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No subscription dis ’ tiJeod until all arrearages nro.paid unless at Ib. option of tho Editor. , . Apvrrtisbments —Accompanied by tho cash, and *ol exceeding ono square, will, bo inserted three Hoes for $1.50. and twenty-five cents for oaoh Vjitional insertion. Those of a groator length in proportion* Jon-PnWTiKO —Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bill's fimpblets, Blanks, Labels, ifco. <to. f 'oxeoatod With •curacy and at tho shortest ndtico. |Wfal JOB. -BT 8. I). ANDBRBON. ftobirils ato airiging all around, Froni every 'hill and tree, ’Jiila.ll this bright and. sunny world geems full of melody, And hearts andVdlces vibratos with The summer tones 'of .glee. The streamlet dahbds ’fh the fftih, With sparkles on its tide. As bright as beams from beauty’s oyo Whoa flashing in its pride, Or dew-drops glistening in -the grass, Tho forest lako beside. The willow with its drooping form Changing o’er tho stream; Each pensile bough upon tho wave Is seen with imaged beam, ’ As memory paints each joy airi grief fpon the shepherd’s dream. Tho children on tho springing turf Arc sporting 'mid tho flowers, With songs that fall upon tho heart Like spring-time’s early showers, Or music heard far o’er tho sea On oroniflg'a moonlit hours. •The nights, so,full of poetry, Arc soft and dreamy now, And thousand bright and gem like stars Fall on the watcher’s brow, Or light tho lovers as they breathe The oft repeated vow. Tie mountain top is dimly scon in norning’s purplo light, ■As one bj ono tbo shadows flit Like spectres of tho night, And day-, unbound by misty robes, Is beautiful &nd bright. The volleys with tboir cottago homos Sleep like a dream of lovo, .And many a happy hoart is drove, Pure as tho trusting dove; for woman’s smile is tinting all, Like sunlight from •o.bo'to. The wild-vino clings around tho oak With many a graceful fold, And Ucecy blossoms scent llio nir With wealth of sweets untold, While sunbeams flicker through >t'ke loaves Like flukes of falling gold. ’Tin Juno, bright Juno ; and every heart Bents with a wilder thrill, As from each scone of loveliness Our spirits drink their fill, And days and hours go singing •oft * Like to a summer rill. 3Hiattllnn*nna. THE PIRASAN. AN INDIAN TRADITION. A considerable portion of our early Ufa was '-nicd on trie chores of the Upper Mississippi Uver, about one hundred miles above St. fouis. It was in the primitive times of that country—for wc are now considerable apast die “ days of our youth”—consequently St. biuia'was our nearest and only trading poet. IVishoing the case, wo, the settlers, had fre pent ooccnsion to mako voyages between the two points—that is, between our settlement Jtthe little village of Hamburg, noW'in Cal houn county, and St. Louis. I remember, when amerohoy, of aocompa tying my father on one of these vt.yngea, *hich was made with a raft load of barrel staves for the St. -Louis market. Near the then little village of Alton,/Illinois, wo were forced to lie up for bad weather, and I recol itot we made our camp in a kind of cavern 'rlueh may now be seen in the high dills just wove Alton. ■While we were waiting for the weather to 1 ™a“gc, two canoe loads of Indians passed vovni close to our side of the river i an ooour hnce so common that wo paid no attention to ’ [Mm until they had reached a point some wo hundred yards below us when they attrao ™my attention by all suddenly rising to their ■tet and discharging their rifles simultaneous. J at the face of the cliff 1 . My father, who fas near at the time, in reply to my evinced astonishment, told me that they were shoot 'ng the Pirasan, and that, if I desired, he rould give me a sight of it, ''caching the place whore the Indians had at the cliff, my father pointed upwards, ™ there upon the smooth- rock beneath an o,e Nmlteting lodge, I beheld the picture of ’°? 9 frightful looking monster, dono in red pamt, and having tho appearance of being h,. Tor J undent piece of Indian workmanship. "M uudtena of thousands of rifle balls had Midcrably defaced it, yet its outlines were J atl J.traceable. The monster was repre meu m two views—one as flying, and the « as lying U n on it s pack with its feet turn , “P w ,urdi as if dead. Its general shape was Bwhat like that of the vampire bat; and P a ’ tl f in g made its size about equal to the °t un ordinary horse. From its mouth Li; . immense tusks—in short it was, le : “5 11 all in all, a truely frightful repre aSioa > wall calculated to make a deep im- " TV U ,? on youthful nerves, a, h,a > ’ said my father, “ is the Pirasan ; uhoot are t * 1B r(lßan Bluffs, and that narrow "WelTt *t- a J®sterday was tho Pirasan Shoot fttovn takm 8 its name from what you see bp iWawhi. and t * lo Indian tradition connected rockn iL• Oom.o, let us sit down upon the tsve |, ro ,u n d I will tell you the story as I 'tfrotn the Indians many a time, saver i ' 0D C ago there lived within a strouß n • U P amon g these- cliffs, a mom ttibl„7 J ‘, n 8 Be aBt known to the Indian ta D I, r j° Mississippi Valley, as the Pira ttainli > u .P oa men and was so formidable 1° ben- ?f the ancient people brought them nett ■ a T * 6W it® destruction, nvailod after continued its ravages year u Pper ni F| Ba ' m S like an eagle through the loss v ;„ S’ ana pouncing down upon its help fa feed ■? a ’. unt 'f whole tribes disappeared fbroutA, in “ un gry maw. It spread terror fa an tno nations to snob a degree that no one would, finally, venture for,th from - his hiding place to provide for the necessaries of life, and consequently, until fartiine bade fair to meet it half way in tho total destruc tion of the human race. “ At length a mighty chief by tho name of Walloo, bethought himself of fasting and prayer. For two whole moons ho fed on bit ter roots, and prayed to tho Great Spirit to deliver them from his wrath ; and at fast tho Great Spirit heard his petition, and visitfccl him in a dream ; tolling him to rise on tho morrow and select from among his people two of his most skillful bowmen. Having placed them concealed in a designated clump of bushes, he was to place a man near them in an open space, to attack the Pirasan. It would descend for its intended prey, when the bowmen Wore to discharge their arrows, which arrows tho finger of tho Groat Spirit would guide to tho heart of the monster, and thus a hopeless enemy Would bo placed with in their power. “ Wahoo ntoso in thfe morning and spread tho good news among his people. sho wild est joy prevailed, in the midst of which all tho preporations wore made ns directed—tho archers wore in tho clump Of bushes, and the man was standing out. Soon a faint speck was seen in tho sky, passing round andround in a circle. Presently it stood still for a mo ment, and then with tho velocity of a twink ling star” down it came towards tho earth.— An awful rushing through tho air, as of mighty wings, tho sullen twang-of two bow 8 strings; tho cries of a doomed victim as ho was borne off towards, the Pirasan Bluffs, and all was over. The bowmen had missed their mark. “ That day a sadder gloom than ever hung over tho tribe of Wahoo. Added to tho pvi dcntfact that it must shortly pass-away, ?hoir much esteemed chief had deceived them and caused a groundles hope to blafcc'for amoment in each hoartorily to go out and make th'6 darkness more vhi’bl’O. Many wore th'6 im precations against him, but still Wahoo de spaired not. Ho continued 'to pray to the Great Spirit, fully convinced that tho vision l had boon real, and that the fault was owing to some misunderstanding of his own. So it seemed, for in the next night the Great Spir it again appeared, reiterated his former com mands, making no mention of what had hap pened tho day before. “ When morning Was <?0mo Wahoo fcrGfto to repeat his preparations ; but this time he .found himself thwarted in the fact that his people had lost ■confidence. Tho bowmen were ready to act their part, but no ono could be found who was willing to risk expos- j ing his person for the pvirppsft of ddcoyVng the Pirasan. But "Wahoo hud faith, and so ho at once settled the matter by taking tho dreaded position himself. “ Suspense on this occasion was short. A little while and the Pitatjari came down to— rise no more. The fatal arrows pierced its vitals, and it foil upon the kneeling chieftain. With a rending yell the warriors iCap'ftd Up on it, but notin time to save their much-loved leader—ln its dying throes thomonstOr had crushed him to death. “ Wahoo was buried amid lamentation Aha tears, and as a monument to his memory the Great Spirit caused a healing shrub to spring up from his grave, and spread throughout the great Mississippi Valley bearing his name and bringing blessings to all his rising people. The Pirasan was conveyed to tho Pirasan Bluffs and there painted upon tho rocks—as you sec it. Su says tho tradition. In conclusion we may add that it has been the usage of passing Indians to discharge their guns at tho picture of the Pirasan time out of date— that is, as far back as as tho time when the location was first known to civilization.— When wo last visited tho spot wo noted a spaco'for several yards round tho picture which was literally battered with bullets. Tho painting now is entirely gone, tho rook having been removed to Alton and St. Louis to bo used for building purposes. IlflW Sal Disgraced lire Family, A traveler in the State, of Illinois some years ago came to a lone log hut on the prai rie near Cairo, and thero halted, lie wont into the house. It was a wretched affair — nn empty packing hox fop a table, while two or three chairs and disagreeable stools graced the reception room, the dark walls of which were further, ornamented With a display of tinware, and a broken shelf article or two.— The Woman was crying in a corner, and the man, With tears in his eyes and pipe in his mouth* on a stcol, with his sorrowful looking head supported by the palms Of his hands.— Not a word greeted the interloper. "Well,” he said, “yon seem to be in awful trouble here ; what’s Up?’* “Ah 1 wo are almost Crated, neighbor,” said the'woman, “and we ain’t got patience to see folks now.*’ “ That’s all right,” Said the Stranger, not much taken back by the impolite rebuff; “ but can f be of any service to you in all this trouble ?”' “ Well, we’ve lost our gal; our Sal s gOtib off and left us,” said the old man in tones of deep despair. “Ah I do you know what induced her td leave you ?*’ remarked tlie new arrival. “ Well, we Can’t say neighbor, as how she’s so far lost as to be induced, but then she’s gone and disgraced us,” remarked the afflict ed father. . “Yes, stranger, and—not as I should any It as her mother—but there Warn’t a poor tier gal in the West than our Sal. She’s gone and brought ruin on her own head now,*’ followed the sickened mother. “Who has she gone off with?” inquired the visitor. , ~ “ Well; there’s the trouble. The gal could have done well, and might have married Martin Kehoe, a capital shoemaker, who, al though he has but one eye, plays the flute-m a lively manner and earns a very good living. I’hen look what a lifts she has deserted j she was here surrounded by all the luxuries in the country,” said the father. “ Yes, who knows what poor Sal will have to ont, drink, and wear now ? groaned the old woman. “ And who is the fellow that has taken her into such misery?” “ Why she’s none off and married a critter called an undertaker, as lives in the village, and the Lord only knows how he is to earn a living.” K 7" A very pious old gentleman told his sons not to go, under 'any circumstances, a fishing on tho Sabbath; but, if they did, by all means to bring honrto tho {ish. O” In New York they are peddling hot lemonade. Nor’Woster of tho Boston Post suggests, that for an unemployed man there is no aid egual to lemon-nde. I There is a spectacle grander than the sea—it is the sky; there is a spectacle gran der than the eky—it is the interior of the louh "OUR COUNTRY—MAT IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY.” The Red River Expedition. REPORTED OUTRAGEOUS FEATURES OF . THE CAMPAIGN. The Burning of Alexandria. White Unionists Refused Transporta tion and Contrabands Given Room. •INDIGNATION AGAINST GENERAL BANES, .[CowcspondcflcfCd Missouri Republican.] Cairo, Illinois, Juno 8. from a federal officer who was up Red riv or at tho tftrio of the evacuation of Alexan dria by our forces, I gather some interesting facts. From the time of the retreat of the army from Pleasant llill, the feelings against General Banka had been continually increas ing. Every dpy added new and more agra vating causes for distrust and dissatisfaction in reference to tho management of affairs.— While waiting at Alexandria.to get tho gun boats over the falls, there were the most se rious apprehensions in reference to the suffi ciency of supplies, both for tho men and ani mals/ To make the mat f er worse General Banks issued an order giving to General Mc- Clernand’s command, which was ■camped north of Bayou Rapides, as the outer guard, all the oats and hay, or nearly all there was on hand, leaving other commands entirely 'destitute of forage. This caused no little dis satmfa'dtfori 'among the men. And to Aggra vate the matter still more justas McClernand got his forage out to his camps the rebels made a dash on him, compelling him to mako ’A precipitate retreat ariross the bayou arid to destroy or leave in the hands of the enemy, all tho forage, camp* 1 equipage, etc. A‘part Was destroyed, but is is said Dick Taylor got the larger portion. The iridigrtatioriand dis satisfaction of the soldiers were now beyond ‘ ■all bounds. Complete demoralization secm'6d almost inevitable. Other orders of General Banks were frequently treated with contempt by subordinates, and men openly declared their intention to pay ho attention to any or ders emanating from the commanding gener- AVhcri tire gunboats 'were all over the falls, and tlvo ordts-r for evacuation was promulga ted, and the army nearly on the march, some of our soldiers*,' both white and black, as if by general understanding,set fire to the city in nearly every part, almost simultaneously. The flumes spread rapidly, increased by a heavy wind. Most of the houses wore of wooden structure, and were soon devoured by the flames. Alexandria was a town of between four and five thousand' inhabitants. All that part of the city north of tho railroad was swept from the face of tho earth in a few hours, not a building being left. About nine; tenths of the town was consumed-, riomprialrig all the business part arid all the fine residen ces, the “ lee House” hutel, the ‘corirt borise, all lire churches -except the *><uiiulic T u. num ber of livery BtabJcs, and the tentire front row of largo and.splendid business houses. , The “ tee House” was a largo brick hotel, whirih iririst have costone hundred thousand dollars, and was owned by Judge Ariail, a member of the la'to constitutional convention, who vo ted for hri'ih'edsate and unconditional emanci pation in' Louisiana ; which convention also sent delegates to the Baltimore convention. While Judge A. was thus serving tho admin istration, the federal torch was applied to his houses, his law office, his private and law library, and all his household goods and ef fects. All this property, bo it remembered, had been protected for three years by the confederates, who nil the time knew the Judge's Union proclivities, Hundreds of other instances might be cited of Union men who suffered in like manner. Et uno judicc omne. • e The scones attending the burning of the city are appalling. Women gathering their helpless babes in their arms,’ rushing franti cally through the streets with screams and cries that would have melted the hardest hearts to tears. Little boys and girls were running hither and thither crying for their mothers and fathers ; old raon leaning on a staff for support to their trembling limbs, were hurrying away from the suffocating heat of their burning dwellings and homes, I'he fair and beautiful daughters of the South, whose fathers and brothers were in one army or the bther ; the frail and helpless wives and children of absenthusbands and fathers wore almost in the twinkling of an eye, driven from their burning homes into the streets, leaving everything behind but the clothes they then wore. Owitig to the simultaneous burning in every part of tho city, tho people found no security in the streets, where the heat was intense as almost to create suffoca- tion. Everybody rushed to the rivet’s edge, being protected there from the heat by the high bank of the riven Tho steamboats ly ing at the landing Were subjected to great annoyance, the heat being so great that the decks had to be Hooded with water to pfeVont the bouts from taking fire; Among those who-thus crowded tho river bank were the wives, daughters and children, helpless and tloW all hobielfess, of the ttuioU tttdn who had joined the federal army since the occupation of Alexandria. Their husbands bad already been marched off in the front Sim raGeport, leaving their families in their old homes, but to the tenddf mercies of the con federates. . dfho federal torch htld now de stroyed their dwellings, their household goods and apparel, tho last morsel of provisions, and left them starving and destitute, , As might be expected, they desired to go along with tho federal ntmy, Where their hilsbanda had gone. They applied to General Banka with fears find entreaties to be allowed to go aboard tho transports. They were refused I They became frantic with excitement and rdgoj Their screams and piteous cries wore heart-rending. With tears streaming down their cheeks, women and children begged and implored the boats to take them on board. The officers of the boats Were desi rous of doing so, but there was the prempto ry order from General Banks not to allow any white citizens.to go aboard. A rush would havo been made upon the boats, but theto stood the guard with fixed bayonets, and none could mount the stage plank except they bore the special permit of the command ing General. Could anything bo more inhu man and cruel? But this is not all. Gen eral Banka found room on his transports for six or seven thousand negroes that bad been gathered in from the surrounding country! Cotton that bad been loaded on transports to bo shipped through the quartermaster to New Orleans, under Banks’ order, was thrown overboard to make room for negroes. But no room could bo found for white women and children, whose husbands and brothers were in the federal army, and whose houses had just boon burned by the Federal torch 1 I challenge the records of all wars for acts of such perfidy and cruelty. But there is still another chapter in this CARLISLE, PA;, THURSDAY, JUNE 23 perfidious military jand political campaign.— Banks, on arriving at Alexandria, told tho people that life dccupation of the country was permanent. Th&t ho, intended to pro tect all who would comb forward and take tho oath of allegiance ; while those who worild not were threatened with banishment and confiscation of property. Hundreds came forward and took tho oath. An election was held, and delegates were sent to tho consti tutional convention then in session at Now Orleans. A recruiting office was opened, and over a thousand white men were muster ed into the United States service. Quito a number of permanent citizens of Alexandria took tho oath, and were promised protection. Their houses and other property have now all been reduced to ashes, and they turned out into tho world with nothing, absolutely riothing, save tire amnesty oath 1 They could not now go to tho confederates and apply for charity. too 'applied to General Banks to bo allowed to go aboard tho transports and go to New Orleans. They were refused in every instance 1 Among those who applied was a Mr. Parker, a lawyer, of feeble health, who had been quito prominent making speeches, since the Union occupation, in' fa vor of emancipation, unconditional Union and tho suppression of tho rebellion. Per mission to go on a transport was refused him. Ho could not stay, and hence, feeble as he was, ho wont off with the army.— Among tho prominent citizens who took the bath was Judge John K. Elgco, of Alexan dria. Before the return of the army from Grand‘Encore, Judge Elgeo went to'New Orleans, leaving his family behind, expect ing to return. Ho was riot able to do so be fore the evacuation of Alexandra-. Judge is ono of the iriost accomplished and able men of tho South. A lawyer by profession he occupied n prominent position, both po litically and socially, and bad immci.se in fluence. So great stress wnfc placed upon his taking the bath, tlvat ope of our bands sere naded him at his residence, and General Grover and General Banks honored luni in every way possible. During my stay in Al exandria I bad occasion to call upon tho jVidgo at his residence, and at his office (which were both in the same building,) on business. His law and literary library oc cupied three, largo rooms—being ns fine a collection of books as I ever saw. His resi dence was richly and tastefully furnished.— A single painting cost twelve hundred dol lars. In his absence; the government ho had sworn to support, and which had promised him projection, allowed its soldiers to apply the torch to his dwelling and turn his fami ly into the streets. His fine residence, with all its costly furniture, his books, papers, and his fine paintings, were burned up. It may be that many of the lust-named articles will yet find-their way to (lie North, having been rescued from the flames by pilferers and thieves, for where arson is resorted to, it is generally to Cover theft. J. Madison Wells, the Lieutenant Govern or of Louisiana, elected with Hahn, by Gen eral Banks’ orders, was not spared, lie had been a unionist irom me had a splendid resident in Alexandria, well and richly furnished, at which his own and his eon’s family resided. His son was absent in New Orleans, attending tire Constitution al convention, of which ho was a member, and in which ho voted for abolition and all the ultra measures. But that did not secure his family tho protection of the governriienfc. All wns-brirned. Thousands of people, riicn, women arid 'children, were, in a few short hours driven from comfortable homes into iho streets. Their • shelter, their prnvis ,ons, their beds were nil 'consumed. ..In their oxtromi’ey, which our own culpability had brought about, the Commanding General turned his back upon them. The general perhaps did not laugh at their calamity, nor mock when their fear came, hut doubtless regarded it as the dawn of a political mille nium. The march of the army from Alex andria to Fort de Hussey was lighted up with the flames of burning dwellings. Thus has General Banks become the “ liberator oi Louisiana.” ’ When the army arrived at Sinunsport, the feeling against Banks was perfectly uncon trollable. lie was absolutely afraid to appear in the presence of his men, lest ho might bo assassinated. Ito took, refuge in an iron clad gunboat. As the boat lay in the At chafalya river, the soldiers mi. the bank would cry out aloud for Banks to put his head down above the docks, declaring, with curses, that they would put a ball through it. lie kept bio.head inside. When Gener al Canby arrived, ho made a speech to the men, and told then! that hereafter lie would command, and that no irioro such fatal ex peditions should be gotten up. A long cry arose front tbti men; “We want to see Gen eral Banks punished, we want to see him hung,” and ttitlny such expressions. Gener al Canby said that po had reported Banks to the authorities At Washington, and had no doubt that ho Would be dealt with As his conduct deservedl I’lie soldiers were furious, and would have rtlobbod Banks if ho had made his appoftrance. Many declared that they would do no more service until Banks was pUnishcd. General Canby told them that hereafter they were under hia cdltittiand, And appealed to the mon to return to duty and obey all his orders. Thus ended the Red river expedition—a fit Sequel to a scheme, conceived in politics arid brought in iniquity. New Clothes. —Said Joo to BUI—-hold were old bummers and both were terribly dry. ; . ~. “ Bill if you'll treat i’ll tell you where you can get a whole new suit of clothes on six months' trust.” “ Will you though ? Now, no fooling' yer Billy” .... , ** £rile As preachin' I will,” said Joe, ana the parties took a drink at Bill’s expense when Joe, with a twinkling eye, said, “ You go up to tho*fe6ruiting rendezvous, and tell 'era yer want a suit of clothes: They give them to yer on six months* trust.” Bill said his health was so delicate that he couldn't “ list.” A Joke on Sigel. —ll is circulated "Wash ington, that General Sigel, after his recent defeat, telegraphed to the Department that had he hdeo aware that he was contending with General Breckinridge, ho would have “ schloped him in torkopo” and licked hint “ like tertuyfel,” but that Unfortunately.he thought all the while that ho wAs fighting mit Slonewall Jackson / That General must hail 1 from the.nook of the woods, where they Are still voting for Jackson 1 *' He that fights and runs away. Will live to fight another day.” tt7“ An Irishman, who was engaged at a drain, had his pickaxe raised in .the air just as the clock struck twelve, determined to work’no more till After dinner, let gd the pioka*e and left it hanging there! BiT* A bipßojl in ilnglaild has set the fash ioh of wearing beard and inoustdebos- 1864; THE FATB.SE CASE. ' Full Report of the Recent Suit Against Marshal Murray, EVIDENCE ON THE TRIAL. Verdißt Against.tilie Miir^hnl or $9,000. JUDICIAL CONDEMNATION OF ARBITRARY ARRESTS. Outrageous Treatment 6f nn Amen can Citizen, [From tho New York World.] The following is a full, report of the trial of Marshal Murray and Deputy Marshal William Buckley, before tho Greene County Court, for the false imprisonment of Albert W.' Patric, a respectable farmer of Greene county, in August, 18G2:• Supremo Court—- Albert Patrlo vs. Rob ert Murray and Wm. Buckley.—This was an action for false imprisonment. The plairtiff alleged that on the 27th of August, 1802, he was taken by force by tho defendants from his residence in Cairo, in tho county of Greene, and carried to the city of New York, and there kept imprisoned for one week,.and Subjected tri other injuries and expense, and claimed ton thousand dollars damages. The defendants in their answer, first denied all the allegations of the coiriplaint, and secondly justified by alleging that tin acts complained of were done by tho order of the President of the United States. The trial was twice post poned on motion of Defendant, setting forth the absence of necessary witnesses, among I whom was Mr. Stanton, Secretary of War; it ! was alleged in affidavit also that the defend- j ant Murray was too busily engaged in dispo sing of prize moneys for seizures, to bo able to attend ; tho case finally came on for trial before Judge Ingalls, at the Supremo Court, on Juno 7 ; a jury was obtained after several challenges made on both sides; D. IC. Olney opened the jury. Albert W. Patrie being sworn, testified: I am tho plaintiff; I reside in Cairo, in this county, about two miles from the village; I am thirty-five, years old ; have a wife and child, and am by occupation a farmer; on the 2vth of Angtost, 18G2, 1 was ploughing ou my farm in Cairo, about 9 o’clock, a. m., when a man came to mo called Wm, Buckley; lie was in company with my liltlo boy, who came to show him where I was, and be said lie was sent there by United States Marshal Murray to arrest mo and take mo to New York; I told him I could not go, and he Said “ you have got to go ;” at my request he con sented to lot me go with him to my house to get ready; wo went there; iriy wife and child, four years old, wer'O at the house when we went l.fipr'p : rr\y w»C» •...■».! AT.. ItunMny Had some conversation; she asked him why I could not bo tried here, and he said, •‘there is no United States Marshal hero;” sho asked what was to bo done with me, ;md be said I must either go into the army or to Fort La fayette ; on our way to Catskill wc stopped at Walden’s hotel at Cairo ; tho street was full of peopl'd'; a convention met there that day ; 1 saw Mr. 01ne} r there; went to him for advice ; Buckley took hold of my arm and said, “ Gome, let ris go now/’ and took me with him ; ho took mo in a wagon to Catskill ; we took tho boat fit Catskill at 0 r. m., arid got to New York early on Thurs day morning; after walking about throe quarters of an hour we got our breakfast at a restaurant and then he took me to Marshal Murray's office; there wo learned that Mur would not be there before 1) o'clock; when Murray came he asked Buckley if he had the man; Buckley pointed to me and said, “ there is the man,” and handed him a pa per; I do not know what it was; I asked Murray what I was to do, and ho said I could do nothing; it hud to go to the War Department to be disposed of, and he wrote on a piece of paper and banded it to Mr. Buckley and said “take him ofT” ; Buckley told mo to follow him, and'l went with him to the police headquarters, corner of Broome and Elm streets ; we went there and went down stairs, and Buckley handed the paper to a man called “Sergeant';” bo read tiio note and called “Sands,” and told him to take Charge of me ; wo bad to go down stairs; standing up we could just look over the top of the ground ; wo went down from foUr to six steps ; we went into another room where the prisonorsAvcro-; about 'eight or ten of thorii were there ; wo sat around till night and then wo were locked up in cells; we were locked up every night; the cell was large Ouough to walk inside of a board raised one and a half feet above, the floor ; a man could lie oh the board; I do not think the cell was more than three foot wide ; as I lay on my back my feet would touch one end of the cell and my head the other ; perhaps it was five and a half feet Ion;*; had nob a rng fdrnishcd me to lie upon Or to cover rile; the coll Wrts underground; nt> window; tlibre was a gAs light iu the entry; it had a. lattice iron door; a man cobid stand up straight in the cell ; the privy was in one corner of the cell; over it was a water fadeeb And cup; there wits no cover to thb privy ; the smell was worse than that,of any country privy I was over in ; on Saturday the privy was washed out—at other times it was left as used; aortibtimes three prisoners slept in the ecll— two on the door and one on the shelf. I was three nights in the cell And two out in the room ; on Saturday night n drunken man was put in the cell with me ; he was drunk, and noisy, and filthy; and natty ; he was put in in the middle of the afternoon ; the keep ers had thrown water on him, and at night ; the cell was very wot; and wo had to lie in the water, with nothing but the clothes I woro.- I was compelled once to .eat in the coll ; it was on Sunday night; I was nut in right away after dinner; we had bread and coffee for breakfast, bread and water for dinner, arid generally bread and water for Supper; two little pieess of bread each tirile ; twice I think we had a little meat; once or twice wo had coffee instead of water with our bread for supper. On Monday night Murray came there, I asked' hind if I could not give bail and get out of that stinking hole, for I could not live there any longer ; I offered to give any amount of bail and pay my board in this city and report rilyself every day. Ho said I could riot bo bailed, that there was no getting out at all, that money could nob bail me out. Ho said, “If the whole of Greene county comes down here they cannot do any thing for you,” that ho did not know of but one man that could do anything for mo, and that was Judge Beebeo,. and said, “ if you to see Judge Beebeo I will send him up in the ffiorning,” and I said if he is the only man that can do anything send him to me. Iho I way 1 came to have the interview with Mur -1 ray was, ho Came to the sergeant s room and I got permission from Sands to go and seo him ; on Tuesday morning about noon a man camo in and inquired for me ; lie was a smal lish man, with a large heavy beard, and he asked mo il I wanted to get out, and I said I did ; he said I suppose I can get you out, but I have to uso the iuflucnco of a great many men in tho city and telegraph to Washington ,a number of times, and it will be pretty ex pensive. I asked him if lie was Judge Bee bee, and he said ho was, and that Marshal Murray had sent him there. I asked what he would charge mo and lie said he would got mo onb fur' ; I told him. I could not give him that and he naked what I could give and I said $25; ho said he would do nothing 1 f6r $25. Soon after lie camo back and said : “•If 1 conclude to do anything for you wkp is your bail.” I named two men living at the foot of Frafildin street. A few minutes after lie* came in with another deputy marshal and told mo I could go with him to get bail and | come then to Marshal Murray's office ; Bee beee was not absent from me over ten or fif teen minutes before lie came back with the other deputy marshal; this was about twelve o’clock at noon. I went with that man to see Isaac Darby in Franklin, street; -waited on him to sco Mr. Steonbcrgh; when he camo ; we went to Marshal Murray’s office; no one was there but the clerk, and he went to work to fill out a bail bond ; before it was done Marshal Murray camo in. Ho went to the clerk to sco what he was doing, and said : •* Hold on, don’t know anything about this, you must wait till Mr. Beebco comes.” Wo waited quarter of an hour till IDcebco came in and lie went to work and finished tho bail" bond ; Becboc then asked me to sign it, find I did so; Darby and Steonbcrgh signed it, and then we wontnp three pair of stairs to a justice, who took the acknowledgment and 'charged me three dollars, which I paid ; we camo down ; I gave Judge Becbee, whom I met on# the stairs, twenty-five dollars*, and came off with the bondsmen ; I got home on Wednesday about sundown ; Buko Roe and came to New York in my be half, also Esquire Lathrop and my father, at my solicitations, to fetch some papers to aid me ; my father lives in Concsville, Schoharie county—the other men in Cairo, except Van fetccnbcrgh, in Catskill. Being cross-examined, he testified; Buck ley first asked me if my name was Patrie.— He said ho was sent by United States Mar shal Murray to arrest me and bring mo to Now York. 110 said ho had an order with him for my arrest. He reftd it to mo fpaper exhibited). That ho road a paper to me. In New York Sands had charge of me t\vcn ty-lbur hours, and then a boy called Bobby or Hubert had charge twenty-four hours.— They alternated. They carried the keys of the colls; John Benjamin' was a prisoner there when Beebeo came. 110 lives in Suf folk county, Long Island. Buckley took hold of my arm at Cairo, at Walden's tavern, in the bar-room. a crowd in the bar room at the tithe. We were at Cairo one hour and a quarter. I did not have any sup per on that day, ‘Wednesday, llucklcy I snppasn paid tho expenses - . We were in a state room together going doWh the river.— Buckley came to mo when I was imprisoned on Friday and Saturday. lie had a commu nication with me about carrying a letter.— Wnen I was discharged Isaw Buckley in the justice’s room; I was not permitted to write to my friends. I asked and was refused. I offered to l‘et them read my letters. They said 1 could not send any word home at all, and so I did not write. said he had either the order or complaint of Philander Stevens, don’t know which. Ho did hot pre tend to have the order of any officer or any warrant; Q. Bid you see Buckley have more Ilian one paper ? A. No, sir. It was one of tlio officers that refused to let me write homo. I did not have my clothes oIT all the time I was imprisoned. I used my coat for n pillow, and toward mor ning when it was cold I put on my coat and took oil' my boots and used them for a pillow. John Benjamin, next called as A witness for plaintiff, testified.—l shall bo sixty years old next December. I know the plaintiff.— In the Elm street prison in jail. * I saw the cell he was locked in. There were four alike, they wore deeper down than the room. Mr. Patrie his described the cell as near as I can. The bench was so narrow a man had to lie pretty still to keep on it. Tho cell was two and a half or three feet wide, tho length of a man. There was nothing in tho cell but the plank—no clothes. I used my hat for a pil low. I stood up at the door much of the time to get the air. All had it turn in cell No. 4. The boy would kick us out and drive us into the cell as he wpuld a dog. There were plenty of creepeHs—carrion bugs. All the cells were of one size. Each cell had a privy. The Wafer was drawn over the privy. There was no air except through the door. The stench was very offensive ; it smelled like carrion and produced a faintness. Cross-examined—l was in Patrie’s cell. Lake Hoc, tailed for plaintiff, testified.—l reside in Cairo. Have been supervisor and member of the Legislature. I remember plaintiff's arrest. Butcher ami myself Went to New York to aid him. Wo went doVrn the same night in atiothcr lout. I,paw Buckley at tlio Marshal’s office in Now York. Buck- Icy gave Murraj some papers he hud in his hand. Murray asked Buckley if he had the man. Buckley pointed to Patrie, and Mur read a paper to him. Asked Patric what Be had to say. X'atrio said he was not guilty of anything. Murray gave Buckley a paper-, and ho went out with Patrio. Said he was going to the police headquarters. I saw Pa tric afterward at the jail. Got permission of an officer near the door. I went back to see Murray, saw' him, and again tho next day.— I sent a telegraphic dispatch from Patrio to Mr. Griswold to employ him in his behalf.— I came homo before Patrie did. Butcher and I appeared to bail him. Murray refused Jo take hail. Hiram Yan Stanburgh was in New York also acting in Patrio’fi behalf. , Jacob Patrie, called and sworn in behalf ol plaintiff, testified: 1 reside in Cmvsvillo Scholl trie county. I wont to New York, Hi bohnlf of ray son. I left him nn Wednesday night about 8 or 0 o’clock, on learning of his arrest, and drove in the night to his resi dence, stayed there till dttylight, then came to Catskill and stayed biro all day;, expecting to hear from my son: Returned in the even ing to plaintiff’s residence. Noxf morning his wife and his sister and I comedown. His wife intended to goto New York but wo ob jected to her going. Mr. Griswold wont to Cairo on that day on this- business. I wont to New York, Friday, p. m., and Esquire La throp also went in Albert’s behalf. I saw my son in the jail that ho has described. I got back hero on Sunday morning. Alanaon Lathrop, called by. .plaintiff, testi fied : I went to Now York on Friday in plain tiff’s behalf. I saw him dt the police head- Juartors, corner of Broome and Elm streets, did not go into the colls; left for home Sa turday evening. The top of the cells may bo d little higher than the surface of the ground, TESTIiroN’T FOB. DEFENSE. William Buckley sworn : I am one of thp defendants. I reside in New York. Jlobort Murray, tin? other defendant, was marshal of tlio United Suites for the southern district of New York. He has been such since the spring ol 1801, and now acts in that capacity. I was ono of his deputies in August, 1862, at- the time of the arrost-of Patrio. lam in Murray's office. I was directed by Murray to arrest the plaintiff. He delivered mo a paper nnd directed me to arrest the plaintiff. Q. Where do you keep such papers? A. Papers of that description arc kept in a letter-book. I have searched for that paper and could not find it. • The testimony here closed. Mr. Mattoon, in behalf of the defendants, proposed to sub mit the case to the jury without argument.— Mr. Parker, in behalf of the plaintiff, de clined the proposition, and said bo should address the jury, and piocoeded to do so. The judge then charged the jury. No ex ception was taken on either side to the charge. The jury, after about two hours' dclibora- tion, agreed on a verdict of nine thousand dollars for tho plaintiff, on which judgment was entered. LINCOLN AND JOHNSON. The flge of Statesman is Gone! [From tho New York World.J The ngo of statesman is gone; the age of rail-splitters and tailors, of buffoons, boors and fanatics, has succeeded. God forbid that we should, reproach Mr. Lincoln or Mr. Johnson, with the narrowness of their early circumstances, which precluded opportuni ties of culture. But when men are proposed for the,, highest find most responsible offices in the Republic- there necessarily arises tho question of fitness—a complex question rela ting in part to training and antecedents, bufc turning, in th.o main, on the possession of present qu'alifu’atbms. The problems pre sented for solution within the next four years are more corr.plcx than difficult, they require a larger grasp and deeper penetration, than any which have ever been offered to the con sideration of statesmen. But Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Johnson are both men of’mediocre talents, neglected education, narrow views, deficient information, and coarse vulgar manners. A statesman is presumed to bo a man of some depth of thought and extent of knowledge ; profoundly versed, if. not in his tory, at least in the policy, resources, and aims of all the leading contemporary govern ments of the world; in tho character qualifi cations and idiosyncrasies of their public men; and in the bendings of their most im portant measures and projects on the devel opement of commerce, tho growth of civili zation, and the. progress of retardation, of free principles of government. It is need less to say that neither in this sense, nor in any high sense, are the Republican nominees statesmen. Rxcept a superficial knowledge of our domestic politics, such a& may bo picked up in tho newspapers and in their in lovooursu with the vulgar herd of oflice-seek ers, Mf. Lincoln and Mr. Johnson have no attainments to distinguish then! from tho mass of ordinary citizens. That n country whose jurisprudence has been adorned by Marshall, Ifent, Story; whoso diplomacy boasts of shell hames as Franklin, Jefferson, tho, Adamses, King. Webster; whoso finances have been managed by Hamilton, Gallatin, Taney ;. Vrhose con gressional debates have.borrowed Idstfo from the cloqusnc'o of Ames, Olay, Calhoun; whoso chief magistracy has been filled by Washing ton and an unbroken succession of illustrious statesmen down to Van Buren, and by many able men since ;—that this country with so proud a record, should now be reduced to such intellectual poverty us to have present ed to it two such names as Abraham Lin coln and Andrew Johnson for its highest sta tions, in the most trying crisis of its history, is a cruel mockery. a bitter humiliation. The only merit we can. discover in this Baltimore ticket is the merit of cCusufruct/-; it is all of a piece ; the tail does hot shame the head, hor the head shiuho tho tall. A rail-splitting buffoon And a bodrish tailor, both from.the backwoods, both growing up in uncouth ignorance, they would afford a grotesque subject for a, satiric 'poot, who might celebrate them in such strains as Dean Swift bestowed on Whiston mid Ditton, or Aristophanes on that servile demagogue, Hy perbolas. Wo degrade our highest offices as the free republics of antiquity scorned to de grade even their political punishments.— When tho o.slmcisin by which illustrious statesmen like Aristides, Thomistoclcs and Alcibiadcs were banished, at length fell on a man of an origin and character similar to tljo Baltimore candidates; namely, on the aforesaid Hvporbolns, the proud and high spirated Greeks abolished the ostracism winch had been thus debased. But wo are less jealous of the honor of our highest’ offi ces than they wore of the dignity of the meth od by which they set tho pret&UoiOns of their statesmen, aside. If - tho llcpubliciin party having weighed Seward and the rest of their statesmen in tho balance and found llieiri Tkanrlng, are too poor in talent to present from civil life any more commanding names than those they havo selected at Baltimore, they might at least have shown a grateful appreciation of tho merits of our distinguished soldiers. In point of intellect and statesmanship it would bd hard to find affiong mir educated generals men ofsradllcr caliber than tho actual can didates; while the lustre of arms would Imvd shed a dignity on tho ticket which might have rescued it from the contempt of intelli gent men. Tho military feeling of tho coun try never so active and pervading as now; will refuse to keep step to the music of this ticket. A popular candidate from the-army will take from the Baltimore nominees all support, except such as can be OOtitrolled by fanaticism and shoddy; ... In a crisis of the most appalling magnitude requiring statesmanship of tho highest order; the country is asked to consider tho claims of two ignorant, boorish-, thirdrato, back woods lawyers, for the highest stations in the government. Such nominations, in such a conjuncture, arc an insult to the common sense of the people. God save tho Republic I K7* Two passengers were conversing in a railway carnage about music. One gentle man asked the other, who eppeared rather simple, “Do you know the ‘ Barber of Se ville?’” “No,” the latter replied, “I al ways shave myself.” ID” An old soaker being found in a gutter one wdt night, the water making a clean breach over him from head to foot, Was asked by a passer by what he was doing there,— “ 0,” said he, “ I agreed, to meet tv in an here.” ID” A London thief was recently killed in a fight with another theif about the division of the produce of a largo robborv, NO. %
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