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VOL. 51. liUIEKIGAN _V,OL UNTEEII. pOBLIfInRD EVERY THUUSnAY MORNING} DT tfOBSN IS. BKATTON. TEHMS: BoWCft'irrroN. —Two D'dlars if paid within tlio jinr; nnd Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within rho year. These terms will lie rigidly ad here! to in every instance.' No subscription dis continued until all arrearages are paid unless tit the option of the Editor. Aovkhtiskmunts —Accompanied liy thccASfl, and oof exceeding one square, will be inserted three I times for $1.50. and twenty-live cents for oaf’ll idiiitioaal insertion. Those of a greater length in Job-I’hintino —Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bills ?flinj>ldcts, Blanks, Labels, Ac. Ac., cxccntod with conracy and at the sborletft notice poetical. BUTTER FIFTY CENTS A POUND. Viatk from the tomb the doleful sound, Butter Tif'ty Cents a pou&d 1 fvtt’t anil easy, war mid thunder, ihtv a pickle and pay for a cucumber. What makes it so? How can it bo Two dollars for a pound of tea— . Sixty cents for colfee ground, And butter fifty cents abound, Ifay, they say is on the run, bn-ty dollars fur a ton ; i.lmin goes up and green goes down, And butter fifty cents a pound? pry floods, too, are more than double, ’[•l cover your back it is some trouble; Bui latest fashions on contractors are futind, Ami butler fifty cents a pound? fi’,i sod.- will have- to ston (lie slaughter, ; \, ;i pMiiml of beef now cosls a quarter, -Aii'l tiiiit sometimes is near the ruumi, Ami butter fifty cents a pound 1 •I'ijii'v «!\v speculation causes all ; !>| fnK. fnr uni; Xiocf.u. live white men fall p XnLr ,, r lives—win te man goes under ground, ipViiiitj butter's lilty cents a pound! fH’upro fighting now, they say, iln tlie true and righ.teims way.— ----- i/h- ;.ut nigger up and white man down, Vi’ii.ie butter's fifty eents a pjumll ‘0! titis is a glorious war, lUj-iidiiM have known it long before, ij-bul taauk.s we say to Old d.ilm Ih'own, jjp' -r butter's lilty cents a pound 1 B ! thanks u (> say, to Alto and Chase, I oil them fellers in that place; d ■ t'e-v are hound to keep i;s down, ■Hu dr butter’s lilty cents a pound ; h" in'll Dl>t (!|f 1 :«► Went In 1 110 Will*, alwa V“ hd’t with n hurrah— r)ir icw we In-rn- nu *• !i i*i* ri • i smin J, butler's Jil’ry cents a pound ! L( l ! 1 Alin ln» loves lo make a jok'Q, |v\:.l -aid (Ids war would end in smoke j-’ki* is 140 ml, iis wo have lUunti, |/,d. I l.uncr'- ii;: y cents a pound 1 ’•V'Ti' Is the gradual Kmancipo lion ? i- (ii<* 1 nines tcm pc in-., don ? J' 11* I- ld> inaugural that looked so round ? sj!"U k'llLy cents a pound J 'J 'I i' k (he nv'i/ir n/v,tf.7 n I j/'.v ; 'Xo- I 'intdii'idand Oounly.no matter what I d prim i N [V.oe M„i,. and swallow him down, |lt: *:i ir r is fi fi y cents a pound! f ddnk It’s 11 ow almost l"o late, kkid 1 ‘av(> i*v.i partie- 1.• rto hate; M nmy are hound to ) ut him down, p-ii" butter's liiiy cents a pound. p"U>,- -1 hue to hoar the Vtonstcra crow, 1 ) \o\c to see the I’iixodcs I 1 hale too sec the cows around j When butter's fi If v cents a pound HijrpHaiifOiia. wav nr Tin; wori.d.- -All nmuml ns y"|'im.-nij« struggling f«»r wealth, pacrdicing ?'**«'-'uului-t and sociability, oven sell-respect I 1 '! die plea 'live of a good eoUMjiencc, to gain witiisii f„ ), U y j (jr their cdiildron f»Jsioc f‘i I'uwor, nml the blessing tiio.y thusnrdent- and untiringly struggled for, hc ome [lathering ciU'M! to lli('in ami their children. W'so dm apjde of the lVad Sea. fair to look It i, | hut turn in £to ashes in the grasp, arc Wealth mid honors, unaccompanied by integ- ami good habits. Yet we see about us T? day .parents struggling to get neb, and f dut etui nogleet llioir children, scarce 7 vi "g how or where thoir time is spent, ln K in their young minds no foundation l j e future. They accomplish their work teach theiraim, they get rich. But their and daughters, what of them? The hh of the fathers ruin the children. And I ’J® toil on, denying ourselves, neglecting 'toty, forgetful of tho best duty of those i l,vc * through , our shrugging to gather up , em that which taketh to itself wings *®etli away. A writing machine has at length been ''Vexed—-l-liis is a curious instrument e . en invented by a French artisan •d Bryois. It is for the purpose of ta s|'jrt-h:ind notes with more than the uau jpulity. it consists of a series of levers 'ed by keys like a piano, and acting on a ( d types which impress themselves on a r ». P !l per that is gradually unrolled.— ln g only with one finger an ordinary r cr can work us quick as the best short reportor, InU.by using the two hands the 1 y increased immensely. i'lnjnr-Gonoral Dima has arrested a ty Treasury agents at Vicksburg I u KK.j n g, and conniving at tbo contra s nr CUI ,0 re bellious districts. In one c lon tbo military order permitted a' •lined Burhridge, to take six barrels of J*h l ' lo Yazoo river. In passing ulaur “ Treasury regulations’* the six , > ro changed to “sixty barrels** which gartered at $l2 a gallon for cotton at )i 8 P Gr pound—the single operation ‘ io parties concerned a not profit of 'Ma are in Mansnohueetta nearly one tnouaaitd more women than there snrii I »i late . sfc demand b'f the coal miners “wjhania is for $2 an hour. Jokers 1 11 —Dan Rice, the circus clown, is ito a gentlemanly personage, anti admitted by all as a true wit, Lincoln is a miserable' imitator, a retailer of musty jokes, and hero is the difference between the men. It is said of Ilico that when one of his cir cus employees was killed by the kick of one of his educated mules, that ho was almost in consolable, and gave to the bereaved widow the munificent sum of SoOO. Lincoln on the other hnftd, after the battle of Antic tarn monomaniacally cracked fug j jokes whilst the bleaching bodies of our bravo sol diers lay unburied upon the battle-field. Rico makes bis living b y jesting. but there is not the slightest necessity for Lincoln try ing to compete with Rice. Can the people of the United States rc-clcct this man Lin coln ? I( we are to have a clown for the dig nified office of X’rcsidcnt, of the two cloiona give us Rice in preference. tfSy Queen Victoria has received an offer of marriage. The eccentric Emperor of Ab yssinia, says a parks paper, is an aspirant to the hand of the Royal lady. Wo are told that lie made hia offer through Mr. Cameron, the English consul, and had that gentleman put in chains when s6me time had passed without, the arrival of a reply to his suit.— When her Majesty heard of Mr. Cameron’s Imprisonment, it is stated that she wrote to the king by post, politely declining his offer, and hogging that Iter representative might bo released. S3 r A good joke, says the Syracuse StaJid ar<l, is related of Miss 0., a laughter-loving, good-natured lass, who was speifiling the af ternoon with a neighbor, and during supper, the conversation turned on hens, eggs, &c., during which Miss G. observed 4 that their hens did not lay scarcely any eggs, and alio could not tell the reason.’ * Why/ observed Mr. F/ ‘ my hens lay very .well ; I go out among them almost every Jay. ami get egg*/ * My gracious !' was tho instant rejoinder ; ‘ i wish you would come over and run with our liens a spell. I’m sure father would pay you well fur year trouble/ CZ/' A good bit of wit transpired some years ago in the Louisiana Legislature, which per haps, has not yet appeared in.print. “ Sir/’ said a member Irom Assumption, “ I am hero the pmtnl. represeuenfative of my constitu ents; I am here Horn the parish of Assump tion, and while I stand on this Moor. 1 and Assumption are id' a piece.” “Yds," said an honorable member opposite; “and you are the greatest piece of Assumption that was ever hoard of." T/Cvi ry or One Lno.-r-A traveller was boa-ting of the luxury of arriving at night alter jv hard dav’s j niniev. to partake of the i njo v moot ol a we 11 cut' ham. and the left leg ol'c gonse. • Trav, sir, what i- the peculiar 1-iM.iVol a lelc leg */ ’ ‘Sir. to coiuidve its luxury, yon must Ibid that it is the only leg that is loft/ f.ml that you have no right to it.') /tey- M l l l ginwin cno day with ft friend when Ik* oli-.-rvcd a poor dog had been killed }\iuir la tin* goiter. Muggins paused and ! 'ntortiy Rt the siiiiinal, and at last 1 llt*p* i-- ;in f >il l o»• shipwreck/ * Shijiwi eek ! wlcre V ‘ Then*. a hark that’* 10-t forever/ Ills companion growled and passed on. pvVr A maiden lady, whose ago is not a proper subject, lor discussion, warns young men that the stamp tax on matches is to be enforced on and after the first of September, and that it would he a saving of money to finish up engagements before that dale. A Fxi.sj: Woman. A widow, occupying a largo ii ni'i*, in a quarter of Loh d- >i. vent MV a wealthy solicitor to make her wM, l»v which she di>qio>cd of between S2-30,- oni) and S.ji)U.UUD. He proposed, soon alter was accented, and-found himself the happy husband of a penniless adventuress. At a recent railroad dinner, in com pliment to the legal Iraternily, the toast was given : *An honest lawyer, the noblest work of Clod hut an old farmer in the buck part of the ball rather spoiled the client by adding, In a loud voice, ‘ and about UlO SCur- CITSt/ "" jflsaT* Moliero was asked the reason' vdiy, in certain ct entries, the king may assume the crown ut fourteen years of age, and can not mnrrv before eighteen ? ‘lt is,’ answer ed Moliero, * because it is more difficult to rule a wife than a kingdom/ ' DC?** A little boy of Hartford was recently heard upon his ‘first going to church/ In reply to a question by his paternal parent as to what ho did in church, lie replied : ‘ I went into a cupboard and took a scat on a shelf T That hoy wiU bo a Presidential joker when he geows up—if ho is not cared for in time. A Saratoga fashion' says: ‘Girls, none too young to be in tho nursery, make their three or four toilettes a day/ To which the Boston Post adds : ‘ The little babies change oftonor/ A littlo girl was told to spell ‘fer ment,’ and give its meaning with a sentence in which it was used. The following was literally her answer: ‘ F-e-r-m-c-ri-t, a verb, signifying, to work; I love to ferment in the garden jjgg~ A Bug has made its appearance in the west which destroys potato vinos and other vegetables with astonishing rapidity. From its ravages and the distinct mark of on its back, it is called the “Lincoln Bug." inT* Even John W. Forney, the organ grinder of the Lincoln government, in the Washington Chronicle, is constrained to say : ‘ Everybody is anxious—nay, eager—that this war should cense.' I To bo perfectly moral,’ the Providence Post suggests, you should get rid of your missionary tracts and take a few Govern meat contracts. £7* That must have boen a very tough rooster, that crowed after being boded'two hours, and then being put in a pot With pota toes. kicked them-all out. O'” The Shoddy contractors hate the word mace It sounds'unpleasantly in their ears. The veteran soldiers, though, would greet it ns they would a messenger from Heaven. ‘ try* A Contemporary hopes that Washing ton • will bo out of danger some day. Wo apprehend, that its danger is quite os much from within as from without. “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BB RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1864. •jMtiml. I’lllCAlilt CONVENTION—SECOND DAY Reply of Mr. (J. W, Can if/nn, of J'cnnsyJvn nia, to the Wircfnres uf Mr. Harris, oj Md., and Mr. Lour/, of Ohio, The only interruption to the entire harmor ny of the Chicago Convention that was at tempted was a feeble effort on the part of Har ris of Md., and l.oNii of Ohio, both of whom tried to damage the prospects of Gen. Me- C lee lan, by assailing him personally. Their attacks bad no weight with the delegates, most of whom despise ! them for lugging in thoir private griefs into that body. Our friend Caukkj.vn, <> r Philadelphia, replied to their assaults in the following pointed manner: Mr. President : I desire, in answer to the strictures of the gentleman from Maryland, (Mr. Han is,) and the gentleman from Ohio, (.Mr. Long.) that General Geo. C. .McClellan should speak for himself. Although written more thaw two pours since, (and constituting a o irtiou of the record lie makes against the elibrls of the present administration to change a war inaugurated fur the maintenance of the Union and the preservation of the Uonstitu t:.m, into Abolition crusade,) itis fully appli cable to the aspersions of to-day. He is char ged with collusion wit.li President Lincoln in relation to the proclamation ofemancipatiorr. \i; charge could be more unjust, arid so utter ly at variance with his well-known and oft repeated .-eniiaicnts. Sir, lm cump’o'ely vin dicans hiim-df in a letter to General A. E. Burnside, written January 7, 186-, in which ho siivs: “ I would urge groat caution in regard to proclamations. ]u no case would Igo beyond a moderate joint proclamation with the naval commander, which should a* Uttlo as pos sii'lo about polities or the negro ; merely state (hat the true issue for which we are lighting is the preservation of the Union. and uphol ding tho law* of the General Government, and stating that all who conduct themselves p-operiv will, as far as possible, be protected i iti their persons and property.” 1 Sir, is this an endorsement of the Presi ! dent’s emancipation proclamation’ 1 Is this ! collindi.r; with miconst it utionrl declaration? ' Is it not rather an on equivocal condcmna • ti.m? *' v -".y •bttle a - possiide about pol ' iiirUnud the negro," hut everything. and in j a dele, I "mined spirit, about the Union—the in ■■ tegrlfv "•!’ the G ivermii'Mit and the protection >of p->r« ws ami properly. How unlilre this 1 wriit<‘ii record urn the charged made here to ida v. |(i rrat cheering.! 1 A gam, in a letter to Major General llulleek | commanding the I ’ops rnuen t of Missouri, iui it ten \o \cm her 11, IHi 11, lie says: ••We an» lighting solely for the integrity of the Union, to uphold the power o( our nation al gmornnient, and to restore to the nation the hh'"-iugs of ) cure an l ' good order.” I)oiin->-v instructions (o (U-mn-al Ifallcck sustain the uncharitable assertion* of the gen iji-ni-iii limn Ohio, that Geo. I>. .McClellan vhdah-d • the freedom of eiectPi’S and rights u( rit'r -n-! •>’’ . Up-*u the contrary, sir, does he imt, al **o!u e!y divorce from tm “ conduct nC the war’’ siieh oiitiuges upon I he lihcilies of the pei.ple? Impressed with the sulemni ty Ms inN-don, and the patriotic impulses of tin* ga II nit uieii he eominand'i d. lie pleads S'ddv for the integrity of the I tiian, the power id' our National Government, and tho Mc-sing. of peace and good oril' , i , ( " No pur er ‘ciipionirv "a I'-jore exalted conception of duly i-h'|' animated -the head or heart of'fi in !lt fa rv « h id to v*i. In liis insr: notions to Brigadier-Geacral Buell, o'mio.in ling tho Department of the Ohio, wrh .on Xouuu 1-er 7,18 d 1, he ; •• li> p'ls-dhle that the conduct of <mr po litical allairs of Kentucky is more important than that of our military operations. I cer tain I y oa n not over esl i mute the truth of I ho for mer. W'ii will constantly *o bear in mirrdh • UveeiscUisocfdj- which we are bgh’l.ig; that issue is the preservation of the Union and the restoration of the full authority of the general government over all portions of our ' territory. Wo shall most readily sun press this rebellion anil restore the authority of the government, by religiously respecting the coms l utional rights ol all.” Then, «iv, ns if ho had not impressed (/On. lliif.fl as dm; r;ly as h-» desired, Wi'tTi the sm n-irtaiue of tho work he‘ore him—weighed down with tho ve-ponsibillties attaching to the pr mer conduct of tin* war—comprehen ding all the delicate relaUmus of this fearful .■•tniggle—desiring to avoid all unnecessary i.r> c-ts, a nd to protect to tho uttermost verge the liberties of the citi/.-ns, he again, on No vember I-, 1801, thus writes to General Bu- “In rognnl tn pnlitlval matters, boar in iluit we are only to preserve the integrity nf the bnimi. ami to uphold the jvtwor n? the Cieiirral As far ns military will permit, religiously respect tho cvn-titulional rights of all. Pre serve (he sttrielesr discipline among the troops and while cmpJnying the utmost energy in military movement*, bocarel'nl co to treat the unarmed inhabitants, as to contract, not wi den tho breach existing between us and the rebel?. * * “ * /4 * * 5 * - * I nVenn by this, tbal it is tho desire of the Government to avoid unnecessary irritation liv causeless arrests and persecution of indi viduals.. ‘ 7 7 ” * I have always found that it is the tendency rtf subordinates to make vexatious arrests on mere suspicion. A 77 7 It sliould he nnv constant aim to make it appa rent tn all that til th- property, I heir comfort and their personal safety will be best preser ved by adhering to the Union. Sir. is tbero anything in these instructions to General Buell, (who, for faithful compli ance witli said instructions, was compelled to resign, or submit to dishonor at the hands of this Administration,] f repeat, air, istiierenny thing in the iostrnctinna to wnrnnttlicchurgo of the gentleman from Maryland, that Gen. McClellan was ‘‘an assassin of StatiTrights?” Sir, this convention and the country will hold the-gentleman from Mary land responsible for this slander, while by tho action of the. one and the votes of the other, in the nomination and triumphant election, his vindication will bo Complete. [CheCfa.] One more allusion to Hie ecmsisteiit record of Geo. B. McClellan, and I have dimb. In that statesmanlike compendium ,of what should be tho objects of the war, as he under stood it, written ten days after ho had dbdlllr ed to Secretary Stanton, with, an almost bro ken heart, but with unfaltering faith in his mission: “If 1 nave this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you;or any other persons in Washington. You have Mono your best to sacrifice this army”—tin’ that remarkable letter, written in (samp near Harrison’s Landing, duly 7th, 1862, with the Snem-Jr in front in overwheming numbers, he for tbo last time, endeavors to impress the President of the United States with the true issues of tho war, while in unmistakable lan guage lie declares: ‘•Neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial organiza tion of states, nor forcible abolition of slavery should be contemplated for a moment. * * * * Military arrests should not be tolerated except in places where active hos tilities exist; and oaths, not required by en actments, constitutionally made, should be neither demanded nor received.” Then, sir, witii a solemnity tiiat can be felt and in language grandly awful, he concludes : “ I nuiy be on (he brink oj Eternity ; and an I hope, for forgiveness front my M<i Avr, I hare Written thin letter with si need if lowardsyou and from love of my country .” [Great dicers.] General George B, McClellan in these let ters speaks for himself. Here is his vindi cation from tho the assaults of the gentlemen from Ohio and Maryland. With thedender iidss of Washington, the consistency of Jef ferson and the firmness of Jackson, ho asserts" and at all times endeavored to maintain-the Union and the Constitution, with tberegerva nf the one and the guarantee of the other.— Toward the people uf Maryland and Missou ri— toward the people uf Kentucky and North Carolina, ho at all times evinced tho most anxious solicitude for the protection of tiicir persons and property. Despite the vindictive assaults here indulged in, George B. McClel lan, to-day, is as deeply and firmly imbedded in the hearts of the American people, as tho granite in tbo mountains and tho iron in the ore beds of his native Pennsylvania. [Loud and enthusiastic applause.] TJIE SE.IIOCR.ITIC PLATFORM. Tho vigorous, patriotic, nrd conciliatory declaration of principles adopted at Chicago will bo generally acceptable to tho, party.— Not only all Democrats, btA all Union loving conservatives, no matter of what political an tecedent!!, can stand upon it with honest ap probation. The Black,Republicans carp at it—as well they may. It was not made to please them; it is not calculated to promote the success of their party. They complain that it contains no invectives against tho Smith ; hut it was by invectives n'guinst the South that the Union was destroyed. Dcm ocats do not perceive that infuriated rant against tho South has any tendency to bring its people to reason. The paramount aim of tho Democratic party is to restore the Union ; tho announcement of principles is intended to be such that when tho South is tired of war, a repentant Union party will have some (enable ground to stand upon. If they will accent of the Union, we, oiler them peace.— If a controlling majority refuse, ire still ena ble a minority to advocate theold Union with out being hooted down; and. under the con tinued pressure of tho war, a Union minori ty in the South may soon grow to a majority. Besides objecting to tho platform Unit it does net denounce those whom wo wish to win hack to the Union, its Republican critics say it ss, in other respects, too negative. It is positive enough for the Union, and positive enough in its condemnation of the obstacles interposed by this recreant administration to to the restoration of tho Union. The things it insists on lie at the very roots of our fed erative republican system. The things itdo m unees are the chief dangers which, at tho ; present time, assail that system. Southern armies would ho powerless if they were not hacked by southern hatred. While stemirting the stre'am wc aim to close up the fountain. While resisting southern arms we would re move all just causes of southern- dissatisfac tion. We cannot ask the South, wo will not ask anybody, to live contentedly under a gov ernment which docs not permit tree elections, which violates state rights, which throws men info prisons without informing them of their offense or allowing them a trial, which bur dens white men with oppressive debt and grinding taxation to try mi unconstitutional experiment of giving freedom to negroes.— is the governments hich our fathers made and administered as the Democratic party through the greater part of .seventy years ad ministered it, to which we invite the South to renew their allegiance; and ire conceive it tpaUe possible that they will prefer this to tho pruiiuimition of a cruel, fratricidal war. If all do not, a part will ; and no rational man has any hope of restoring the Union without the co-opcration of a southern Union party which may in time grow to ho a nnijoity.— The Democratic platform is calculated to re move the main obstacles to tho formation of a i southern Union party. When denunciation of the confederate government comes from that (quarter it will be of some value. And there is nothing for which the southern peo ple arc so likdy ( tu denounce it.p.s for a refu sal to make a reasonable peace and relieve them from their cruel sufferings. But a pro posal for an abolition peace can never gain a hearing in the South, If the abolition party continue in power, the separation is final, alike in feeling and in fact.- 'Age. ” Henry, yon otnght to he ashamed to thnw away bread like that. You may want it some day.” “Well, mother, would I stand any holler chance of getting it then, should 1 cat it np now ?” [fy 7 * Response of Massachusetts to tho sail for ‘ .ion,ooo more :’ Oil 1 Father Abraham, don’t take mo-- Take tho niggtrs in Ivontuok-ce. Richmond Sentinel claims that (ho rebel Government gathered thirty-eight ■thousand small arms on the battle-ground of tbs Wilderness. 0“ In Painsvillo, Ohio, a few days since a boy of fourteen years died from the enacts of of a blow on his head received while at play. [CT* The New York Loader advertises a * Substitute Wanted* for Secretary Stanton, and offers the largest popular bounty. JdfigT Many who ‘ cast tfcoiv bread upon the waters’ expect it will return to them after many days—buttered. The Reason Wnr—A great number of Abolitionists would go to the front, only they ‘ can’t see it.’ Qderv. —Is it the proposed elevation of the negro that has raised tho price of wool f Motto for Democrats. —Remember, Re member, the Ist of November.' C7* Tho most Curious thing.— A woman who is not curious. DC7* General Sherman says that to put down rebellion demands a universal draft. KT The gamblers prefers a pair of dice to paradise. The Indiana Meal-Tub Plot. lion. D. W, Voorhem 1 Reply fo General Car rington—The GrncmVs Thievish Prnpensi (ics Exposed—Rr irate Let Icm and Papers Stolen from Mr, Voorhces’ Office, General Henry B. Carrington , Indianapo lis, Indiana: Sir—Your favor of the 10th is at hand, in which I am informed that certain letters be longing to me have been stolen. Y’ou do not directly slate whether you committed the theft yourself, or whether you employed some one else; but. inas*much as you have posses sion of the stolen property, and avow it as if you bad done something to bo proud of, you will of course not object to being considered as the principal in this not of pet'y larceny and lock-picking. There are some titles to distinction which you claim, and which arc not-, I believe, generally conceded to you by the public. No one, however;'will-dispute your right to this.' You take great pains in your communica tion to convo}* a fiise impression in regard to the circumstances under which you examin ed and purloined my private correspondence. In November, 18GJ, I locked my desks, my drawers, and my office in the usual mann.T, and left for Washington city. I did not re turn to Torro. Haute until tho 10th of June 1864. During my absence I authorized the owner j of my property' to rent it and take charge of | my books and papers. Jib rented it some- j time in the spring to a man hy’the name of Muzbv, and, with a mistaken confidence, suf fered everything belonging to me to remain under his control. Here, General, was your easy opportunity. I was nearly a thousand niilcs away, a political enemy hud possession of my desks and drawers, and all you had ; to do was to ply the burglar’s art, prepare falsa keys, pick my lucks, and you a't once had access to my private, cfyilidential corros fondence." embracing a period of seven years, have every reason to'believe that you read it all, letter hy letter. You took your time, and like the furtive, thieving magpie, nar rowly inspected each lino and word, to find if possible, some expression of opinion which your servile political creep holds to be dis loyal. There wore many letters there from' cherished friends who are dead. There wa.s a bundle also from my wife in regard to our domestic affairs. If you have stolon these, also, please return them, as they cun bo of no value except to the owner, f. have heard of generous house-breakers and pickpockets doing as much as that. £ confess to'une very disagreeable sensation in regard to this al fair. It is the thought that the evidence of lung years of friendship and affection should be subjected to the scrutiny ot such an eye as yours. , iou wear the uniform of a brigadier-gen eral. and, I believe you arc a colonel in the regular army. Do you imagine that such an act as rohbinir private drawers, and publDh ing private loiters, will bring hoimr to your rank in the estimation of gentlemen ? Have yon ever read here ami there a scrap of histo ry ? Do you know in whet a light the slimy in former, the eavesdropper, the pitiful spy up on the affairs of domestic and private life, • have always been regarded by honorable men? Did yon ever real the invectives of Curran before the juries of Ireland against just such conduct'u:? yonrs? If you have not, I advise you to do so, and ymi will there see yourself in a mirror us others see you at all tiroes. Titus Oates pretended’tojdiseovcr plots, eonspiva uios and treasons just as you pretend tl at you are doing. He got rich at it, as I presumes you are doing. Ho sacri ficed the lives of many of the best cltizdns of England. You may do the same in this country by your sensational falsehoods and reckless disregard of the public peace. But the parallel may go further. A. healthy re action took place, ami Titus Oaten, the plot lindor of England, stood in the stocks and was pclttd by (ho multitude. His ears were cropped close to his head ; he was whipped at the tail of a curt a dozen times through the streets of London. These acts of ven geance against him were only expressive of the feelings which virtuous mankind every where entertains -toward the wretch who turns nnivers.il witness against his iellow moh —who, in times of great public excite ment and trouble, sc-*k to aggravate the pub lic distress hy pretending to find everybody guilty but hiniM-lf and his own followers; who crawls into bed-rooms who ransacks bu reaus, who picks h.cks and pilfers the pri vate thoughts of Inends. You have-studied this grout English informer as your exam ple ; would yon not do well to study bis fate? Popular delusions do not hist always, and the day is even m.w at hand when your presence among gentlemen will be regarded as the signal to cea-e conversation for fear you will betray It when your presence in a 1 room will cause its occupant to secure every loose letter or paper that may he in sight for fear you‘will steal it; and when your pres eneo in a town will cause everybody to lock their offices or remain in them to guard against your approach. I am told that you have hecii often order ed to the Held to meet the armed enemies of your country; i have formerly oxpvm-scd my surprise that you did not go. You were educated, if I am nut mistaken, at West Point, by the government,and my experience a lining army officers has been that as a class they were men of courage, high breeding and honor. They have generally esteemed their duty to be in the front in time of war. But all general rules are proven by their excep tions, and you are the exception in this in stance. I shall no longer wonder that you remain in Indiana, nor shall I lie surprised if upon an invasion of our State, you are again put ilnder arrest arid relieved of your command. Y’our vocation is certainly not the sword. You should lay it aside as too honorable for you to wear, and in its place, as the emblem of your calling, you should wear a bunch of false keys and a set of bur glar’s tools. Nor should you keep the uni form of the soldier any longer—its place should be supplied hy the usual disguises, fftlse-faces, wigs ami guni clastic shoos, which night-prowlers and house-breakers usually wear. But a word or two, General, in regard to the letters themselves. You lu\va faked a drag’net over many years of my most private correspondence. What did you get after all your baseness and all your labor? The re sult will hardly pay you for the universal de testation which will always clihg to your conduct.: Lot ua see. One of my friends writes mo thabho fttrs our llbcrties will bo destroyed in the lianas of those.who are now in power. Ho predicts that Mr. Lincoln, ai ded by such willing instruments as you will attempt to erect a despotism bn the ruins of the republic. He fears, and hia predictions thus expressed in Juno, 1861, have been ful ly verified. He says a peaceable separation would have been better than this. It is not for you to complain of each a sentiment. I Imre beard you publicly express your great admiration lor Mr. Chase, lie held the same doctrine expressed by Mr. Ristine, aud at a later date than Mr. Ristine’s letter. I refer yon to the speech of General Blair on that point. But the Indianapolis Journal said the same thing, only in stronger terms. So diil the ’Cincinnati Commercial, the New York Tribune, and many other leading Re publican organs. What imnortunco then can you attach to such an expression of opin ion ? But you found an nn old letter from my good old uncle in Virginia. Poor scandal monger ns you arc, I cannot cron permit you much enjoyment in that. I in Harris onburg in June, ISOO. Mr Lincoln was not elected. There was no talk of secession in Virginia. On the contrary, the fooling iu behalf ol the Union was over whelming. Bub there was a deep Irritation yet in the popu lar mind in regard to the John Brown raid which had but recently occurred. I was ser enaded at my, uncle's house, and made a short speech. Alluding to the murderous*, invasion of her soil by John Brown, I stated that such deeds were condemned in the State where I lived, and that If needs be, a hun dred thousand men from Indiana would march to protect the citizens of Virginia against any future abolition ra‘d. In Feb ruary, 1801, when war became imminent, I suppose it looked to Mr. Hardesty as If it would bo an abolition war, and he simply re minded me of what 1 said on Ins door steps to the citizens of Harris nhurg. Jb you think the publication of this bit of stolon m formation will materially afreet ihe result of t.'ie Presidential election?- Little minds catch at little things. But you found a letter from Senator Wall, of New Jersey, enclosing one to him from a gentleman bj’lhe name of Carr, on the sub ject of guns. This seems to he the desper ate point. I know nothing of Mr. Carr.- I never answered this letter. lam not •'‘hach of a trader, and such matters as this! rarely find time t A attend to. But on this point X do not nloan to he miMinderstnn-1. I fully endorse the constitutional right of the people to bear arms for their self-dcfeinc. The val ue of this right is greatly enhanced when one political party is armed by the adminis tration, at the common expense, to uvorawo the other. You, of course, will not deny that the Republican party has been armed with Government arms for nearly’ two years. It is true that thi} organization is known us tha “ Homo Guard," but guns are distributed by Government officials to their political adhe rents who do nut protend to belong to any military organization whatever. And whoa companies have been formed according to law and asked for arms, they have been re fused because they were Democrats. Why is all tliis? From the conduct of many of these so-called “ Hoine Guards/’ and tho conduct of such officers as you, the Demo cratic party lias been led to.the firm belief that these warlike preparations havo moro reference to carrying elections and subduing the freedom of speech and of Opinion iu tho North, than they have to the suppression of armed rebellion in the iSuulh. They havo paraded in front of my house, in my absence, and with United States muskets in their hands, in largo numbers insulted and terri fied my wife and children. These were sim ply members of tho Republican party, and the guns which they carried had been given to them by Governor Mortbn by your advice, I presume, aud consent. What has occurred to mo has occurred to thousands of others.— Do you suppose that you can arm our neigh bors to outrage and insult us without any disastrous result ? Do you think we will lick the hand that strikes us? Do you imagine that the Democratic party will submit to bo trampled and spit upon? "We have borno much, very much, and perhaps you think wo will bear all, and everything. Lf you do, al low mo for the sake of peace and welfare of the State, to assure* you of your error. Wo will obey the laws of the laud. Wo have al ways done so, but we have made up our minds that others shall do the same. That is a fair proposition, and those who are un willing to embrace it can take the conse quences, Democrats have nil die rights which Republicans have, and among those which they share in common is the right to bear arms for their defense and protection. Now General, but a few words more and I will leave you to the uninterrupted enjoy ment of tho glory which you have achieved in this miserable affair. There is one letter of mine in yum* possession which you did not steal, and which I am willing you should publish. You will remember an interview about a year ago between ua at the Terre Haute House, in the presence of Judge Key. You hud opened your oars to tale-bearers, and you came down from Indianapolis in great excitement to quell the terrible out break which you imagined was about to take place in this district. You wanted to.go to Sullivan county, and, at yelir request; f . £'.ivo you a note in the shape of a, pass, shUirtg that tho hearer was General L’an-ingten, and ask ing for him respectful treatment. You did not need any such protection from me, but you thought you did, and showed it. to my friends for that purpose in the town of Sulli van. Yon seem to bo of lato in a similar panic, anil under a similar delusion. There is re ally, however, no danger of disturbance muon”; the people except such as your own fully and wickedness may create. You do not need a pass to travel through hero unless it might bo that the people should fear that you came to ransack their drawers or some thing ot that kind; In conclusion, permit mo In all k'ndncsa; to surest that, If you could persuade your self to mind your own business, make a great deal Jes* fuss about nothing, trust the hones ty and intelligence of the people somewhat, keep ymir hands iiway from what is nofcyouc own, speak the truth, give up the trade of common informer, and abandon all idea that you can scare.anybody, everything will go well, and pence and goed order will every where prevail. If you cannot do these tilings, however, which I suspect Is beyond your power, then by all means seek some other field of labor, and let ii gentleman and a man of honor take your place; It is perhaps proper for me to,say, by way of apology for thin letter, that I have writ ten it more to meet the interests of the pul> lie than from any regard whioh I have for your good or bad opinion concerning me or my friends. Your conduct has placed you beyond the notice of gentlemen. lam en gaged in no plots or conspiracies, and never have been. What I have done Has been in the open day—what I shall .do in the future will be done in the same manner. But it 5a of small moment to me what you think oti that subject. It is out of respect to a very different class of men that I have thus taked notice of your larceny of my property, and your assault upon my character. Your obedient servant, D. W. VboBBBIB. Texas Haem, A 1 *t 23d, ISM. m u.
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