i ery of (lags, .Stars and Stripe-', and
Southern in'criwlned.
" T! r 1
Yes, i-f
ni Mid tlu- lauili :-'!i ill 1: :
r the lien Ui'8 eaten t! 1.
Ii. I 'J' I' .-('(: (' )i
tun "jmi t!,.-'t I
)' I
u it jA( if, fwt'.' i(7 c 1 i;ii :
ill FWifS
DANCE OF THE PEACE DEMOCRACY!
Jtojoicing over the Chte go nominations!
About a golden calf erected by an Israelite!!
Upon a pavement mufflei
While tho fire rages ! ! ! !
TO
MI7BIC IY JIEl'IIINXOrilliLES:
Broken by the Crushing
Wait no more fur springing graces
tiuwurd! onward ! to Manussus !"
llnggage trains were left behind him
In his eagerness to find them ;
I'pwurd .he balloons aseended
To 6Ce whieh way the Rebels tendril ;
Thirty miles away his glasses
.Swept the horizon round Manassas.
Out of fluid, tho fis3, retreating,
Answered bark no hostile greeting;
None could tell, as off ho paddled,
Whilhi rward he had skedadd ed,
Then the chief of all the ases
fried, "Hurrah ! I've got Manassas."
Future days will toll the wonder,
How tho mighty Anaconda
Lay supine along the border,
AS' ith tho mighty Mac to lord her
1 ell on shnfi and storied brasses
How he took the famed Manassas.
;t;WMlv3f'Ulii
COUNCIL.
Nugg.-Miv.' portrait c n tbejlett.
Very hartiiiinii.iis pirture oa the riiTbl.
f Ire ol S.v. nioin "tnern a," on the extr.imo
I i hi, "i ili. h a dhr ip to the, L'ttlo Oiiiial.' "
It. mi and treason m ir m he the grand iu-
fj ir.it.ci 'j of tins A l,(JUT lusemhly.
l' n '!..;o' .''pi-
with the national flags!!!
1
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Title rfl-elfct'ion of Abraham LiffoL.vli
a reassortlon of the principles of the Monrv
doctrine, and a pletlgo to drive the French
from Mexico when the war la over. Lot those
who want the wholo of America free vote for
the Xlnlon ticket.
AttEIUCAN, KKAD What Mr. Bi;Ht)NT
nys In Uie New York H'orif of this
morning:
"A brazen ecpetit saved the pe i le of L ne 1
a Copper) cad i an save our country."
oioiu.it I'lttNcio mtiv
AT mi: itAi.Lox iiii; m et iiI.k an isni o.i...
I tell jou i unci idly, ir titleinen, (Jeo. 11. M ' ''.
1 in is on'y the shailnw of Sam. Ilarhm ; llarlo is
b: n ere h ol ol Aucust llelinont; Helinont is th"
Aieriiciiii reprvreu ntivu of ,ihu hou.-o of U hIis
ci I. ds. and th'Tii.e the Conl'i dcrato n.'epn in
( i en' Hi ii ni n. And bv a nii'iiral sequein , ' l.i'tle
M e" i.. e K'eimi.'i d r.inilid.'ite. and Mi- inn'icy
t--ea-rv )' rat-v 1 iini.i for him cone s fro n Ila'
.1.11' I i.i i-( om riniii lit. ( Apcliiiise.) I linn vand
e lueieniiou'-lv believe that ho won't get a. sluglo
! i" nil ictel 1 h"io nr.- n-iw .nly two pirties
in Ihe iiiiii.trv. Tin lirt i ompriseM th-j-e lei
i b- r fr Mieiid.iii whin ho gains one i.f his
Ii ngnilie. nt victories I great cheering), and Ihe
i tin i , tho-e who c.in't.
f I.'.''nt.d It i:i s mure tl :m she dors the TWil,
and she is doii i e veryilnrii: to aid the e'ri-tian nf
MiC I'll. ni, hceause tiieh an event would be ruin
ous in oiir cinin'ry. 'the l-'etiuiu Hruiheriio'i I
are to I e sold out to nehl- ve this end. Wl.v, I' is
the inC"t extrsi nlinarv tlilni 1 ever saw, to hi'k a"
lour inillions of Irish Catholics led to tlie, si ni -li-ti
r by tl eir old Irie ids ( r) ;he .ls. 1 can no.v
iinders'und, so far as ti e DeinoTi'ie psr'f is
c ncei red, il nt old n in o k of si. Paul's, "l ust
t' e .lew and tin n the llentilc " (Un at laught. r.)
The New York Central Xailrosd Is ha tied and
d reeled in Fng'aiid; that railrnal controls the
Albany logcnry. They control the Ilenioeia'i.
puny, ho control (jeorge II. McClellan -, and I fol
ic e won't support the Knclish enndidato. (tireat
apnlause.) 1 would rather pitch iuto her and
ttira-h her soundly. (Checis.)
Winn Ucnernl Dix beard the other day that
tb St. Attains ioiiIh r-bad iledacrosa the boundary
li-ip.be te'egraphed to the military nuthoiities,
1 l-'ollow thiin out of America into Canada, and
seize Hu m vherrrrr you can." (Three cheers for
J din A. Dix.) l lngland wants to elect McClellan,
t'n t onr national troubles may bo prolonged and
she escape paying us, us pay she-must, the mil
lions of dollars she owes us for the devastation of
our commerce. Let Ireland lire the lirst gun
against her, and we acknowli dgo the li Lh as
beldgeit nts, and (havirg learned what it means)
will roclaim a "strict neutrality" between the
two combatants. (Cheers.) l'erh ips tho world
will then uirain hrur of i'lnridas, Aiiilmmnn, Tul
laiasi'ts, (.'reri,i'u.i, and the like. (Loud applause.)
LETTER FROM THE RFBEL SENATOR
HENRY S. FOOTE.
llo '4nfll-ntl.r KpffrlM II10 KIp (1oii of
Kf U'llnn The IVtMM- Vtnu or llt .Hiiiilli
"Amihtl'tloiiicM Council to It
Kevtvril.
In t..e f 'l.quirrr npprnif a ?mi l-rtfnr adlro.-ti to
lion. Jh. I.yo.nh, uf Jnchiiitni.l, by tho Itcbcl
Fonit or II. K. rooM 1;, on the subject ot a Coiivnu
tion 01 Hie Mutrs in n ii rciiro to p-nc(?. Mr frtxrn;
Mm cut Kith at-Tliti bcliol tiiat tno i' led 1011 ol
TuftMtuy next wi l reniiit -villi triumph of the
ft! VA I hi I AN niul I'KMH.KT.iN tii'Itct. HoHavn:
'I confix that 1 no lit iff. inf-rrtf in th rr.-uo't
df that cttat-t, 'ivriivt, as tint.it r mjitb-nt. ij,
that nvit'tj of t lie. wtpportrrn of' M;Cm.i,i,a n ami
I't.NM.KTUN on: a t y.tott Statin fittihta nwit, amt a
tincere ttfvoti'v to the South art' anywhere to bv.
ft und. I look torviunl with loelinsol tho mut lircly
HAtialuction to tin- inuin'-ii wh.cli 1 1 not doubt
they will shortly rich rvo ovr-r tlie most shameless
upurpf-rtt ot power ttint tho wond has vet known.
Air. KooiKthrn pot fl 011 to nvna (hut it Mvi i.Ki
l.AN in cb-cUd, a Vhui tur peace wil. be pnmo-M'U by
two (oiivutioiip, composed setinrttielv ot iNonlti'rn
and Houthorn doWrimtos. Ttw Southern dclcrntion
will dtcido, FdVi Mr. Footk, that " reou9trntton
umUr the Fmiertti fotiatitution m altkti inefptitient,
b"thvr the A'ortft owl th' South "
'i he lollovvinx is nn Sir. I-ootk atw-rtfl, tho pence
pli-n ol the Eolith, which, I10 iiiLiuuifos, 11 Mi: j.ki,
LAN ) ( K'Ctt'd, will bo adopted by tho Vvacv Dem
Criifly 1
J.ot then pc-nco ho agreed upon on the btsiS 0
Southern lurfepnuh nee. Lvt tho two Uupuhlie into
Which tho country tttrmerly known M tho "tho
Uiiittu Mnte-t" would bo theu divided inutuaily
yield op nil property hentoloro oonfl seated, and ro
.ore a 1 that Uub been licrototoro muuo HUoject of
cuplurc in war. Let jut indemnity bo rendertul on
either part lor all iit dk'riB Injury dono privato pro
perty fn tho Tiolutiou ot tlio eflabiln.;ed ueues of
civilised wur.
Lot a league olTenfiro and dcfrnnlvo ho a?reod upon
between tho novel oign htutcn nt the North and thono
ol tlie South, one ot tho provisions ol which eh ill
bring into exieteiicf a l criniuieiit body ol Coining,
fiontre BOinowhat -iimlar to tho "Aiupli'icilomc"
council of old w.tU power to provido lor a
ppcpdy and nutiHiactory iMJtttoment of iiitrr
nutionul dlB.iut as lliev ma ariHo,
thud eearonultly prevoutiiu tho brtaiu out of
war, whilst another rovimon of tho same league
Bball wt up a new Monroo doctrmo, thnu socur ug
txcluriive doiiuniou to the two allied re pub lies over
evoiy pint ot thii ooutment, except so tar on portions
ot territory tliereol may lo now legitimately held by
Fur piau powers, let a mo?t li Loral comnvjrcial
trralv 1 0 a:no agreed uon, with an extreutition clause
tintoii ed ttitrtn providing jor tfw riturati.n 0
ug t varvm so 0 ce.
I3TEECEPIED REBEL LETTERS.
Early iu lnl Oilor I tm Iteliel 4'itvitlr'
"flnyril Out."
A correspondent of tho LuS'on Traveler gives
the following extracts Iroin Kebel letters cap
tured at the battle of Cedar creek by Sheridan's
tioops. Some of these Utters were written the
day be lore the great ba-ile, but tho Kohels had
no time to tend them away :
"We have boi n getting thra-licd in tho valley
Ciu-ldei..oly lately ; it reniuius nic of our old
t.un s In Mib-I.vsii pi. I think 1 stand it hotter than
tho rc-t, us (K ing iiu re used to it.
"We h. ve phnked up courage again, ho.ycver,
and old Juiail intends, I Oclioxo, to aua:k tueiu
to- inorro at da) tntak.
. "1 mi oniy bulla! of tho result, for they o it
bliii.Ocr us eui'siueiaoly, unit aiu lluihed witli
mciess, l.cidcs lieiug luriilied."
A H. Ii. I chaplain, r. v.e.vuu the cainpalgu in
the v .lh y up t.i that lime, says ;
'Our lon-is iu nan iiuve Ii len comparatively
suial1, t ut we have a'loiit thirty-six cannon less
ii.sn we enti red the ciuipa gu ivitti, and niuiu
forty wug.nis h ss. Wo up- just ou thepointof
Hying a H.o.k inovi iiieui ou the Yankees, which
wib i itle i-i, 11 t e Hie I' ibeu nloiy of tho Ai any
I Ihe Yalloy or blot i: uul lorev r. (hia gra n
Inline la.ir may nut happen, but 1 must cuu-fa-,-
that 1 hall loouiii mi hurso Uild tvomil
w..'i lu.uiv ton h i ii .so; suiv.'si.
''1 1 -vi ins to n.e leal in Ins ik.pair, 1'. i.lyls
ab-nit to hi. n Ms atuiy (.trcaoy nioio than
'eiiuky ') ;in-1 1 ust u muca lar,ui in .o of tu-: cue my
( ma ill.-., ilj.hed wnU viiury), to in.ih.o a nam
i I- -i hi- army.
lie pi una; id ihe valley are niu.-h incensed
a t.iiiet I ...i ly, ami tlicir coiiKtanl answer, wm-n
a-kid li e i.c . , is : -u iioiiii'in, exe -pt ma' old
I i i-. has I ceil Hading cuuliou u tlio Yankees
forshik.' 1 l- ti iiu lli.it tlu doner. l' does
) in. K m,i;ki:i;ii'i, but I have mv,r si en him
uiidirtheintluii.ee ui li.pioi, and 1 have novcr
seen ui y one who was willing to say mat ue had
c.ci steii him in that condition."
'1 he lol.owiiig cxtuict from u letter of a privato
suldKi t iUis w.u.her e.Miihits u .similar feeling
oi dc-tnist :
"I judge that we move to attack the enemy in
the looming ut duylight. l'l'jin the disparity of
muiil eis iu tho two armius, uud from the fai t
tluil the tiiciny oci ii).y a strung and intrenched
position, t think the result v. ill I.o most disas
trous t i us. We have, seen enough of the supe
rior. ;y tt the inemy's cavalry to know that thev
can Hu rt a lepulse into uel'cut, and u defeat into a
K in.
"1 have no lonlldcin c In our lenders, uud sluco
the I isbtrs lliil hllatr almost as lit.le in our men.
1 cuiiiiot sec the leason wo should risk iiuoihcr
ollei-sive buttle with such feurlul odds. I go into
tins bi-.ttlc ith the worst forebodings. Oo.l graiit
th.-y iniiv not eome true. If we succeed it will be
HI mis! miraculous, l-ur uiysell 1 snail go Into it
pcrltctly coiiicnt, willing lo bo Ignorant of thu
result, bud certuia it whl be all tor the best."
A policeman on night duty sends us tho fol
lowing ubi-crvatious : "It seems to me that with
many young men, thu most approved method of
winding up the night, h reeling it home."
The people of Peru are so ludolcut that they
open tea-pods with an oyster-knife. In driving
horses tbey ulways have two men to each quad
rupedone to hold the reins and the other to cry
"whoa."
Some Indiana booksellers bid la a lot of
vory cheap ISildes at a New York auction sale
last week. They thought they had a great bar
gain, ui til, on checking oil the invoice, they
found the Iliblcs were in Choctaw language.
"Henry, my love, I wish you would drop that
book and talk to me; 1 feel s dull." Along
silence and no reply. "Oh, Henry, my fool 's
i slp." "is it r.Well, don't talk, dean Tou might
w ake II." . ,
It. Vi I A nuiis- I in: 'rits.tisr of it Ten-I,,..-
Kit-f-rOfviruetiiiii ol' ili Il!t4n
!liitrf Rl Itrliel OjiloLiiis of Hkraaaa'S
ir Hfcfli. Av , Ac.
A fih i d hn I. It .In, k-nin ill", Aln . on 27th nit ,
Kh cs n sime h ti -estlinr In formal inn of IIimid's
army, mid nf rcr.-nt nnciii'loii- ill North Goor!,
llisu.-s uriny laid n c iinpe ! nt .faek-nnyfllo, Ala.,
Im ten iIhvs. W I he t Ii-" t nic nien were undur tnmx
sil'iiiitibu-(.,Mi't,iiii,t i.oi a depredation was eoro
lin'lll d I ho citueiis .iireeuiled I his iioo'l conduct,
and ni.rni d the r h ue." to t ne men, showing them
ryeiy kii.ilm uim lo pit.i i.r iu tlie.r power.
lln t-.- 'j'J.l nil. t)i,, nr-ir Inole csmp st Jaehson
vil e, mid look no its line ni n-r -h. IW t'io rullowlns;
l i '-soiiv. the ifiMi, It lintl ci'liUile:e-l Its ero'slng ot
the I' iiim -ce itivci . vt ,.ii tie uriny leit Jackson
vil ell mm in sph. idid coiidninii.
1 Ii" ui, n en. In I spirits nml w.-ll (-iuli)pe.l, tho
wnpon tiH'in- uiui 'e umiu.d j I-..VI I", I, and every-lit-us
iii p. I'lei-t ti an. 1 li'-:o u e n.i fi-ar o i our men
net i:'-tt.i r-f n I'ln.fv to e'it , itf i v p nf "mc et-ht
t l,(iil-i. Il l line l o-,i I,-iv lli 1. h.-ciired 1 e'oro the
(irmy v.is put Hit ii.ol.en. 'r:.,-i-e re sonic men
lilt Pel uul nt .l.iek.oi.i tie: nr ivnnt of shoeiand
i loiluiif', tail . tlicc h.i.,'. i.p led ana Iho men
I. U-'-it s.-iil to t'e ir co.num-'.'K
W'c me lo-me I l i.n th wIhiI- country has boon
e'i utcdniid no! s:r.-.;:i'ler or skiHk -r rum tins ho
lid.d. Jteii sln.vi'd. unit ed, no tnirit. ta la?, but
tilth d c.l' H itii vT ii' ulaeritv nml unri!. The on' y
thilil thai teml.- l lo d-.'le;.. li t:e-,r cull I dum Was
t.ie lin-t flint lean; ot .lieni liad nat h-v-n p.iij a ent
lr lltlet n mentii Y- l tl.mi- t ,i . m caainhilnt nor
n "ingle nuinmir or winuipei-. I. ' !ic l.oyc-innent
t. ke tie) s I ' pn nil' ll.e e u i n, a d Hoot', stlys our
In li.n, ui ut , v. ii, luuv a Iiu- a., ar.oy as ever inoi chcd
to the L:p ol tin: di
It seems laud thai ilie.i- I rave It l:ie.v, who have
lorn-' lie- lairdcii ol a nnn-ii hull es, stioald be kept
cn.t cl the little tiiat is tin" tlut i. ami wo hope our
siitlicritic will si'i-that lli. lie 'iect Is at ouoe tor
si fled.
I he rnilrontt from Halbui was most eiTeetnally do
stn.yed hy Moon, and thntnn knas torn up lor a
disttiicr ol thirty-el tht mile-; in tact, ihe whole way
from Iullon up to r.ithln thro hundred yards of
Itesaen, Ihe destruction was eomph-to.
llaiis were torn en nutl bi-nt, ties hurnej, the exca.
yatious tilled iiji, and the tunnel hi, ova into a mass
ol ruiiu die briea arelilut: hdliii hka tlie wall of
a hoiic. It Is suitl tliai tin- Uaina'to to tlie road cau
li ct la repaired ill less tiiau two mouths. In do--trnyiug
the ruliroatl our men lolloped tip their
wmk to witliiii lew hundred yards ol ltosnca.
The enemy had mounted . una, but none of them
ct iiiniandetl the railroad.
Our men were all eairer to attack anil carry ftwsaea,
hut Hum' said that the ic was nut lung there, and that
lis capture wonhl not be worth the s-crineo of llle it
wouhi cocl. ijt t.crat I.KAumai -mid bad Ills head
quarters at .lai ksonville, but K it soon afu r tho army
look up its Hue ol march, to join them iu the Uuld.
llispiesei.ee hud hi'pii-cd the pecv.u auli the Kroat
tst eoufiilenee and hoi o.
About the time ol the army's erussiu tho Tonnos
soe, Wukkleu's cavalry It II upon tho oneny at
King's, uliout tweiity-twi) miles northwest ol Jack
sonville, and alioiit midway hetweeii Gadsden and
( entrc, and drove them lor flvf iui.es, killing and
wounding a good niniiv, aud eapturiuj a number of
printers.
MirF.MAN Is reiiorled our Intormmt says, not to
havo more than thirty-live thnii-autl nit-n. lllsiumy
is said to he tleinoriihz.-tl, uud his trains iu a most
wn tched condition.
it was thought iu ileoriria ami Ahihaiua that Hukk
M aa wou.d bo toi-ceil to uvucuuic Atlautu. I'he spirit
ol tho people in Georgia unit Alanuiua is said to be
as good and hoisdul as ut nuv timo siuoe the war
coniiueiict d. Kvcrvihin r.eirs a cli-erlul aspect,
and it is believed that the enemy will (soou he driven
out ot Georgia. The greatest rcuciinn has taken
place in the popular mind nice the fall of Atlanta,
and the peoplo ol Georgia have no longer tears of
being overrun and -ubiinnilcd bv tho Yankees. All
along the route Irtuu Alabama to Richmond our
friend snvs that there was the most buo ant and
hope ul feeling exhibited by tlu coople. Not ft
croaker show ed hiuisc'I. Ex intiner, Stli'Mt.
THE OAPTURE OF PLlMJDTff.
The "Allxiiuirl--" n I'oial Wreck The
1.1 -res I.o-t
Hit-capture ol Plymouth, Nonli Carolina, by the
ent my, is explained by later accounts. A lack of
sunicient watebluii.esa ou thu part ot onr troops
seems to have beeu the prime cuubo ot the loss uf the
town.
It srenis that ou Thursday night a parly of eigh
teen men, Lclouitlng to the Uocaadiug floet In Al
bemarle round, some ehdit or ten miles from Ply
mouth, took a small torpedo boat aud started for
Plymouth.
On Iho way they found a small boat containing six
of our men in the river, stationed there aa a pickot
guard, but all ol them bring asleop they wore taken
pnuoucrs. fhen pniceciliu;; to Plymouth thoy lotind
the jiilHimtrlt at the wharf, uud 1 uniting tho torpodo
boat uuder her auiidslup, blew her up, causing dam
ages iroin which -he soou sunk. Infantry were sta
tioned on the v hurl' who iirvd on tbo assaalUug?
paity, and alter tti-w4l6rtiiactj sunk, euptarod tho
whole ot them, hut uo ono waa ki.ied, aud only
ouo xnau wouuiicd. 'Iliore was no foree
ol tho enemy near Mvmouth with the oxccption ot
the five or six gun-boats in the onnd.biit tho loss of
the MUmarle opened up the liuuuuke to thom, and
hence the tail oi the town.
aptaln ItontnTS, it is itutetl, commandod tho
Jiltmar't. It is un ierstood Ihut there were uo Uvea
lost or the Aibtmarlt. uud that thuro aere vory low
ahourd at tho tiino ut thu explosion of tho torpodo.
Dispatch.
XI'l.ltltN' I.OF AN Ol'llCKKI.V DIXIK
Mlint the .Vegrois Think Aliout rixlidnff
lur tiio Krliels.
"Lieutenant Henry L. Kstabionk, of Ujrchos
ter, belonging to tho 2'i h M issacliusetts regiment,
w ho was captured by the enemy during Sheridau'g
first battle with Kaily in tho Kheuund ub valley,
at Berry Y,Uo, on the l!)tb of Soptiiuihor, but who
bus been lottiinatc enough to escape from cap
tivity, has communicated to us a very iutorostiug
account of his experiences while in tho onomy'e
country.
"Alter his capture ho was marched, together
witi. thii in u uimr uipiu.etl L'u ou olilcois and
about two hundred and lil'y soldi, rs, to .Staunton,
fiom tin nee taken to Wayuesii no by cars, then
luaii'kcU over the 13. uo Kulgc lo Me.c huiu Kiver
Isiatiou, and irom ihu' point conveyed by cars to
Kicbnioud, u tl's;. met ultof ether of uu4 huudred
and twenty miles, sixty of winch was pcrtormed
i. u loot, tircut hiiru tups woio cruelly imposed
upon them curing ibis jomii' y. ho y six hard
crackers aud half u lo.u ot sou ore id vas allowed
to each man for tbu w nolo tune, uud the inarch
ing bole huvircly upon ull, ivuilo soiuo suliurod
terribly iroin sol-.; lent aud f.oai the wound
which they had 1 ccvivcu iu baUitf, uud wh'.cU re
Uiaii.cil iictli'i s.-cd.
"St me ol the men would drop In tho roa 1 from
sln-cr ixhniis:. i,n, v.licii the u, toils struck them
s ub tLiir inUhKc.o a:.d coiup, ilcl tueni to rise,
but only t st.ug, r on a snort oisi.iu to and fall
anaiu, taint irom pain, tiiiigue, aa I loss uf o ood.
Ian ly'o uitiiy, a.-, il ic icatcd Hum Sheridan alter
tlie battle, was u nicic r,.ii ilc, n,l oigauuaiiou
was lo.-t, and there was no uni.y cx.ci.t iu sock
ing saf, ty in thu . ainc direc ion. The itolicl who)
tt nk l.iei.icuaiit tola .rook pnsoncr rohbed him
of Ii S .'. l, tl on tiic - pot.
"Lieutenant Kstaluoulc Informs us that the
couu'ry through which he passed ii very scantily
supplied with ihe m cess trim ul lite, and thepeo
plo look forward v. I'll great upprchension to iho
con, lug winter, not kuowing how they are to
avoid much siilli'iiug. Tbo drought was very
severe, and the incut hasall been swept oil' lor tho
use of the Hebcl uriny. l'iautcrs go mauy
miles and oiler any prico to obuia meat
for their families, but cannot get any. Tho
people arc disheartened mid thoroughly tired of
the war. livery man aud boy that can carry a
musket has been eonniiptcd. Tho negroes every
where bcliicTidctlhim . although the luct that ha
was an escaped Yankee prisoner was pro'mbly
known to two hnndred coloicd people, including
tko families of the men vim helped him aloncf,
nut one id thcin hctri.yid hi 71. Til t slaves, of
whom there uie many in that section of country,
conver-ed Ireely with biin in regard to their he ilg
armed mid put in the l'.chel uriny, and declared
that if liny wi-ro t! cy would shoot their olilcors
and go over to the Federals In a body. They s .id
thty knew who their fricuds were, and ticy
would not light for Ihu uieu who had enslaved
them ami robbed thcin nf the rewards of their
ltd or. They assured him that there was a com
pletc understanding among the slaves through
out the Mouth on this subject, and that none of
Iheni would tight fur their musters, They would
be glad of an opportunity to get urms and get
together, and then tbey would turn against tho
ileitis." ISostvn Journal, A or. 3.
An actor, now a member of a Pennsylvania
regiment near Hicbmond, bus written ta hi
friends, telling them that his oillcers promise to
lot him have the lease of tho Hlcbmoud Theatre)
as soon as the Federal army takes that city. Pa
triotism may be in the heart, but certainly specu
lation la in the eye of this gallant soldier.
AVe had heard that America was languishing
for an aristocracy. A proof of the statement
comes by Ihe last mails. "Ladies are about to
be employed at Philadelphia as reporters." This
will make it necessary for all speakers to be gentlemen.