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home hare thought that.% bur downing, id chi'
being's fleshed pett, • •
God Is nearer HMV children then their parents
ever knolle, • .
'And digt if yaw' listen ebeipiy,. bother. thibp
than yogi We teach/ •
And •sort of Mystic! Modern Oinking through
theireareleee speech.
now it it reannoWnswireri tiutrlng*
obild
Who, among the Owne and clover, and the been,
wan running wild—
mid be rams, one eanttaer- *rank% with his
einadeni-ter hisaytei r
And hi hat.was torn to pieces, chasing boon and.
'butterilleat .• • •
go to bad, door mother, for I'm 'ret7
tired of p!07 ." •
Arid he meld hie MOW I lay me," In a kind of
' gentle wail
And ho drank thli cooling water from %IA
enitu • •
An ga
sg aily, "Whest 's investing, will the
• ange g ls take . ate Dr'?"lt
Thera he Ilee, burr meat ikevl placid! pod hk.
britling cotnea,titin eon,
Like a zephyr moving softly, sad Taf okeek to
like arose;
Bul Me-mother lennod' Ed Itrifn g Ina tweeting
reent iyiyhtvcr - -= - - - -
_
"Oh!" 'An menitlied. I' If the Mien took my
darling at bin word!
Night within Pa folding Mantle bath the sleep.
.. •
crt3 hotb beguiled.
' , Aild within its F(4E — embraces rest the mother
atd.the obild;
r i ,,,he storied from her dreaming, for a sound
bath struck heretic,
And it eousoa from little Yirillie, lying on Siii
trundle newt: .
et.
kip sho apringeth;for it strikes upon her troubled
ear again,
And his breath, in louder 'fetches, travels from
his lungs in pain,
And his eyes are Gang upward on comp face
beyond the r.nurY
And the blackness of the siailer from his
cheek Malt chased tho bloom.
cyan more his "Now I lay mo'' will he Judd
fr.au wetber's knee,
No, er more &mons, tho ciot•or will he chase the
bumble-bee.
tha night she watcher, hue 'Luling, now
deqilting, now In hope,
but about the brEik_of moratexAlidAbsinugele
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k; urre 4 poritimwe of thtl DENIM rt.inc WATCEMLN
LETTERS FROPETHE WEST.
:TW3tortt
Cotn•ii. rovA
W Vlt/1131.1!: pnrpose, in this let
,er, giving your readers an idea of on
'overhand outfit, "ol and mule teams," anal
how goods 1:11,I emigennts travel to Idaho,
l'ulerado, etch and Nevada Territories.
Fanigiticon front the caste] ;.ttitteli west-
Ward generally commences abort the mid
dle of April; tut' the moru prudent emi
grants will never "pull out" until the 10th of
i lay, as - The grass Upon the plains is not o
sufficient growthlo give the necessary pas
turage prior to that time, stird - the roads are
alinost impassible during the month of
April, tend and water in annoy places keep-
HT the Ictrinstor .n most grievous thee!,
It reajotres three ,l'ircrant classes of people
tilitto Q,Oll.llAte n BelllerrK.lll The
first a ltair,vo ye the "squatter," who lands
up hie faintly in one Irag , •ll, Covert: I with a
bed•quilt, and in another like -covered wag ,
on be puts in his household effects, which
generally c moist of one stove, cooking
utensils, such as pots, kettles, and pies,
two mattresses, boil-haps, plow, axe, wood
saw, barrel of "hard took," at little old ba
con, and a bushel of beans, with such
.smaller articles us are absolutely ind , epen.
sable With this outfit upon 'his wagons,
lie attaches thereto i rn yokb of Clan, and
"pulls out" for some distant prairie, beyond
the din of civilization. Finding seine se
neutered spot, near timber and water, Le
"dumps off" his household 'Valuables,
Chiding his wife and Children, and at once I
commences to uerustfuet a rude "log hut,"
hue which be "packs" the aforesaid valua
bles, after which, with the help of his half
starved oxen, he begins to "break III! , pftil
rie" and get itready for cultivation.
The first year be generally consumes all
he raises, and the second year Ire
. faiaes
anoisgh shore to purchase a surplus supply
of whisky Mid tobacco for himself and fam
ily, who, of course, are equal partners in
the consumption of both. The third year I
he gets enough from his land to guarantee
him a "trip back to the settlement" . on a
trade and commerce tour. Ctopping st
some "two-fifty betel" seine impudent news
-boy thrusts a "five cent daily" under his
nose, which being a rarity—the thin he ball
seen in the newspaper line since his enlists
tion—and from the eolumus of which be
learns that some obnoxious and intrusive
railroad corporation Is about to ex tea their
line of road further westward, touchYng osl
passing thkough his domain, and hiving a
natural aversion to locomotive whistles and .
railroad enterprises, he “finishes up" his
business in the "settlement," and makes a
bunter of his claim" to sontei„spoculator
who, mita by the squatter's desoriptinn,
and induced by the prospeot of a railrdad,
visits the ruderand lonely habitation, counts
down a hundred or two in "Chink" to the
squatter, who relinquishes his Claim, and
that partially cultivated section is at once
"entered" in the Ind office by the specula
tor, and he, for one dollar and fifty cents
per soil, bootees the legal and 'sole pdir
sessor of the laud. If a railroad is likely
to make a tirminne, a crossing, or tt, elation
there, he lays out hie notion in "lciwnlots,T
advertisers muffifirird tot for sale at ten dol
lars apie9l6, gives hie town some Wisteria or
romantic same, and thus indnote ts• third
and better Mass 'of etelgratiomtl„„odo, litho
code as Merchants, mechanic. aadicbsrsrlh
sod ulthuatelky settle serrlWlld up We iittiv
which, after tt reoeives a liopulitioh — ol
MOO. inintbitants,' more or less, (especially
kg, has ten whisky bed bier saloons, one
billiardcad•tWo "pigeon -bole" tables, cue
brewery, two livery etablee, s, hi/alumni'
shop, ohttroh,thres tights, and five lawyers,
is Incorporated as a city, and soda becomes
Popular,' either stir its wickedness; o 4 for its
enterprise and commercial adva
Where dn. hatiliitlual loasteci
upon scald ideated aeolials . 111114 + ' '
!MUM ereeth'elbin thereon or impromm the
lose; lea s efek it'for a mouth or come t *m
other person doming and eiluattine thatte
°° old raliorin i f it, it' to celled limeleilit
the elem. paw• eery frequent MOO o f
blo r odshed and *Ogler nt the bench of the
first end ortpitteliquatter.
I herd thus partioulerised theme - s awed
a:Aterent ohnieetrot einigretion'in that
Your resdtirs Ls' understand how the West-
,
quo
(ant titan'
- VoL 10.
ern country is settled. The wortib lit quo;
tation.marke are the oast phrases Wit% tee
of by these classes in their respective %
con
neotion. •
A. "mule train" consists of from 15 to 20
wagons, drawn by Mx mules each. These
wagons are of very heavy build, narrow
and wide track, and °amble of harrying
from WO , to sixty hundred *sight of goodie
They are generally manufaistnred in Chi
cago, of eastern Limber, and sell at from
$175 to $226 apiece. The teams are driven
by old and young drivers, who are armed
with a brace of revolvers, and having a rt.
tle to each wagon, Their wages are $76
per month and found, in the summer 'Season,
mad $lOO per month and found, in the win
ter Beeson.
The trait' Is loaded with dry,goods, gro
ceries, whist y e flour, bacon, and all lamb
of produce, which are carried to Denver
City—a distance of 600 miles weat, of this
oily—for ten dollars por hundred pounds,
and a further distance in proportion. It
requires 85 days,--good roads,—to make
the trip; longer, if, the roads are bad. A 5
a return loading, they bring back hides,
furs, and discouraged miters.. A careful
and economical train master can clear, as
-many. havr, -.Sitoo on — thisTVOUlßFllitra
80 days.
,An ox train is eimilar,in formation, load
ing the same and charging the same rates ;
but min from ten to twenty ilditars more
per month for drivers:
ITwo or more wagons are frequently
• • • •
riven-by twelve-yoke
of oxen, urged on and guided by one driver,
thus saving expense, while performing the
Name labor. On the return trip, as many
no twelve wagons, If lightly loaded, are
hitched together and drawn by the came
number of oxen. If a train can be brought
bock without the use of the full number of
oxen that took it out, the surplus oxen are
sold at the mires fur beef or work oken,
thus realizing to the seller's very profitable
I.llOOMe.
It requires about two weeks longer to
make the round trip withi oxen than it does
with mules. fence, the latter is known as
the "express train," and the former as the
"slow freight.:
But toy allotted space eis occupied. In
my heft. 1 will discourse on the choice lands
of lowa. llntlyhen, adieu I --
t 1 lIAWKEYE."
SHERMAN'S MARCH THROUGH SOUTH
- GAROLINA.
The Philadelphia ',Wheat' and .filutsiona
ry of the 27th of July, 1865, contained an
article entitled the ...Southern 'Lutheran
elturch,'l by the Rev. ii. W, Butter. Among
other things Mr. flutter charged the Rev.
Dr. , Bachman. of South Carolina, with hav
ing refused to administer the communion
to a Union soldier, and also with having
gloated over the '"barbarities" inflicted on
Federal prisAters. Dr Bachman hie re
plied to these • iltousMions in an artlele
which appeared in the Lutheran and Mis
sionary of October the 26th. We are Only
able to makeroom for the following exiracts.
We thought that-we had formed an adequatse
4dea of the horrors of war, but an we, from
day td day, learn more and merit of the
atury of the late conflict, we are staggered
lu the effort to realize that - the incidents of
which Dr. Bachman was an eye-witness
could possibly have transpired in a civ
ilized land ,
"1 harebeen the pastor of the same chtifdh
and people for nearly llfly-one years. Dur
ing that long period, when five generations
haveteen under my ministry, the harmony
that existed among us has been disturbed
ley-no discordant sounds. When the hand
ful of persons with which I Ileigdn had in-
Creased in to three large congregations, I
was under the hope that I had not bon a
useless laborer in advancing the interests
oethe Church in the Sodth, and strove td
unite discordant material which coinpleed
the old General Synod in the Nothern and
Middle States. I certainly did net expect
that the Voice of slander Would reach tne in
the advanced period of my life, being in
the .76th year of my age. Here I have
lived and labored, •aud here r expeCt my
remains to rest 'with those that loved and
cherished and clung &Found me from youth
to age.
I defy you LLlld i your contemptible inf,;r
mar to protluse a single Case of my inhu
manny—and when you publish to the
Irvin "that no man in Charleston gloated,
So openly over the barbarities inflicted on
our prisoners as this 'same Dr. Baohman,"
you certainly do nut plcoe yourself in the
pop:tion of a meek and lowly servant of
ghtisr, You do not regard the command
latish enjoins us not to bur false witness ;
'l6u drop the lamb and assume the attitude,
the growl' and thd malignity of the tiger :
ippeal to eveii virtuous (nasal:is of tbar
'Ann, if I haie not devoted my life to mit
igate the evils of yellow fever, cholera sud
civil irar.
During.the war, I will- venture to say, I
ti#e visited, succored and attended at the
ballade of Moro United States prisoners
that:Lyon hargApust.4.the Mak aid woun
-44-olnalutling boolilt armies. Allow me
ben ; to—givelou n eparbnoms of my "gloat
ItilAttver the barbarities inflicted" On your
prlgners. You will be able to judge what
werorthe (muse* of my resentment, and how
sought when it was In my Vowel'.
'4trirr army Dame swite'plug
4
gh_ Carolina, leaving a broad track of
I dissolution for huttdreda of miles, *Pose
! 1 , 11 4. 1 ( 1 , 47 ' so)P r Ompauied 4 , with . fire. and
iwurd, and •bldood, remindlog ne of the
Leader Merges cif' the Duke of Alva; I hap
pened to helaish's depot, el: tulles front
Vhereuar. The unuer Was a a rlOw, Ws.
BJELUEFONTA PA., FRIDAY' ) NOVEMBgR 24,1865.
Ellark* berenty-one years of age. Her
son, Col. I C eeh, wee, absent : I witnessed
the bartaritifis inflicted on the aged, the
widow, andydring delimits females. Officers,
high in coviirdand, were engaged 'tearing
from the ladles We* ear and wedding rings,
daguerreetypes of those they loved and
cheriehed. A lady of delicately and refine
:tett 4 patient!' +fend, was ecimpelled to
strip berets their; that they might lind con
tented wartiliel And other valuables under
her area& A system os' torture was prac
ticed toward Mb weak, unarmed and defence
less, which. as far nal kith* Mild believe,
was universal throughout the Midi Eobite
Gf that invading army. Before they ar
rived at a plantation, they inquired the
names of the most faithful and trust-worthy'
family* servants ; these were immediately
Mend, pistols presented at their heads;
with the' , most, terrific curses they were
threatened to be shot. if they did not assist
them in finding buried treasures. If this
did not succeed, they were tied. up and
cruelly beaten. Several poor creatures
died under the affliction. The last resort
was that of hanging, and the officers and
men of the triumphant Andy of General
• • ..ware-aagageit--in—etreetisqriptir
lows, end hanging op these faithful and
devoted serraftts. They wore , etrling up
until life was nearly ektinot, when they
were let down, suffered to rest
e awhile their
w threateped and hung vp again. It is not
aurpairisti that some should have beenleft
banging eo long that they were taken down
dead. Coolly and deliberately these bar
dened men prooeeded on their way, as if
they had perpetrated no 'crime, and as if
the God of Minion WoUld not pestle them
with His Vengeancli. But it Was not alone
the poet. , blacks (to whom those professed
to come as liberators) that were thus sub
jected to torture and death. Gentlemen of
high oharacter, pure and honorable, and
greybeaded, unconnected with the military,
were dragged from their' flelde, or their
beds, and subjected le, this precutss of
threats, beating and hanging.' Along the
whole track of Sherman's army traces re
main of the cruelty sod inhumanity prelatic,-
wren the 4ged and defeucless. Somp of
those who' , depe hung up died under the
rope, while their cruel murderers have net
only heed left unreproached and uohung,
but have been hat tie hArdeg and pafriots.
i
The list of those rtyrs, whom the cupid
ity of the officers and men of Sherman's
armf sacrificed to their thirst for gold and
silver, is large and most revolting. If the
editors of this paper will give their consent
to publish it, I will give it in full, attested
by the names of the purest and best men
ada women of our Southern
I, who have been a witness to these acts
of barbarity •that are revolting to every
feeling of humanity and mercy, was loom
ed to feel in my own person the affeektof
the avarice cruelly and despotism which
characterized the men of that army. I was
the only male guardian of the refined and
deli Cate Mantles Sato had fiod there fort
ellete? ithd protedtion. I good ascertained
the plan that ,was adopted id this 'Wholesale
system of plunder, insult, blasphemy and
brutality. The firat - party that dame was
thladed by officers, from a"t3clonel to a Lieu
tenant, who acted with seeming politeness,
and,,told me that they only came to secure
yer firearms, and wheu these were delivered
up, nothing is the house shmild be touched.
Out of the house, they said they were au
thorized to press forage for Etc:lr ' large
army. I told them that along the whole
line lif mar& of Sherman's army, from
Columbia to Chersaw, it has been ascertain
ed that ladies had been robbed and person
ally insulted. I asked for a . guard to pro
tect the fctilalo. TneY • Said that there was
nu necessity for this, as the men dare not
act Contrary to orders. 4f any did not
treat the lathes with reaped, I might blow
their brains 'out. "But," said I, "you
Lava taken away our arms, and we are de
fence:ens " They dithnot blush much, and
made no reply. Shortly after this came
the second party, before the first had left.
They detnatided the keys of the ladies'
drawees—took away such articles ',as they
wanted, then looked the drawers sad put
the keys in their pockets. In the mean- I
time, they gatheetd up the... thti, e spoota,
knives, forks, towels, table clothes, ego!— I
As they were carrying them off I appealed,
to the officers of the 4rst party—thdy or
dered Oki men to, put back the things; the
offioer of the second party said he would
see them d—d first; and without further
ado pecked them up and glanced at each
other and smiled. The elegant carriage and
all the vehicles on the premises were seized
and filled with' bacon acid other plunder.
The• smoke-houses 'Were emptied of their
oontents and oarried off. ';very head of
poultry was seized and flung over their
tattles, and they presented the hideous pic
turicin some of the soenes in the forty
tnieves. gee!" article of harness they did
not wish was out itilitieoeh. ity this time
the first and second parties bad left, and a
third appeared ou the field ; they demanded
ph! keys of the drawers,,,ati on being in
formed that they had been carried off, coolly
and deliberately. proceeded to brash open
the looks, took what they wanted, and *lien
we uttered words of complaint were nursed.
Beery horse, muland carriage , even to chi
carts, were taken tay, and for hundreds
l i,
Of miles the last a heal that naltlyatedjhe
widow's corn field, and the vehicles that
cake bore them to ,the hotiee of worship,
*ere darned off foe twaken, , in pieces and
ktanned.
~•• ..
the first party that WO proatiseti to'
.
tease tau days' prevision, the rest they eme
riti! oft. An hyffr afterward tither bottled
r p l
of marauders from We same army, ' canie
and demanded the last pound of bacon and
the last quart of Meal. On Supday the ne
groes were dressed id their best suits, they
were kicked, and knaked down and robbed
of all their clot lug, and they came to us in
.their shirtalee s, hating lost their hats,
clothes anti'sh . Most of our own clothes
had beeis hid .in the iroOdi.; the negrhei
who had assisted In removing them Irene
beaten and threatened with death, and corn
pelted to show them where they were con
cealed. they dut oven the trunks, threw
my manuscripts.and devotional books into
6 mud-hole, stole the Indies jewelry, hair
ordanietits, etc. ; tore many of the garments
intoidattere, gave the rest to the negfb wo-'
men to bribe them into criminal intercourse.
The plantation, df one hiindted and sixty
negroes, was some distance froni the hones,
and to this place successive parties of fifty
at a time resorted for thrill long days and
nights, the husbands annthers being fired
at end compelled to fly to the woods.
Now oothmenced scenes orlioentiousnese,
brutality, and ravishment, gist have
seemly had an equal in the ages of hea
then bagbatity. 1 conlersed With aged
irrqrr "OT
these infamods riots of fibeivian's unbridled
soldiett, acid several of them, from the cruel
treatment. they luukteoeiyed, wore oonfined
to their beds On weeks afterwards. The
tithe Will come when the judgment of Heav
en will await these libidinous, beastly bar
barians. During this time the Lour
who, j was informed by others, we bid the
most reason to dread, had made their ap
pearance. They mime, as they said, In the
dale of the great Oen. Sherman, who was
next to God Lkimighty. They mama to brim
and lay in ashes all that was left. They
had burned bridges and depots, cotton-gins,
mills, barns and stables. They swore they
would make the d ---iißebel women pound
their corn with rocks, and rat their raw
mital ,Without esokingt thip sliebeeded in
thfusands dr filetadfte.. L walked out at
night, and the inndntemble fires that were
burning as far MI the eye oould reach, in
hundreds of places, Illuminated the whole
heavens, and testified to the vindictive bar
barity of the foe. * * ,* * * * * *
I was now doomed to experience in per
eon, tile mffeets of avarice and. barbarous
cruelty. These robbers bad been informed
in the neighborhood that the family which
I was protecting bad burled $lOO,OOO in
gdld find filter. They first demanded my
data, which I had eifectuallygebured from
their grasp. They then asked me where
the money had been hid. ki told them I
knew nothing about it, and did not believe
that there was a thousand dollars worth in
all- , -and what there was had been carried
off by the owner, Colonel Cash. All this wag
literally true. They then concluded to try
an experiment on me which bad proved so
successful in hundreds of other instances.
Coolly and deliberately they prepared to
inflict torture on a defenceless, gray-headed
old man. They carried me behind a stable
awl once again demanded where - the money
was buried, or "I should be sent to boll in
five minutes:" They cocked their pidtois
and held them to u 4 head. I told them to
fire away. One of'llem, a square-built,
broad-faced, large,,mouthed, diumsy Lieu-,
tenant, who had the face of a demon, and
who did not utter Jive words witholit me'
awful blasphemy, now kicked rde in the
Stomach, until I fell breathless and pros
trate. As anon as I was able I rose "gala.
He one° more salted me wiled the silver
was. I answered, 'ac before, "I do not
know." With his heavielcpliant foot, he
now kicked me on my back until I fell
again. Once more I arose, and lie lint the
same question to Me. I was nearly breath, '
less, but answeresl as beford. Thiis was I
kicked or knocked down seven or eight
,timei. I then told him it was 'perfectly
useless for him to continue his threats or
Ibis blows. , Ire might shoot me if he abode.
I was ready and would not budge an indh-r
-but requested him not to bruise and batter
an unarmed, defenceless old man. "Now,"
said he, "I will try a new plan. How
would you 111mAti c have bqt.li arms out off?"
lie did not wait for an answer, but, with
hie sheathed sword, struck me on` my left
arm, near the shoulder. I heardy ;
it hung powerless by my aide, on I sup
posed it wag brbittuai. He then repeated
the bloc' on the'llither arm: The pain was
excruciating, and it was several days be
rode I-could carve my food or take my arm
out of a sling—aid It vla.o Meek and blue
for weeks. (I refer to Dr. Italica, of Che•
raw.) At that moment the ladies, beaded by
my daughter, who had only then beet' made
aware of the brutality being practiced um
me, rhelied from thd bridge, and mime dyinei
to My rescue.
"You dare not murder my father," said
my child, "he Las been a minister in the
same ,hush for Mil years, and God has
elwaysprotected him." "Do you believe in
o God, thee t" said one of the brutal
*retches. "I don't believe in r God, a heav
en, nor a hell." "Carry me," said I "to
your Geniditl." I did not intentt to go to'
General Sherman, who was at Gheraw, from
whom I was Informed no redress could be
obtained, but toe General in the neighbor
heed, said to be tS 1 llgied4 MAD. Our
horsis and carriages bad all been taken
away, and I was too much bruised to be
able to walk. The tithe!' young °Blinks
came orowding &radii nte,.*ery officiously;'
telling me that they would sittreedift, the
case to the General, and that they would
have him shot by ten s'oloolF the next morn:
log. I saw the *inks and glalteett thit
wore Interchanged 'between them , . Every
She gave a IhriCITIIC name to the 011/cerif.
I=ll
/
.0(1 1 M i n •
the prate ;email:led unpunished, es d sari
him on the following morning, as insolent
and as profatiiiii is he had been on the pre
oeesling day.
As yet no punismeut bad talleii on like
butal hyena, and i strove to nurse my
wounds, and forget the insults and injuries
of the past., A. few 'weeks after this I was
sent to perfom tl parochial duty, at Mare
BluiY, some twenty miles distant. •Arriving
at Florence, in The vicinity, I was met by a
oroird of young ttintleisitd with the
militia. They were: excited to ilig higtest
pitch of rage, and thirsted for . revenge.
They believed that among the prisoners,
that had just arrived on the railroad ear,
on their way to Sumter, were the very men
who had committed such horrible °mirages
in the neighborhood. Many of their houses
had been laid in ashes. They had been
robbed of every 'means of support. Their
horse; ‘ had .hceri 'mired ; their settle and
hogs bayoneted ; their mothers add sisters
had been insulted, and robbed of their
watches, ear and wedding rings. Some of
their parents had been murdered le cold
blood. The aged pastor; to whose voice
they had so often listedddi Bed been kicked
his hoary head had been dragged about in
the sand. They entreated me to ermine
the prison - ire and Ism whether I could iden
tify the men that had Inflicted such barb,ar- 1
idea upon me. I told them I would do so ,
provided they ,would remain where they
saw me at a distanc e — held down their
guilty heads, trembled like aspen leaves.
All cruel men are cowards. Ono of my
arms was still in a sl!ng. With the other
I raised twine of their . hate. They all beg
ged for mercy. I said 16 them, "the other
day you were tigers—you are sheep now::
hut a hideous objeoypirrested my at
tention. There Sat brutal enemy—the
vulgar, swaggerirrg Lieutenant, who bad
ridden up to the steps of the Wise, insul
ted the ladies and beaten me most unmerci
fully. I appjoaobod him slowly, isncl,!n a
whisper asked him, "Do pill know me lir
—the old man whose pockets you first
searobed, to see whether be might not have
a penknife to defend himself, and then kink
ed and knocked him down with your fist
and beefy scabbard." He presented the
picture of an arrant coward, and in a Own
bling verbs implored me to have mercy.—
"Don't let me be shot ; have pity ! "Old,
man beg for me I won't do it kalif ! ,For
God's sake, Rave me! .Oh, God help me }"
"Did you not tell my daughter, there was
no Cod I 17hy Call on him nowt" •`Oh, I
have changed my Mind ; 1 believe iu u trod
nosr."—/ turned and saw the impatient,
flushed and indignant crowd approaching.
"What ate you going to do with me I" /laid
he. "Oa you heat' that sound, click I "
"Yee," said he, "they are booking their
pistols." "True," said I, "and if I raise a
finger you v.hllbave adoten bullets through
your brain." ."Then I will go to hell ;
don't lot them kill me. Oh, Lord, have
mercy I " "Speak low,"Tald I, "and don't
open your lips." The men advanced.—
Already one bad ptillnd me by the coat.
"Show us the ben." I gave no clue by
which the guilty could be identified. I
walked slowly through the car, sprang into
the waiting carriage, and drove off. Rev.
E. W. Rutter, this is the way in which I
have "gloated over the barbarities inflicted
on the prisoners." This ie the man whom
you have wantonly and orielly traduced.
It to scarcely necessary, tb add that I
have not sought this oontrovesy, and only
defend myself when grossly and unprovok
ed!y traduced. It should be remembered
' that we are here writing nnder surveillance,
and are at the tender reeicles of a Provost
Marshal. The time may come when inie ,
can speak freely. Under present otrouni
titanees, it but a contemptible, cowardly
sot to drag'tdee into a di*oussion where the
freedom of the pile is restricted to one par
ty, and; felmimattatith unbridled license to
another. Tdure,
JOUN BAILvAN:
Onartmterme, - September 14, 1865.
CONY EIDNUATII MOPHIT 1111000iffS6D,—The
Imthutan (Tenti.)'Regirler soya: At the Oc
tober term of the Circuit Court for Cannon
county, 186; a suit was tried which wee
predicated npon4 promissory note paPable
in CdnlSdersti molter, due in November,
1868, 4111-6-
sludge'Cooper held that Inasmuch as the
United States had acknowledged the Con
federate Skates a belligerent power, that a
contradt payable in Confederate money,
made In a locality that was id the tallitacyy.
oeoupation of the Confederates, would He
vend and binding upon the parties, and
that the plaintiff would be entitled to recov
er Whatever the proof showed the .Confed
'Mtn utcuey to be worth it the time the
note fell 'ads."
—Master Willie had lately seen and
heard nmb' of targiriTeiiirliS ihinh
- • young ladles now-a-days adorn the
basks of titer heads. His attention was
fully•nwaketie4 do the stihjedt. doe muddy
ani he saw on the road a horse whose age
tut groom bad braldaS and knitthd np his
switeli toll. Willie titled, .44 I pa, put,,see
that bora, hle's got a waterfall to his
tail;Yak
—An old Dud& yirern keiloite,bso hie
.wife; so, bolds *shod him visie of
matrimboy, replied. oofel dos, you Soo, do
brae time I inertia AN Itehvi Web soot;
ohm I marries for, bestial-4st *Mb goo
tbor but die time I marries. for =Gala,—
end die is petior se both.",
—The decadence of intorfalla wil
cause alma telling of hair.
t
Plo. 44
AUNT HETTYI TOUAT IN 1730.
DT nwroni D. GABE * . , •
,eiiple Wets I 4irli„aa4.ll w U tall
AFout Aunt - H*6 toilet , ;
'Twos one that graced he r *jigging well—
•• Don't laagh and nuke ine apoiLlt.
Aunt nett/ stood just five feet ten;
WlthOut her shoes and heft.;
WaU-fortood and panelist, teo,•withitl--•
Dine eyes and Grecian sese.
llsr hair above her reverence bump, •
Wail always neatly tied,
And o 'er a Ainii-lkleh
And fastened on one side r
With fearful Mules stood uprisht
Upon her temples smooth,
roeglossy ringlets thetheare todd
Both ugly arid unotiuth.
Long etitcge of penile of mini. hue
Hatig eirelesi from her neck,
O'er her •andyke, out eqtiourO tilifotio
Of muslin without spenk,
Urn dress of costly damask silk,
Full Ave ells wide or more.
Wee stiffened with a whalebone hoop,
And swept the sanded floor.
The ample 'here the elbow reached,
And fastened by a band;
And gloves with Mlle eta inches deep,
Adorned eaoh pretty hand.
The waist three quarteri orayard,
Was trimmed with rilllions o'er
-
And buttons up before.
Sprawled shoes, with Onkel tote,
Adorned her little foot,
With heels full out throe Inaba higk,
ked made of cork to boot-
Her 'kerchief, titikde of otettirfe food,
Wu al**i 11tg9 find simple,
Without etiittioidery or lace—
Her bonneti—but my weary muse
Her feeble wing most drop;
If you woufdille Its like again,
- VAI:11" tit old gig tor.
Liid *Hein Aunt Ile* went 6 clitircli,
In works, calash and all.
She walked in seven feet dignity
0, me! but wasn't she tar.
THIS, THAT AND TILE OTHER
—Wowing to liedios—tattle begins-with T.
—The best courage 11 the tear. of doing
wrong
—Affected virtue is more to be dreaded
than vice.
The soul, is whirs it loves rather than
where llyes.
—No loyal assoelatiods ittti dd 114g/sites'
those of guilt. ,
—The Atlantic eatilk—lVls shall never see
tho end of it - I• ,
—Tho tears oft-110-10E ttdt men forget to
note, God will count.
—New Definition-I-Masculine, trallionsim
feminine, million-heiress.
—To prevent a man rrom cutting Lis throat,
from ear to ear—Cut off his ears.
—The inva'ation of tho ladies r::!!
body Mood odihd till of my dress ?
--..john Mitchell has amt ed In Noir York,
and has taken the oath of allegiance.
—Tho reason why policemen are neverrun
oror is, that they ate *aver in ad nay.
—Four things to resist--,a hasty temper,
extravaganoe, idleness, and the devil. _
—No metaphysician ever felt the &linen
ay of language so much la Ede irlfteful.
—One of the hardest trials of the heirt le,
to bears rival's failure without isqumph..
—The difficulty is not sotreat to die Tor •
Mend, as to And *friend wor€h dying for. '
—Gratithde le the musia of the heart, when
its Omni* are sippt by the breeze of kindness.
—lt is now understood that when General
ee surrandered he did not have but 28,00 MEW.
Johnson had 57,000.
Jakob Cullemer, United States Sea
atOr from Vermont, died nt his residence in
Woodstock, Oil the oioihug of the 9th ins ttot.
Judson bra bean
appointed Minister to Chili, and CoL Edwin F.
Cook;of the same Statt Secretary of Legation.
—Never speak badly of others, even with a
cite. Remember we all have our faults, end
if w 3 expect charity from the world, we mu*
her-oinnitabte emsolvter.-
Sothtlsort;EaFt., the only brother
of the treeldeut, died from the efteoL► of ail ftez
°ideate] gini-shot wound, at Delano, near 6141-
*cotton, a few dein since.
—Reports from Florence to the Elan be
paitment, represent that tie cholera hen great
ly diminished in the southern and eastern pot
tingalf the Italian kingdom." -
—The Secretary of War has ordered the
Chapenslon of the closing of the fiurateuieut
hospitals In Washington, so as to ham the.:
ready tor use in cholera casaii.
man urns into a printing offim to beg
a newspaper; "because," sold he, "we like to
rieii LIM siewspapers very WON, hat our
hors art all to stingy to taka one."
• The rophblicans would not let tho Southern
States go out, of the and they now oppose
ttietr taking their places in the Union. Wee
frier such an unreasonab:6* faition.
—Mrs. Maximil/ism of Mexleo recently re
viewed the Mexican troop, in a owinge that
wet $40,000. It was ometrueliod entirely of glass
end elver, arid the inside lined with satin and
geld law. She's expensive to ,somebody.
- little boy running slung Mobbed hie
toe and fell on the puventen,t. "Never mind s
my little fellow," said, a bystander, "you ihn't
feel the pain
,to-morrow." "Then," answered
the little by, "I won't cry to-morrow."
—A throw going to got his grist grotmd at
• will, borrowed • bag of one of his neighbors.
. .
The poor Maw was knocked under the water
niMals UM Olte bag 41t11 WI& it. wan droWtlfd.
Wttsei Uttinfolaiesholy ttelimis **Melt id its
ist7o,, obe owelafmed :--“ groadows; *bat
feas, , *oral* billboat that 14: - '
..,, 4 ... .- .
.....,..A. slat* ant& wooer litieiseedtklet lose to
a, Isjy, aimomposied-Miui Ili dbllaistag lbitri ,
~
sterteptidalniaiktbib Vito itini;
i - Medd& 1b tweet awe f , ,
assets its lino, no woad= Wiry
• Ihbblidloti talbs.___ n th•is I .
, • easeurna,
.. I writ ammilt,thy balintowas roe* •
... And on my breast errelave It ;
But should ft blush, I should 'oppose'
'lit for th's foul 'that gore
,it !
EWNI
. JEFF, DAVIIIIi- • it..
--..-- •
IA Zitifftst tai,'a Weak. pra)hitr, '
ihe pardon of ffiffereon Darig'Hytter bil '
Rein thonsend lilies et•Hiddidese44sti
resented to Presidefft idithseik•tty_a edit-
It tiee
-of the signed* giuOled.4lll:Hilltdff '
Coleman, daughter of thi Lae Atha tit-Cirls"
linden. - Hrs. Gelonammisitikanktikm-Pmff&-
[deist in t . s veg . feelini man_usr,to....wlell ,
le ifittein4i--wiiit Evierked stlititiote. - ltes it= --
tiog a name Memento, Ike einel ellifft "
•That ii% Thrtiellit : . tiO - rii this 3a
how to expeeilet, that lie ilbliit Sof tresitllni
,petition, cud that it woulil gift .141441 t
m,re pleasure to accede to the rAhest. '0
tire ladies previa Alin It 'weurti give tbiiA .-
1.0 tit'', it grdiftet. 4%lf,"'aditht iie, ~. 1r"
wire simply -a quektitrh between 'mho aid
Nape 1 would flew Mr. - pit* istifflkett.
but it is a areal. hillkiairtitutilloit. ikitifhl z •
issues might be involved, and now Is not
the time to I'M! 11V,O1t Ilion. I ckink," eon
'Cooed tbePresidEnt, "I have lbe courage:
or ae,Jou tn." it, impair ! pluck to ad Ins!' •
'duty, anddhave proved it. When the proper!, ,
time comes for the *advise of otetioiliktdt,
I trust I eliall,not be found IllOtiet": t..`' ' '
In-referenoe to the trial pt Skr,, I:PiViii. ' ,
Mi. 'Sbhteoti said': .
"Alan trail irtangeinent has heed
made for Hili trial et" .11r,. Davis, but no Ira
an tell *kat phartges fridy behroushi about
in the rower of a..few weeks. •Abasty and
injudicious notion la this matter might pro
dump inealiulable misery: Mr. Davis best
bien I groat leader in the Mar against tha '
Government. and It is but right h e should
be tried by the laws of the land. I Prora
'hi:smith him in his sufferings. His finer=
kers MLA been elt.inged and His &Maim.
ameliorated." ..
In oonclusion, Mr. Johnson acid:
"All men, ladies, are under the Menem% i k
of YoutO od 1 ..8.0.
.I.t...iStinAken_elltet,...nten.
Thu era my jewels. 1 wan; your help era
your preyersC . •..
• No iiitilitt of ohl,iriid one of t!,O la,J•r :,
Go.ld hive' been mare courtly in his ten
0000 ti:lr ihoiir gentle lii his militia'. ':.
committee left, deeply impressed with I
eariAiitdeil of Mr. Johnson, aud eo"sinc '
COXIFILDRHATI Lob I
President of Washington Cellege; Set:
Desuregard Is superintendent of s Ne*
leads railrthitd. eelf W lee id at Prbitsut s.
jaunting in Riptudelid *llll AU ittill•iti-1 •
Dr. Garnett. Lieut. Gen. Ewell great
summer Months at Warrenton, Vs.. 0.•
(Extra Billy) Smith is at his.retildenoe
the same place. Gen. Humphreys is Us.-
ernor of Mississippi. Gen. Lovell is fern.
lag. Gild. Tappan is merehandizing- iu
Vicksburg.' (led. Bate I! rustle's! Id W at
'Piilaski, Terin. Oen. Ipci. Maitrjt hi
larly iiigitged in Nashville, and Hon.
at Gallatin. Gen. Bedding is lairyttv at
Columbus, Ga., and Gen. R. ft. -letterset%
has also returned ps the bar. , Gru3. ftbitgif
and Hardee are onitivatintrAlsbams
tenons. citut.Aiorrell Is buskin tit Serene
mil. Gm. W. T. Martin is farniing td M 14.:
Sen. Ferri& is itstudeg a sail
mill on the Mississippi. Gee. Dlanctisarl 14
planting is Lotaisisusa. Usu. Denham,
McGowan end Comet; art bataldates fo
Contrail for South Camila.
_l4ll. 41:4 4 .4•30.
den Is at home In KonittOki. Gleu Cheatrl
Ln,n a t cu hit furor. (ha, liattoits ip .4
Portsmouth, Vs. Gee. Buckner is trjini
to reoover hid tontines-Led preperty. Gen:.
S. R. Anderson is awaiting $ Pardon at
Nashville. Gen. Wade HamPtoti Ana a alai:
didato ftfr tioven36l. iif tiodth #48116:
Glen. Ilillinikt is at borne In Arkansan, aitd
Gm. Jordan ililtitag for the magazines.
EFFMOVI OF LIDMINATIeII ON DIFER6F.7,--
The o:pertinence attributed to a pliteielari
at Bt. Petersburg, daring the cholera epi
demic in that Wit? etereral years ago, are
probably in the mind: of-sontdaT otir elt:• -
dere. Tina phystoien obtained df-tbo at: •
thorities two criminals who had bees cant
damned to death, to do with them &alai •
thought fit. One of these 0(.01100 wad ;;
made to sleep is • a 1,0 4 in W h i 01 4. 63 he 4 41 i
told, a rdau had dicroT tliedflindera bat . thj
night before—dlllldugh ;doh
• hilt tint
fact. After a restlai ttleti the itrini:a u f
woe taken with all the symptchlfill# dheler4
and died' of that disease, declaring ii.L hd
bad caught it from the bed—s victim to
own fears. The other was made to sleep on
a bud wherein a man had died but a fevi
hours previously of the basil didesaift 1161.4 !
tarn, however, was unknown to the oticuinnit
of the bed, who arose to the morning
filiebed py Lie sleep, remaining In perfect
health. I The also will 00eur to
many et men viho, on being dondemned
bleeding,' - ar "Kit •
panathreti vlith , nefaileei piioe Isothafeldler 1 sothafeldler
would trickle slowly from the • &rola
wound. The mere, believing that they were
bleeding ‘o death, e..4.lbilcd Precisely kw-
Dar symptoms to parsons wLd !Noce Undue:
going the re.'ity, even to death. Tit
facts cert,tialy att.,w that fear sad itdaglt.
doe exero:sd a great and tiootralliug clot,
ou di,tesso.
following eirtneri, theagh Inlcfi
euataine r great. deal of truth :
°Our ingress In life le itill/;:d skit [oak
our progress in. life is trouble w 7 4.A , 4 0 •
r,, • ,
our egress out of it we litre* fa Who
but Aides well, bars We shall do wf.l these'
iambi lilt to maim ttr preaching a Misr.
Are alit* havilig.toad
attic paper tint there is • tobasso.
It d teen smokes or chewy will make ki
&eget fti t iorowea's shittlpg . la toe K+ri•
jenoeeni9 d.a
144 o bli bV ett.
teribVrif %Oa enol
arias. , • n
—.-rogarig lam pate sesiahairc.".4. ,
on a Sunday sightiebaginn
tioiattor that Oa Swells .Ifr
time for you to is yoVe hit awl soitig ha ,
.reaolug bunOinallsga t ica4 al* ilbaUlass to
Itt"9 ° l; -
at liailliran;ammof Wast*S•lloo slto 46' r* ,
folloariacaqisot W as
lga* kt%
a aittill on titiabNoaL Ptifialladbe bay pro*
afra bear aunt ihni affiliFilini piles lot
—Why dd'ilie Ifftlidifs 'Bair banes *
wigwam Diaiittaa find is whose they
they sea fr:
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