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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.
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