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TUCKGR. 'Our friends are gone, they slumber now, la death’s dominion bound ; In calm, unbroken pcaoo to rest. Till the judgment trumpet sounds. A solemn, dcath-liko silence'reigns, Unminglcd by a word, As wo remember brighter days, When a Mother's voice was heard. The hours and days that csed to us, Almost unnoticed glido, Arc i|t)\v in lonesome; silence passed, Since our dear Mother died. When morning light with rudy beams, Bursts forth to human view, It brings to mind a Fnther’s smiles, So loving, kind and true. When evening shades are spread. In silence o’er the earth, *\Vc sadly miss our form, Around the blazing hearth. , Oft times wo think it cannot bo, Death has taken them away, And memory oft in busy hours, Calls back familiar names. No ether one on cp/rth can. fill-, Qnr absent Urolbor’ti pbico, The care, the form may nil bo lljoto, Dut not our Brothers face. Through gr,ic*', jn Iloa'e.i wo nil ift.yy meol, Secure from sin to 'I wi!! ; No more through seal ling leais repeat, The parting word, F.vnnwi.i , ! Jfiisrrllniieouß. VIDOCQ: ■ UR' THE CHARCOAL BURNER OF ROUEN Not many miles from tiio city of llouon, in Vrimco, is located a wild and somewhat ex tensive forest. This wood is principally in habited by charcoal burners; ami many are the dark legends in which they figure. Of course the titles are most exaggerated, and, in most oases, have no foundation at*all. During the year 183-, however, several travelers, whoso way lay through this forest Mysteriously disappeared. Tho.whole plane was scoured, and the inhabitants rigorously examined, but.no clue was obtained, and they were dismissed. For several months oiler this no travelers were missed, ami fi nally the public excitement was allayed. It was at this time that the incidents rolated-'in this sketch occurred. It was a line morning in early autumn, and the woods presented a bountiful appear ance. The birds were gaily singing, and the rays of an afternoon sun, not too warm, were gilding the tree t ips. In the yery heart of the forest, surrounded by the heaps of smo- - king earth,' stood one of those burners. He was a splendid specimen of a man, as far ns physical proportions were concerned; fully six teot in height, and stout in proportion.— His broad shoulders might have contained i the strength of a Hercules'. Ilia head was I forgo and covered with a shaggy mass ot hair, ami his features wore decidedly repul ; sivo. His eyes were small and nearly cover : tul with bushy eyebrows. Ho bad, altogeth- S fir, a cruel and malevolent appearance. . As wo introduce him to the reader, ho was : leaning upon a large axe, apparently in a ; listening position. The road ran by the place • 'there he was standing, but he could nut see ‘ for along it on account of a sudden turn a [ little distance from hjm. Tim clatter of hor t Ws' hoofs, however, could bo distinctly heard, Mil in a few minutes the hm>o and rider t cumo in sight. The new corner was a small °nd active looking man, and from his dross $ viis a gentleman well off. Ilis eyes wore | unusually keen and searching, and were bent | Upon the charcoal burner in such a manner | that the latter quailed before him. | ‘ A fair day, my good man/ said the horse s an » in the easy manner of one speaking to £ fin inferior. | ‘Excellent, Monsieur, for one of my trade. ■j 1 love not the boiling'suns of summer, nor | Jet the bleak winds of winter/ £ ‘Since you are so nicely suited, X suppose d you are what so few are in the world—hap i> w-’_ ‘You say truly, Monsieur—few, few in “? e d, are truly happy. Them is no hap pinoas without contentment.’ t 'Aud are you/xmtoated ?’ At times I think t am; but when I see 0 nobleman riding by in hia coach and »Ji Ur * r °Hing in riches, with servants to obey b every wish, and I have to toil hard for y daily bread, I cannot help thinking that , 18 sometimes unjust. 4 of ou nevor think of appropriating any *\v» e Bu P er B l|,)UB riches to youraelf V B , does Monaieur mean ? I trust that Gal iou^ lts °f disobeying alike.the laws of y. ami man ever entered into my mind.’ n..A" leant n °thlng • it was merely an idle Station; but I did not atop totalk thus, lfoI t 0 way to p . It is getting ' ip m * pust bo on the move.’ to P .nsieup ia in a hurry. I can direct him 1 about half the time.’ •’friend*' Vory °UBged to you, my WliiM 1 "* 9 a , De Begins very near to my homo, Lad } about a half mile further on. ’You stft.i?* er there, as my wife can point ™ you.' fid fi0 * oro * 8 a reward,’ exclaim- Boxsemon, offering him a piece of *SL Tho other drew back and refused to take it/ alleging ho had done -nothing to deserve it. Tho horseman then put spurs to his horso and rudo away, a bend in tho roadeoon hiding him from sight. Having rode on un til ho imagined that his horse’s hoofs could not be heard by the charcoal burner, should tho latter bo listening, ho dismounted and silently retraced his stops. Ho arrived at tho place whore lie had left his friend, tho charcoal burner, but tho latter was not to bo seen. The stranger hastened back to his horse and remounted. *lait as I expected,’ ho muttered.‘ * This road makes u large bend here, and by cut ting across he can roach hie hut before mo. *1 care litto, though, as lam forearmed. Wo shall see who’ll come out first. I compre hend why hd refused my gold .piece'; he con siders it as his own, and lie thinks ho may as well take altogether; but I must hurry on and finish this business before nightfall.’ So saying ho put spurs to his horso ; nnd rode on. Ten minutes’ sharp riding the charcoal burner’s hut in view. As he first caught sight of it. ho thought ho detect ed a man’s face pressed against one of the windows. Gf this, however, lie could not bo certain, as the Taco, if such it was, instantly disappeared. At tho sound of his horse's hoofs, an old woman appeared in tho door way, and gazing curiously at him, waited till he rode up. The ‘horseman could not help thinking that the woman Was a most fitting companion for her husband. The ex pression of her countenance was even more villainous. The stranger, however, did not stop to criticise her appearance, but saluted her, saying: • ' 1 believe, madam, that you are the wife of the charcoal burner, whom I met up tb'o ’road-? The woman replied in the affirmative. ‘ Then I will toll you that I am bound for* P , which lavish to roach bo foie night fall. lie told me of a lane which was much •shorter than the regular road, which, hosaid, you could point out to me.' ‘ Certainly'. If this is nil Monsieur wish* es, lie is easily satisfied. You may see, a lit tle way up, febat largo tree which towers above the rest. Just beyond Chat is n large rock, and the lane enters the road on the oth er side of it. As it is very narrow and grown up with hushes, you would hardly notice it. lint with iheso dircotious you can har&lv fail.’ you fear; t shall ndt miss the 4 Never road.’ 'N thdtull Monsieur wishes?’ 4 1 believe so; but stop a minute. I of fered vour husband' a piece of gold, but be refused to take it. Perhaps you may bo mure sou-ilde.’ The oM woian greedily took the proffered coin, tawing: Pion-o is too sensitive. AVo might both s a»'u* before ho would take a cent.' * I see. you differ from him a little,’ re turned the horseman, laughing. ifo then put to Ids nod rode on. In a I’.-w mlmitos !)•• roiudo’d the large rook alio d< i) !■-. r-t'd <• .»;!d 1 1 1 (Mi nop.-vivo the entnir.ee to a narrow iano artfully nmcnaloii by hu-di ,m. he soon made his way through them, and when unco in the lane, found it a little wider than he expected. It also became free of bushes, ns lie proceeded. Ho stopped a moment to examine the pruning of his pis tol, muttering: • I Mv worthy friends are rather sharp.— They do not do their murdering in the open road, where spilled Id »od might lead to their detection, but inveigle the unfortunate trav eller into the dark lane, where ho may be safelv put out of the way and none be the wiser of it. At any rate. lam fully prepar ed for them, and they will not pat me oat of the way without a struggle. Having scon that bis arms were ready for use, ho rode slowly forward keeping a care ful watch on each side of the road, that he might not be surprised. As long as the woods kept open as they were, he had no fear as there was no good hiding place for a man. Ere lung the woods began to get thicker and more sombre. Little hillocks, covered with bushes, became frequent, until at last they became a long range skirting at each aide of the road. The horseman fedt that the time which was to try him was near at hand, and he dropped the reins until his hand cov ered a holster pistol, which ho firmly grasped though in such a manner as a pefson would not notice, and ho then assumed an air of carelessness, though his watch was keener than over. At length ho came to 15 a place which ho felt certain contained the enemy. Nature seemed to have adapted this place'for the purpose of eonceahnont. The rocks which skirted the road at this place Were about breast high, and so perpendicular as to have thn appearance of a wallthey were ] covered with a growth of bushes so tM.dc as : to be nearly impervious. The tall trees on each side of the road twined their tops to gether, forming a natural roof of leaves and | branches and rendering the place as dark as j midnight. I It was a sceho sufficient-to uppnl the RtoUt* csr heart, but the horseman, although ho , knew that the next moment might be his | last, rode forward with ns careless an air as bo might have worn had he been travelling the streets of a populous city. His hand still grasped the butt of his pistol, and his keen eyes still searched each covert Suddenly a pistol shot rung out upon the air, and MaJiat fell to the ground, with a bullet-hole through it, not more than an inch above where his head had been. Instantly turning in the di rection of the sound, be beheld a slight wreath of smoke curling up from behind a bush, and without a moment’s hesitation be levelled his pistol and fired. The aim was terribly fatal. A wild shriek raug upon the air and the next moment there sprang from ' behind the tree, not the charcoal burner, as he had-expected, but bis wife The blood was flowing copiously from her forehead, and presented a horrible spectacle. She tottered to the edge of the wall of rooks and fell into the road*. ft corpse. ‘ Had ! known it to be a woman/ the horse man muttered, *1 never would have fired. But it ia]too late moralize. AVhnt can have become of my friend.- the charcoal burner? As lie spoke, he turned round quickly and encountered the object of his thoughts. It was lucky for him that ho was so > quick.— The charcoal burner held ft gleaming knilo ' in his hand, already uplifted to strike.— While thp horseman’s attention had been en gaged by the tragical end of the woman, ho had silently crept up behind him, and the ; would-be assassin sprang forward, making a desperate pass at his breast. The horseman ■ still hold the discharged pistol in his hand, and with his long barrel managed to parry the blow. # .it* y Ho then buried his spurs into the horse s , side, and the goaded b.aat sprang forward i bo violently as to dash the charcoal burner to t the ground, and completely sprang over him, dashing the knife from his hand, leaving - him stunned in the middle of the rood. The f horseman turned instantly, and drawing ms remaining pistol ;from his holster, wait- r “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY/* ed for the other to rise. Tho latter stagger ed to his feet, and leaping against tho rocks on the side of tho road, gazed sullenly and revengefully upon his conqueror. Thus tho strange couple regarded each other for some time, until at last the horseman broke tho si* louce. * So, my friend,’ ho said, * your career is ended at last.’ ‘Yea, curse you I I’d rend you asunder, too, if " ‘You dared, I presume,’ put in tho stran ger. ‘ I doubt not/youl’ good intentions, and can only thank heaven you have not a power proportionate to your will, but 4 1 am doubly thankful that I have been tho means of rid ding tho earth of such a monster. I presume you can give a pretty good accountfaf those mysterious disappearances of late ?’ * Ay, that I can I You arc tho first richly freighted traveller who has entered that lane and escaped tho bullet or the knife.’ ‘Pshaw*! do you take mo for one of those simpletons whose purses are better filled than their heads V ‘No !’ exclaimed the other with a sudden energy. ‘I know hotter. From the very first’you seemed to have rend my intentions, and you must have been sent expressly to en trap me. In other Words, you are a detec tive in disguise. Well, ycu have come out best, but you have played a desperate part. Few would have escaped as you have, for my wife was a good shot. But you seemed from tho first to 1)0 fortune’s favorite.’ ‘Certainly had a narrow escape,’ remark ed tho other, pointing to tho bullet hole in hrs hat. * But it is not the first time fortune has friendly to me.’ ‘ Well, who are you V at length demanded tho hi her. ‘ My name is Vidoeq !’ ‘Great heavens! the Parisian detective!— I might have known that it would have been all up with me, when you were pitied against me.’ ‘ Yes ; business at the metropolis being rather dull, and havirfg heard some rumors of your doing-*, I thought I would taken trip out here, if only for the good of my health, But‘it is growing late, and you must bo muv ing.’ ‘ Where must I go !’ ‘To the gallows, in the end. 1 was the cool reply; ‘but at pro-amt to the jail at P •’ *To gallows!’ returned the other, fiercely. ‘Never Anv death but that 1’ The detective leveled hrs pistol at the head of the charcoal burner, and exclaimed: ‘ You shall have a bullet through your head, if you prefer It I* The other ducked his head, in expectation of the shot, and then made a desperate spring at tlio detective. The latter, however, was in no hurry to fire, and cooly awaited the other’s attack. The charcoal-burner grasp ed the reins with his left hand, and with hi* right endeavored to grasp the pistol. The detective, however, caught his right hand with his own left, and holding it up with an '.run gra-p. passed his right hand under, un til Ins pistol pressed against the other’s fare head, when ho tired. Tne other instantly relaxed his hold, and with ft terrible cry, fe.' 1 had: a corps'*. The detective, having accomplished the object of his visit, did not delay ins return to Paris, but having explained the whole affair to the proper authorities at 1’ , he departed. And thus was the earth rid of two as great uiuustcis in human form as’ovcr lived. T*ry ail Will Do Sib A young man, the sou of a well to-do far mer, had the misfortune to become deeply enamored of a young lad}’, and alter a brief courtship, proposed and was accepted. Hut what was his surprise, one evening, when about ‘entering the parlor with the uncere monious freedom of a young lovfer, at discov ering his inamorata upon the sofa, her amis around the neck of a neighboring 3’cmth, her lips in such blissful proximity to his as to convince our hero that matters were fearful ly in earnest. In rage and mortification he rushed homeward, arriving there Justin time to surprise iiis only sisterpthe pious wife of the villnge minister, ‘ squeezing to 1 kill* a young disciple of Blackstoirc. Nearly fran tic at such unlooked-for disclosures among people he had believed but little lotfer than the angels, lie made a bold dash fur the barn, running directly upon hU mother kissing the old family physician, who had “ stolen a march” upon herns she was looking after the poultry. This was too much, and with a groan the turned, undiscover ed, away, resolved to pass the night with his , grief beneath the stars, fearful of further revelations should he venture beneath the shelter of unodicr roof. The light of morn ing encouraged him, however, and well drenched aed sorrowful he sought his home, when his mother, with true maternal solici tude, questioned him as to the eiilu.se off his ead looks, whereupon he related briefly, the inconstancy of his fair,betrothed, receiving in reply the gratifying intelligence that she was a good-for nothing hussy, and. ho must never speak to or notice again one so wholly unworthy. . ‘But, mother, , he continued, faltenngly, ‘ that's not all/ 4 Not all? What can there bo.more?' was the next question. ‘Why, when I hastened home, what should I find hut my sister, my only sister, in the arms of a rascally young lawyer/ * Your sister V shrieked the outraged moth er, *my child? The ungrateful, wicked creature I Is it for this I have given her a home and cared for her husband and chil dren ? I will do it no longer ; such conduct is iulamous —and to be so disgraced ? She shall leave to-day, and never enter my pres ence again/ * But that is not the worst, mother. 1 Not the worst? I can imagine nothing worse ; what can it bo V •When, sick and discouraged by such re peated exhibitions of sin, I left the house de termined to pass the night in the barn I there found my mother kissing old Dr. F—/ ‘You did?’ * did/ „ ... •Well, never mind my son ; they all vml do bo * fffifKov. Philander Bombshell roads a hvmn of which the following ia a specimen verse: To Abraham, our Priest and King, let all the praise be given. He’s noblest'ruler of the earth; and om shines all in heaven, lie’ll crush the copperheads for sure, and kill the rebels too; And send to fire and brimstone, the bolting Fremont crew. (O’ Philadelphia has expended, of borrow* ed money, for bounty since the war common? cod, over seven millions of dollars. A com fortable sum for tax payers to contemplate. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1864. Tiie Rebel Opinion of Hie Burning of Ciinm bersburg. The Richmond Sentinel savagely defends at' length, the recent burning of Cbarabera burg, on the ground that forbearance with the North has boon exhausted, and long suf fering mercy given place the duty of revenge. It says: “ Twice before have we invaded Pennsyl vania; twice before have we captured Chain bersburg ; twice ere tins have we had the opportunity to retaliate upon Pennsylvania for the ten thousand cruel and inhuman atro cities Committed by the Federal troops in tiie South. On each occasion, in pursuance of a just retaliation, we might have burned her cites and laid waste with Hre and sword the rich and bbutitiful valley of thc'Cirmberland. In this densely-peopled, highly-improved and fertile valley we might have inflicted, iri every form more human misery and wretchedness in a week than could the federate in a month in any section of like extent in the South.— We magnanimously forbore to do so, as wo do not war upon women. “On each of the funner occasions we shonld, as an act of even-handed justice, have retali ated on Pennsylvania the savage atrocities she has helped to inllict upon the South.— Had we done so it is probable she would have abstained in some measure from perpe trating the murders, arsons, rapes and rub .bevies that still mark with infamy the march of her armies through the South. We no doubt hoped that the example, of our gener ous and Christian forbearance would not bo lust upon them, and that, in future, they would imitate our examole. and conduct the invasion of the South-more like civilized men and Christians, and less like demons and sa vages ; but we Imped in vain. A course of duty no longer* to be neglected or delayed will forevet justify the burning of Chambera burg. This is but the beginning of the end. Wo know that this burning will render you mure*cruel than over, that you will try to lay waste the entire South, to confiscate our lands, to make your negro soldiers a police guard to iuauTfc, Watch and rule the native whites.— But if the worst'comes to the worst, we will leave the South as a held (or you to devastate —if you chn find anything to devastate—for you to plunder and thieve in, where you have left anything unstolcn, with none to oppose your onward march ; while our regulars, who would in such a case number almost, or quite a million—say half a million at least—divid ed into many separate commands, all breath ing vengeance, will march into the North and Northwest, win re there is a rich town or vil lage at every live miles; where more than Asiatic wealth invites the raider and plun derer; whore no ba.se of operation, no wag ons or other means oi transportation, will be needed. We will leave the Suit!) for you to glean in, while we gather rich harvests in the North/' Poison’s in Uaiio' L’>e. —lgnorance often conceals a deadly weapon iu our choicest ar clet* ot tood, but selii-lme.ss often conceals a greater. It mannlnclines and commends poisons tor others ih many temptingly dis guised tonus. Candie.-*, toys anil cakes are i.nmmented or colored with various poisons. (Ar.>enite ul cupper, and carbonate ot copper, are used iu powder to orn,ament cakes green, or color caudins.) Tne blending in various ways, iu caudles and on cakes, makes them attractive to the eye, but destructive to the health of those who use them. Cakes orna mented with colored Unst, candies colored in such nice style, toys so highly attr.ielivo to children-, cause decayed teeth, canker, intes tinal inflammation, nauseating headache, co lic, spasms, and often convulsions. Coulee tionary may be prepared without coloring material, so as to be wholesome. Gay colors are made of poisonous material, that ought never to be introduced into food or drinks.— Wall paper, ornamented with beautiful green, pretty yellow and lively red, often diffuse, through sleeping and sitting rooms, an atmos phere impregnated with a poisonous vapor, that Causes headache, nausea, dryne.-s of the throat and mouth, cough, depression of spi rits, prostration of strength, nervous alioc tions, boils, watery swellings of the face, cu taneous affections and inflammation of the eyes. These occur in more serious forms in apartments that are not constantly and thor oughly ventilated. A Dead-Head on a Kai i.hoad Train. —On Friday night as the pa'-smiger train waa com ing to Chicago outlie Peoria Road, tho pas songcrs were considerably astonished on ac count of tho great length of time which was consumed hy stopping at tho station called Buroa. They were relieved Jiowover when they learned that, a physician had come on hoard for a specific purpose, and that before hr retired there was a passenger in the sleep ing car whose fare had not been paid. At last accounts ‘ mother and child were doing well.’ The mother, was a highly respecta ble lady, from Rock I-laml, and wasett route to a village in Ohio, where her father was in a, dying condition. Having received ft tele gram Jinnouncing her parents critical situa tion ehS had posted off, regardless of her own situation, to meet him once more Pro his soul took its- flight to the regions of eternity. Pb.AOBES of Egvpt Surpassed. The La crosse Democrat evidently is not in favor of the two term principle. ' In this wise it dis ; courses The Lincoln papers say that Lincoln should have two terms in office. In the language of Henry Ward Beecher, we ask if this is not “hot ?” Two terms ? It is against nature. Egypt had but one term of lice, frogs, snakes, famine and plagues for her wickedness.— Spain had but one term of really noted rob bers. Doga have but one term of hydropho bia, horses have but one term of blind stag gers, children have but one term of measles, chicken pox, whooping cough mumpa and such diseases. This being the case, may Al mighty God forbid that wo are to have two terms of the rottonest, most stinking, ruin over conceived by fiends or mortals, in the shape of two terms of Abe Lincoln’s Admin istration. GaLT*aN'Ti’.v, —-A gallant ofiieer irt and of the lowa regiments, who never quailed be fore Confederate bullets, fell an easy victim to a pair of bright eyes, whose owner wort a beautiful apron, bearing au emblem of our country’s flag, and who was waiting on the lowa boys at a fe-tival lately given on their return homo. The colonel, wishing to make the acquaintance of the lady, remarked! “That la a pretty apron you wear, Mias.”—• “Yes,” said the maiden, “ this is my flag.” “I have fought many a hard battle under that flag.” rejoined the colonel. , “ Not this flag, sir," indignantly exclaimed the beauty, as shq swept away, leaving the gallant son of Mars perfectly dumbfounded. THE I.WASIUN '(IF mOTVAATA. The Arrest nf Six Citizens of Hagerstown, Md., as Hostages—General Early Explains the Reasons jot the Act—Why Chambers bury was Burned—Complaint of Hunter's Outrages in the Shenandoah V'alley—lie Declares his Intention to Frequently vYisit Maryland and Pennsylvania to Pursue the War of Rctalialitns&c, [From tho Philadelphia Ago, August 13.] As there has been contradictory statements in regard to the authority by which Cham bersburg was burned and the purposes fur which it was done, wc print below from a re liable correspondent at Williamsport, Md., a report of the remarks made in that town by Gen. Early upon that and other subiects. — The occasion of the remarks is given by our correspondent. It seems that some days al tar the conflagration of Chambers burg'(on Saturday, August 0.) Gen. Early, being then at Williamsport, in Washington county, Md., dispatched a guard to Hagerstown, with au thority and orders to arrest six named citi zens of that place. The guard arrested Isaac Nesbitt, A. H. Hager, Frederick McComas, -Samuel Ogilby, Rev. Mr. Edwards, and Kov, Mr. Hyde. Mr. Ogilby had permission from the ofliccr in charge to go to his chamber for his coat, mV a promise to return. Ho forgot to come back, however, and, in his absence of mind, wandered out’throiigh his back-yard. Only live, therefore, of the prisoners wore brought before the General. Previously the Rev. Hr. Kerfoot and Mr. Cost, of the College of St Janies, in Washington county, had boon arrested under similar ordeys, and paroled. Several gentlemen who had been reputed to bo “southern sympathizers,” aud who are, our correspondent says, certainly not suppor ters of the administration, but as loyal to the Constitution and Union as any who tread the 1 earth, promptly repaired to Gen. Early'shead quarters, and urged with earnestness and ef loot the release of the prisoners-. When t.:e latter wore brought before Gen. Early, they were addrosed by him substantially, our cor respondent believes almost if quite literally, as fellows * * Gknti.kmrn; I have had you arrested merely as “ hostages” to secure the release ot six gentlemen residing near Hedgevilld, in Virginia, who arc now imprisoned by the fed eral government in consequence oi tlve burn ingot the hotipo of a Mr. Cookus, by’Confed erate troops. 1 have examined the facts in the case, and am thoroughly satisfied that the burning was purely accidental —that-, in burning some railroad properly which they had beeti order ed to destroy, the lire in spite of their efforts, was communicated to the house of Mr, Coo kus, and yet those six gentlemen, a Ucv. Mr. Tongue, a Methodist preacher in that village, who was remarkable as a pious, good man, who did not interfere with politics, ami five other gentlemen in the neighborhood, who we; ju-t as innocent and ignorant of the ap proach or purpose of the troops as any of you, are now in prison in Consequence of the burning of that house. The families were stripped of all their per sonal property, and having no means of con veyance, the daughter of the preacher, and the niece of one of the others, walked eigfit miles to my headquarters, and with streaming eyes and tad hearts implored my aid in some manner to allbid relief. They first wished me to arrot some of their Union neighbors ; but I did not feel it proper for the southern confoleraCy to retaliate upon its own citizens. Those men, however, misguided they may be are still citizens of the State of Virginia, and under the protection of tier laws; and we hope and trust they will soon see there er rors, and yield a conlial'allcgiancc to her gov ernments But if they should not, it must devolve on the State of Virginia to deal with them according to her own laws. A mere difference of political opinion ought not anil must not subject them to military rule. And therefore, inflexibly opposed as I always have been to the destruction of private property, or the molestation of non-combatant citizens yet it is always in the power pf one army to force the other into retaliation. To illustrate my own views on that sub ject, ynwuut me to say Unit, very recently, a short distance across the river, I approved a very severe sentence of two years in the pen itentiary, passed upon a soldier (or stealing the horse of a notoriously decided Union man. I will further remark that this is the fifth time I have been in Maryland at the bend of art ar „:y; yet I believe not one private house has been injured, nor one ndn-combatant moles ted. Once I marched almost to the banks of the Susquehanna, at Harrisburg, and thence down to Wrightsyillo, when the federal troops to escape our pursuit, set fire to the bridge in the middle, whence the flames rapidly ex tended westward, and from its proximity pla ced the town of WnghUville in very immi nent peril. My troops had just heard of the burning of the town of Darien, in Georgia, by the federal army. A largo number of my men were from that region, and very nat urally felt a strong impulse to revaluation ;• but, at my very urgent appeal, they all With alacrity and energy, joined in a united effort ai\d actually extinguished the flames in time to save the town, and were richly rewarded by the graetful thanks of its citizens, who also bitterly denounced their own troops for exposing them to such danger. In York. Pennt-yivanln, I found two largo manufactories engaged in making railroad cars for the government, which, of course, it was my duty to destroy; but a slight exam ination satisfied me that to burn these would seriously cndangcra large portion of the town and hence I spared them for a moderate ran som. On my return I partly retraced my advancing track, and was greatly surprised to find so little evidence or trace of the pas sage of so lafgo an army. In fact, except in horses and forage for the army, very little damage had been sustained Recently, in Maryland the hoilsfc of Gov. Bradford was burned without my orders.— But I must add that 1 approved it; and had I been present would have ordered it in retal iation for the bruning of the house of Gov. Letcher, whom I knew to be a very poor man and whose family were not allowed live min utes to remove clothing or other valuables.— Afterward, when in front of 'Washington, Romo of my troops were very determined to “dcstrhy the house of Mr. Francis ?. Blair, and had actually fbmoved some of its furni ture, probably supposing it to belong tahis son, the member of the federal cabinet. As soon as I came up I immediately stopped the proceeding, and campelled the men to return every article, bo far as I knew, and placed a guard to protect it. The house of his son, Montgomery Blair, a member of the cabinet, was subjected to a different rule, for obvious reasons. - - General Hunter, in his recent raid to Lynch burg, caused widespread ruin wherever he passed. I followed him about sixty miles, and language would fail me to describe the terrible deslaticn which marked his path.— Dwelling houses and other buildings were al most univorselly burned: fences, implements of husbandry, and everything available for tho sustenance of human life, so far as ho could do so, were everywhere destroyed. We found many, very many, families of helpless women and children who had been suddenly turned out of doors, and their houses and con tents condemned to the flames; and in some cases, where they had rescued some extra clothing, tho soldiers had torn the garments into narrow strips, and strewn them upon the ground for uc to witness when wo arrived in pursuit. General Hunter has been much censured by the voice of humanity everywhere, and he richly deserves it all; *yet he lias caused scarcely one-tenth part of tho devastation which has been committed immediately in sight of the headquarters of Gen. Meade and .Gen. Grant, in Eastern Virginia. For exam ple-r-in Culpepper county, where General Meade hold his headquarters, almost every house and building has been burned; very few have escaped tho flames; and utter des olation is seen on every hand. Even a small tannery in sight of Gen. Meade’s headquar ters, where a poor mini' tanned a few hides for tho neighbors' on tho chares, to furnish shoes fur poor women and children who wore necessarily left there, was burned by tho ar my, ami the half-tanned skins drawn from -the vats and'ent into narrow strips lo prevent the posibility of their boing useful. Recently they have burned the residence of Andrew Hunter, near Charlslown, with all its contents, requiring Ids family to stand by and witness the destruction of their homo.—• They did toe same with the house of Edmund J, Lee, near Shepordstjwn, and repeated it on the outbuildings of Hon. Alexander H. Boteicr. Such things, of course, cannot be en dured, and must provoke retaliation whenev er it ia possible. Accordingly I lately sent General McCausland to Penny I did not wish to relaliatejin Maryland, bccavse we all hope and believe that Maryland will even tually bo a iinemher of the southern Confeder acy. I therefore sent him.to Pennsylvania, with written instructions to demand of the authorities of Clmmbcrsburg a sum which would be sufficient to indemnify those gentle men, and also pay some other damages which I specified in the order; and on default in then 4 compliance, he was instructed to burn the town, which I learn, was done. I was very reluctant, and it was a moat disagreea ble duty to indict such damages upon those citizens; but I deemed it an imperative necea ity to allow the people of the federal states that war has two sides. I hope and believe it has had, and will have, a good effect. X saw with much pleasure, since the, an able ar ticle in the National Intcligenccr , which call ed upon the North to consider gravely wheth er such a mode of warfare as they had inaug. umted is likely to yield a success commensu rate to its cost. - And now, gentlemen, I will repeat my sin cere regret that 1. am obliged to subject ymu to this inconvenience. I have no object but to procure the release of those six citizens of Virginia aho are now wrongfully imprison ed, and therefore, will make you as comforta ble as possible. It is notorious ti at many of our most respectable citizens, who have been 1 imprisoned by your government for similar or less serious causes, have been confined in 11 1 0 same room with condemned malefactors. Gentlemen, you need I rave no tears of such treatment while in my custody. I propose to retain four of you, and release the fifth on his parole, that ho may use the utnnst efforts to procure the release of those six gentlemen. If he succeed, you will be discharged at once; but if ho fail to accomplish this with in two weeks, ho must surrender himself again to my custody. In conclusion,! will add that no citizen or resident of Maryland bad any previous knowledge of my purpose to arrest you; that your names were furnished by one connected with my army, and without reference to the greater or less intensity of jour feelings.— The fact that you are reputed to bo Union men causes no bitterness of fooling on my part, for I do not forget that I was a Unum man myself so lon % as I deemed union possi ble. 1 was an old-line whig, and voted for Uell and Everett. I was a delegate from Franklin count/ in the Virginia Convention, and zealously opposed and and voted against the ordinance of secession from the beginning to the end.. But the course of events since lias thoroughly satisfied mo of my error. I now -conscieuciuufcly believe that it was an absolute necessity ; that the political salva tion of Virginia depended upon it. Question by one of the Prisoners —Is it true as reported, that you have to-day also arres ted Dr. Kerlect and Dr. Cost, at the college csf .St. James, for the same cause? General Early replies ; I have arrested them, hut for a different purpose. There is in Winchesters clergyman named Dr. Boyd, advanced in years, a venerable gentleman, distinguished for his Christian piety, and greatly respected in the community. Many months ago he was arrested by the federal "■overnment as a hostage for two members of a bogus legislature hi Western Virginia, who Iran bifCTTarrested by the confederacy. After a long imprisonment, the confederate govern ment, considering bis age, bis family and oth er circumstances, consented l to an exchange, and Dr. Boyd was released. But very soon after be was again arrested as a hostage for a man taken within our lines, in citizen's dress, and whoso papers found up >n him furnisod convincing evidence that lie was there under a corrupt agreement with a federal provost marshal.iu Maryland, to decoy negroes from Virginia-, to be Used as substitutes of soldier iu the federal army, the heavy bounties or profits to be divided’betwoen them. The gov ernment did not treat him as a spy, as it might have done But seat him to 11-.ehmond as a prisoner of war, and Dr. Boyd was ar rested as a hostage. After a long and tedious imprisonment the confederate government, anxious to re.lease so good a man, again con sented to an exchange ; but its prisoner was by that time ill with typhoid fever, and final ly died in prison, which should, of course, have released Dr Boyd. But he is still held on the pretext of being a hostage for some other. To effect his rel-aiso ? I have to day arrested Dr. Kerhmt find Dr. Cost, at the col lege, but paroled thorn both on condition that they procure the release of Dr. Boyd, or, if they fail to do this within two weeks, that (hoy return to my custody. Question by a prisoner (Rev. Mr. Edwards). —General, please allow me to inquire wheth er there Amy not some difficulty arise from the fact that you have only five of us prisoners, and yet require the release of eix? Gen. Early—’Chat is very true, sir, but I can hardly suppose the government will raise such a question, seeing the only effect would be to compel mo to pick up a few more, suffi cient to equalize the numbers. ■ ! The prisoners feelingly Urged him to release them all, offering their parole in the strongest possible language. The goner;,! hesitated a long while, and was slow to yield. Finally, after long discussion, and several personal friends of the prisoners had vouched for their * good faith they were all released on the same conditions tia -were proscribed oa tho release of Dr. Kerfnot and Dr. Coat. For the substantial accuracy of the report of General Earlj's remarks as given by our correspondent, he refers to all thoso who wero present, including tho prisoners themselves. _ In private conversation, and on many occa sions in public, m the presence of citizens of all shades of opinion. General Early intimated that lie would frequently visit May Hand ami ■Pennsylvania, and that 7ic would pursue the war of retaliation as long and as bitterly as circumsiarr.cs might require. Dialogue Between Ancient Paul an 6 Modern Aror.moNisis. —P—List as many servants us arc under tho yoke count their masters worthy of all honor. A—Hon id! Let them do no such thing, byt break up the relation at once. t y —And they that have believing mas-' ters. A—-Hush I No slaveholder can bo a Chris tian. P—Servants, be obedient to them that aro your masters. A—don't you do it. P—l sent back a bond servant who had es caped from Philemon, and told Philemon that lie Would be more profitable to him now than ever. • A—You did a wicked tiling. 'Had yon been ai good ns our Abo, you would hayo proclaimed all slaves free, and ordered all the Hilary and naval force of the country to back ii]) the slaves in escaping to freedom, even it they had to cut their master's throats > i]n ir. P—Prom p nch as you I withdraw myself. A—A good riddance. Some seven months ago a fool, of this city, bough! thoGoVcrDinent" a confix-’ cated I ‘rebel o estate in Mississippi, and mov ed his whole family on to it. The family were five in number, and the dead bodies of all have boon .scut back to this ci'tv for bur- rial. They wore killed by guerrillas suppos ed to be friends of the owner of the proper ty. Cheerful prospect for Uncle Abe’s cus tomers. We pity the man's family, but not him. The man who will consent to occupy the property of another on such terms is not a v;hit better than a thief. —Day Book, StEvcvi Aoaijkt Lincoln.—Vthaddeua Stevens has lately taken occasion to declares without, disguise, thardf the Republican par ty desire to succeed they must got Lincoln off the track, and nominate a now man." Ho regards “Old Abekas the very worst kind of a failure. Mr. Stevens, bad as his politi cal antecedents are, is entirely too shrewd not to recognize the fact that Lincoln is doomed to inevitable defeat. He, therefore, has open ly declared himself in favor of holding a third Abolition Convention. Straws show which way the wind blows, and Tliad. Stevens is one of the biggest straws in the Abolition barn-yard. XT* One day a little girl, about five years old, hoard a preacher of a certain dcuomina- lion praying most lustily till the roof rang with tho strength of his supplications. Turn ing to her mother and beckoning tho mater nal car to a speaking distance, she whispered; “ Mother, don't you think that if h-o lived nearer to God ho wouldn’t have to speak so loud ?■" Such a question is worth a volume on elocution in prayer. , 017* After tho expiration of tho time allot* ed lor tiio burning of the fuse at Petersburg without an explosion, half an hour was con sumed in limling a man willing to volunteer to enter the mine, at the risk of being buried alive, to find out the difficulty. A gallant follow, whoso name is not recorded, finally offered, followed up the fuse till ho tound tho damp spot, relighted it, and had just time to escape before the explosion. (£7* A Copperhead philosopher suggests that, although few of our generals-wcro bred to the military business, the business has been bread to them. From bar-tenders, horse jockeys, policemen, and confidence men in our cities and towns, many of them have ris en upon the skulls of their victims, not from their skill but from their ignorance. They have been a thousand times more aervicable to the rebels than to us. A Ban Place to Nominate a President; Martin Van Buren was nominated at Balti more, and defotfted. llenry Clay was nomi nated at Baltimore, and defeated. Stephen A. Douglas was nominated at Baltimore, and defeated, and Abraham Lincoln was nomina ted at Baltimore, and we hope to God ho will be defeated, too; and if ho should break his nock and legs, all the people will cay Ament Hallelujah! 4 Mr. Smith,’ said ’the council, * yoii say you once officiated in a pu!pit--do you mean that you preached V * No, sir ; I held the candle fbf* d man whd did.’ ‘ Ah, the court understood you differently. They supposed that discourse came from you. 7 ‘ No, Sir ; I only thrr.wed a lighten it/ There are now in Washington and su burbs about twenty thousand negro women and childrn, They live in huts built by Gov ernment, at. an expense of some thousands of dollars. These poor negroes subsist upon Government bounty, and prostitution ! and this in Washington, tho uuco proud capital of American freemen !• figjf Suppose Congress should pass an act authorizing Litrcoln’s provost marshals td rob every Democratic hen roost in the land* Suppose tL ; e judges should pronounce such an act constitutional, would Democrats bo houpd to submit to such an act as law? Will Judgd Betts give us his opinion?—the luminous Judge Betts 1 After three years ufwar,»in Whidhtttik lions of lives and treasure have been Wasted wo have the gratifying intelligence that “ Washington is boiived to bo safe from thd grasp of Leo.” Would to God it wree also safe IVoixi the grasp’of Lincoln. The Boston Courier says thiHy seven dollars in gold will buy a Federal bond of one hundred dollars on State street in than city, while it takes seventy-five dollars in gold to buy a Confederate bond of the same amount in Londou. ' ©a?* This is the fourth year of the war* and we are fortifying along the Susquehanna river 1 Verily, the rebellion xs being “ squelched” crab fashion. In the ©vent of another call for 600,000, the rebellion will u come to grief* somewhere near the Canada line, or Greenland! Who knows what th* [ result of « my plan” (Lincoln'*) wllt bo^ NO, ifc.
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