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Job-Printing —Such' os Hand-bills, Posting-bill* ■fcoaphlot*, Blanks, Labels, &c. Ac., executed with ■acaracy and at the shortcut notice. cam fSorM. COD SAVE (CRKOBLE LAND." God save our noblo land, * From. Treason's txro-odgod brand-* HraWn to dtfrour I -From fierce ftoijoTti'dfi's'rago, on history's . God save our By Uis high power. From equal woe of.last, That treads into the .dust Our leaguo : of State ; That, ruling, breaks the law, And, fighting, blackens war; 'God save us from its maw Insatiate ! ' 0 ! God, we're wroth to feel The rasp of Faction's heel, On Freedom's nook! Nor shudder less to know How those we trusted so,. To ihwart, with right, the foe. Our fond hopes wreck I Save, then, our. fathers' God I The land our fathers trod With trust in thee ; Thou gavost them a chief, ; 0 ! send as, too, relief, the reign bo brief, Of Tyranny, Our fathers’ George w&s-tbino-; ln biin Tby light did shine— On Freedom's Flag;' Tboir sons, two Georges trust, ■O! make-them strong and just, And lot-them to the dust All Ytotibifs drfeg l -iVfW York ‘Wot lit. MMlßtnm. IFE L\ THU COUNTRY, OR THE EXPERIfefiJE OF MR. AN6 HRS. SPARROWORASS. . It ia n, good thing to iivo in the country.— in escape frorft the prison \vall9 of the metrop >hs—the great brickerj we call * tho city'— i?e amid the blossoms -hnd lekVfes in shadow iml aunshiaeHn moonlight and starlight, in am > mist, dew, hoar frost and'drooght, dut n HlO open campaign, and under the blue lome that is .bounded by the horizon only.— t is a good tiling to have a well with drip ing buckets,' a porch, honey, buds find sweet iells, a hive embroidered with nimble "Bees, a mn dml moßsodover, ivy up the coves curtains funnily,*a Iftlmblerof fresh flowers in yoiir led-rocm, a rooster on the roof, and a dog un-. “9r the pintka. When Mrs. Sparrowgrnss and I moved into he country, with our heads full of fresh.hut- ■ errand cool, cnep radishes for tea, with ideas intiroly lucid with respect to milk, find adocse !esB of caloulntion as to the number in fami take a good laying lion to supply nth fresh eggs evbrf morning; when Mrs. iparrowgrass and I moved into the country, te found some preconceived n'Ctimts had to it abandoned, and some made from ka plans we had laid ddwn in the little buck *tlor in Avenue G. . One of the first nohievnfents in th'C country 1 early rising, with the lark—with the sun -while the de‘W ts On the grilse, ‘lander the Pen eyelids of the ihorn.' &o. What can bo “no with five or six o’clock in the town f— 'hat can.be done with those hours in the wintry? With the hoe. the rake,the dibble, ho spade, the watering pot I I’o plant, prune, all, transplant; graft, train and sprinkle I— "fa. 0. and I agreed to riae oarly in the ooun ■h ...... ' ■ A friend fe’finYflmended mo to Send for siWie er y prolific potatoes, the real hippopotamus toed, Down went ray man, and virtmt with tpense of horse hire, tavern bills, toll gate, hd breaking a wagon, the hippuptarai cost ’much apiece as’pins apples.. They were 00 potatoes, though, with comely features, id large languishing that promised in 'oaee of family withodt delays : As I work j my own garden j[for ’tvhioh-l hired a fand *P* gardener at two dollalS per day to give 9 instructions) I concluded that my first er oufenoe in early rising should be the plan “Ssfif. the hippopotamuses. 1 accordingly 5° ’efrrly the next morning at five, find it medl 1 rose the next day at five and it ‘■uedl It rained for two weeks? We hod “JSjftd potatoes every day for dinner. My dear,’ said 1 to Mrs. Sparrowgrnss, huero did you get thdso fine potatoes •?’— "Wi Ba id she innocently, • out of that bris e‘from Long Island.’ the last of the hippotomusps were b'efore 9. peeled _ and boiled; and finished, and ha: eu.and With A.nice thin broWn'crust bn'the P- I was mtfro successful afterwords.-. I S fl ot some fine seed potatoes in the ground, haomething waa the matter; attbeindaf Peeason I did riot get os rifany aa l put in. if ' ?P ar f°wgraSa, who wap a noted bouse »Vn. dS.rbe orth day; ’Now my dear,’ 1 bays soon plenty of eggs, for I have e buying a lot of, yoking chickens.’ they were, each onb.with as many feathers . » grasshopper, and. ft a'chirp nutlouder. course; wi looked forward with pleasant to tbh period When the first bffckle ulq announce the riillk white eggs, warmly P°“! ,e d in the hay, which we had provided "‘‘fully. They grew finely, and one day i„ f ntur ed to remark that our hens had re-' lied? • v' °°niba, to which Mrs. 8. re j,*. Ees, indeed, she had!observed thift; St ] *. Wanted it real treat, I might to get up ■ft ln the morning and hear them crow.’ ben °*’ . * a 'd‘l faintly, ‘oflr hens orowingl a,:* 0 09 well give.up' the' hope's of itK iS an ? t *SS s ‘,’ , difid I; ‘ for assure as you lad ■’ u?,ir *w all roosters P— ltd were, all roosters; they grew up "gbit wub the' neighboT’i ohiojten. uu- mams,NlN•m• I til there was not it whole pair of them on ei ther side of the.fanfce. , d T °K ia a G ood thingto hayp in the 'cohn-, try._ I hare one which 1, raised from a pun. • Ue is a good, stout fellow, and a hearty boi r : ker and feeder. The man of whom J bought him said he was a thorough bred, but ho be gins to have the mongrel look about him lie is a good watoh dog though, for the'mo “s Be os any suspicious looking person aPdfit the premises, he comes right into the kUdfsn;,apd gets behind the store. First we kept hfm in -(be hopes, and ho soratoh.d .nll night to get but. Then we turned him out. and he soratehtjd pll night to get in. Then wo tied him upht the buck of the garden, and he howled so that,.our .neighbor shot at him’ before daybreak. Fluidly, we gave him away, and he came back; and now tie is just recov ering from a'fit, in which hVliba torn np the patch that had been sown for dhr spring ra dishes. s A good, strong gate is a for your garden. A good, strong, lieirty.'gato, with a disolated hinge, so that it will jieither ; PPonnor slim. Such a one had I grenade before my fence are in common, •*'W.'hil the neighbors’,cows pasture there, remarked to Mrs. S., as I stood at.the wi ndoi in auho'lnst, how placid and picturesque tlia oirttle'liiilKed ns they strolled about cropping the greeh faCrhugs. Next morning I found the ioniioehtjorouturea in my garden. The corn in the iriflk, the bean on the poles, the young cabbaged,“‘tlliT tender lettuce, even the thriving shoofs’on % young trees, hnd van ished. And there they'were, looking quietly at the destruction ftjoy 'had made. Our watchdog was forogathorfirl; with them. It was too much, so 1 got 'q Ihrge stick and drove them all out, except, a. ydiing heifer, which I chased all over thellqweVlieds, brea king down my trellhtes, ‘iiiyj roses end petu nias, on til I cornered hbr dn 'q’hot bed, I had,to extricate her froilrthe. sAsh.os. and her owner sued me for darn dni recovered.— T believe I.shall mute in toWfv Words for Poor Boji. When 1 was a boy of twelve years, twas working for. twenty-five cents a week, .with an old lady, and fwill tejl you I had my hands full; but I did iny work faithfully, 1 used to out wood, fetch water, make fires, and scrub and sonar of mornings, for the old la dy, before the real work of tho ; day commenc ed. My clothes were bad, and 1 had no means of buying shoes, so I was often bare footed. One morning I got through mV work early, and the old lady, who thought I had. not done it. or especially ili-humnred'lheriV was displeased, sculded me, and said I was idle and had not worked. I said I had ; she ; called mo 1 a liar.’ 1 felt my spirit rise in . digiihntly against this, and standing erect I told dier that she should never have tho chaiide'bf'npplying thisword to mo again.— X walked Out iif ! th‘e hdhao to i l b-enter it no more. X had not a cent in ihV.pilbkiit'when' I stepped into the world what’do you think T did then, boys ? I met a cou'ntrVfnan; with a team, I met hjm boldly and honestly,, and offered to drive, tho leader if he 'wifiild' hnty take hie on. fte looted -at ‘hie ?h ‘sur prise, hut he.said he did not ! ffiTht I’d ho of any use to him. ‘Ob, yes, I will,’ said I; ‘1 din rub down and watch .you'r horses, arid do many things for you if,you will only let ine;,try A tie no lefager objected. I got on the liorte’a h&ok. It Was iin.rd’trh'velliog, for the road's wo oulild only gee along at a day. This whs,, point; X : went ahead after th^^^^keyaMpir.' sturdy, capacity God has on you—hnV®‘darned me through the."world successfully. Don’t be down-hearted at being,poor, or having no friends. Try and try again. Tou can cut your way, if you live so as to please ■ God. I know it’s a hard time for some of: you. You often ore hungry, or wet with raiii tfr snow, and it seems dreary in the city, •to bave no one to care fur you. But trust in' Christ and He Will be your friend. Keep of good heart and bo determined to make your own way honestly fend truly through the. world. As I said! fddl for you; bepauHe'WX.. have gone through il All". 1 know what it is, God bless you. SuiLt Annoyances.— lt has bdfin Vfiid by a cynio'hl Writer that the first feeling, a man experiences on hearing ,of the misfortunes of another is a pleasurable one, Vta is glad that he htinself was not Ibb sufferer. Be this as it Imay, it is knotty certain that the suspi-' cion—would it he too much to say the hope ? ; that qn'r neighbors are not exempt from “eat ing djjjgq;”efiViblo ■tfij to hear, our own little troubles .with more oqiifinirftity than if we borrowed sofftS-. It is a sad thing to be mor bidly irritable,Jbr this is an irritating world, end rae man who Is thin-skinned is sure to 1 have tils moral epjdenriis robbed down with sand-paper efcetjr hour in the day. • The mo ment society finds obit that a pnrtrdnlur indi vidual iti Sensitive and 'easily Annoyed, it be gins to bait him, jiiit de pester a staggering drifinUiVrd in tlid Streets. If he has an especially sore spot, that can not be jtbfaded without oAribmg him exquisite pain, bis acquaintances are sure to find it out and to “touoli h imon the raw’’ as fredrientlV as possible. People who frt't. and fu’m'e bVor every p'e’tty griovanip—who .take hartbleas jokes oS- insults, Snd nre'-fcont'imialjy gsoaning and worrying over fancied wrongs ortri-- fling ’disappointments,—are gfeat hursanoos. Th ere is but one Snr'e for tbeSi IhAt ,we know of, and that is A 're'M ‘6alamiVy. We onci knew a chronic grutablor who Was ontiriiy cored by a compound fracture ( of the thigh. It is .piisbilile. on the other hand, to be too “goo'd-riatured.” Ilnur very acquiescent “Oh, yes—certainly” sfirt of people often agree to mnbli that it is tiieir duty to oppose.' A temper that is neither bmciiy enough tp be disturhed by a trivial cause, nor so yioid ipg as te be incapable of negation. Is an un speakable blessing. Sleeping with Open Windows. — A letter in the. London Times says: “There can bp no doubt of the beneficial effects to .health of. H (red', ootfihihnioation fit night of the air of the sleeping room with the external air,—. This' seems to be becoming more- andfmnre pressed upon, the minds of the publio. in on position to the oldjnotioribf tlie noxious qual ity of ri’igh’t dif. We rsmember tohove regd' an account O few years baok of the feßtimo ny of a gentleman advanced in years, we bi liovo a clergymen, who attributed his heftltff rtnd prolonged age, entirely to alpopirig in thd robtil with an open window. From my eaiv Heat life I'have, whenever I ppulil, slept wltfi ray bed-room window partnlly open and have always found that early, exercise in the oped' air is the beet of medicines. . - . Eps* A Western edifoi* .offered his devil n dime a week, or a sh'aVe in the, pab'er the cute ycdng chap ixnheiiuitingiy look the dime: ' c ■ v - Always be ft. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10,1864, SECOND CHAPTER IN THIE SE CRET HISTORY OP THE WAR. ANOTHER LETTER•. PROM GEN JUDGE KELLEJ.' ASTOUNDING DISCLOSURES. The President,mid ‘Secretary bf WStr Seriously implicated. JWee Millions of Dollars Expended for Mon- Hors ilia.l Would not JPloat, 'K&k'b THE CONVINCING PROOF. I nr r, ' 1804. I Mtj mar vir;:l onco w,ent hunting, and ; bred ata misohitmiUß, chattering chininunok, I f,. f " un d when tho liad'cloiired away,' ■I that the ohipmunolt although badly wounded i made a great pretence that h 9 was riot Hurt ,at all. But, strange to saj. wlien firingat the ,Jpss,er game, I had hit a foz.nnd that fuk, one otathe moat cunning, destructive animals that I had evpr infested the neighborhood. Would J you bqleivo it, I never stopped to listen to the I cbipniunck, liht loaded again for the fok. I I Jridge,-fho-tnorah-TCithout^wordt or an act on toy part todustify it. you attack ed me, and J responded'; •Although winged you declared yDBLICAN (official) . ? lle oopporho’ad'prcsi? of the country are , giving 'circulation to a letter, addressed by 10 H°ri.,Wm,l). Kelley, of' . . 1B w ,|" ofl fho puthpr, speaking of Qeneral McClellan, makes the following .■ etatemeul: ° ■ i *? rn# .*&« objections VbiVib'aitary' ( have only to remind, you that, within eiity days, - « oonficlea.tjml friend of the Prudent was sent 1 to offer him que of the.most Important com mands of the iirmy. But this proposition was • coupled with the mostdhjlihphfiible condition —that Jie should depline.to be a candidate for thef resKlonoy. Geu. M’ClelWreotr'ain ed his indignation, and replipd to the bearer of the message, “Go back to Washington, and Say to the'Preßideufc, for me, that; .when *1 re ceived ray official written orders, fie shall have ray answer.” . We are autfionied to say that thePresldent has no.reeolloction of sending any message or messenger to GeneraUlcGlellaii, or of re ceiving, any from him, at any time since he ffus in the command of the Army of the Po tomac, and certainly none such as mentioned in the published letter of General Naglee— ■ “ the President sent a message in writing : the writing can bo produced j if a messen ger, he -oiinbe named, let either be done if it can. To this tho’assbm bliDg of the Chicago Convention, about, the ! mi ddle of August, the President sent one of ; hiastjd aqdjconfidential' friends to propose to • General McO'ellan, tliat if,ho would decline ; to bo a canqUlato for tfie Presidency before ~ the Chicago ..Convention,‘and would consent . to throw the weight of liis Innusnce, with the ; Democratic party, in faynr of the Republican nominee, “ lie should iiiiye an ,y position, oi vil -or military, in the gift yf-the President when re-elected, and that the influence of the next administration should be thrust in his . (McClellan’s) favor for.-the succession. Portin' l me. Judge, hut hold still jb stone iponient |cnger, that! may inform you, that ' prior to this, there -was - a written oofrespon , dence between the son of this confidential old ' friend of the President, pijdV'prominent.Dem oorut, ranking substan.tialfjr. propo sition- Now, in connection vrjth the above, let hie call the attention of your friends to ; thy, following extract, from the published ; .speech of the lion. Montgomery Blai,r, made, : since my letter to you of'the 2fth of Septein- : bsr, was written': ; “On his (Vnlandingham’s) motion, every voice that had been raised to fury against the nomination of. M’Clpllifn'was, silenced, and the vote in his/fayorjiiirtd?'unaDijndaa There*' was.a potent Spell in |iis voloa 'that made , cessation of hostilities,''.“is conycntion-of the I States” pfcbtitsaas and independent and a qitdndaik chief uf the Federal army--! (one whom to the last I believed to be true to ; the cause irTirfiieli his country is embarked,- and, I may add, whom the President held to ~ be patriotic,’and had conoerfed with -General ; Grant to britig again into the field as his ad ’ junct, if be turned his ,back on the proposals ;- of the peace junoto at; Chicago)—to the’ ; last assault pressed,by the Southern conspir ; ators, xjounterianoed by 'foreign Powers, i against the of the eouptry.” , Let us xejoide. Therp dbstime hope for dir ; country,. Sefuu VcjoioVthat. we have found i one honest‘than,'one who Wimfc) not'sell him | self, and 'bptray ‘B(Bcountry a'hd who. amidst the most A outrageous -pamOotmoQ that ever a inflicted upon a.single un- Buppdfltßd, inex.perienoe.d -youp'g officer, had the coflfage to resent aflibgracoful bribe and insult. ~ . ■ You have affirmed imd re-affirmed, that Gen. McClellan had‘no plan, and thgt ’finally abouttheend of February, inyourow'n words, M’Clellaii had exhausted the stock of pa tience; hut that f he.hpd in,,the kindness of ; hie heart to give Gen. M’Clollan a, chance to rede.eiA ihidtatdf, jfrom utiter ridi cule, and had given-him ten days in which to propose a plausible, plati of a campaign. It was then ” you said be bad no plan, and that when seyeral of ttje promised ton days had passed ha. was still without a plan'.” Yon further say, that General Naglee received a communication .frpm ,'a Boraocratio Senator, I Mr. Latham, of California, which let you 1 ,fjen. Naglee) know thalj Gen, M’Clollan,was in'danger' of removal, because he had stipu lated to; subinit'i.pltthp^^ ;iu a certain, nunihe'r 'of days, and would be removed if hedid not, and requested you (Na ples) .to hasten, to .Washington.!' And now, •Judge, listen to.lHe truth, i No doubt, having indulged so freely in fiction, 1 the truth will be a little distant fa I, to you, iidt as a favor to me, listen to it, iiptil I lmva done, affßr which, ns far as I. am concerned, you may. resume your natural inclinations. ■' Pint, theta, for thh ptirp oBo °* falsifying your deolitratump,lead the following: ,i Executive Mansion, ) . Washington, l February 3, 1864. j Uy Vtor Sirt Yea and 1 Bar* diitinoi aßd fMtei. different plans for a movement of the' Army of the Potomac; yours to be done by the Chesapeake, up tbe Rappahannock, to Urba nn, and across land to,the terminus of the railroad on the York river; mine to move di- Manassa * P°* 011 the riilrdad'Boutlivreet of If you will give 'satisfactory answers to the following questions, I shall gladly yield mr plan td yours; J Ist. Poes not your plan involve a greatly larger expenditures of time and Aonc}/ than mine 7 # 2d. Wherein is a victory more certain byi jo* r Pj«n, than mjne f 3 h victory : tkore calti'aife by your pbm than mine ? . - ■ l |?. j ao ?> ?ould it not'be lisa Valuable in this: that it would break no great line of wouldT™^ 8 oi, ““ lUnicitiohs . vrhilo mine Oth. In pose of diWeftr.'wdfcld not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mins f Yours truly, iv l . j, , Aima&au Lincoln. Major General M’Clellan. . And for the farther refutation ami falsifi cation of what you hive said, I hereby assert what I know h) he true.y‘During the month of January 1862. Gen H’C.lollan had been jll. xhe rre'B,i(,ldnt bsoftmo very reßtive under, the outside bressufe.w’liicli j en „ L , through tfoßepubliean press, that tbe nir my should “on to lliohmoiid,’’ and was about to consent to some ihoyement proposed a£ni Dowe “- On hearing this, Gen. m Uellan arose from his sick bed and pro ceeded to. the Presidential mansion, there to join the President and his Cabinet, who had been assembled to meet him. He was asked by the President "to give his plan of cam paign. Ho hesitated for a moment, during' whicli he reniembered that -h.il information furp'slied.to th.VGfebihdtfjJifbdlts feb to’the conßden.tial frjijhds,, of yiime (if them; and thence by the multitude of spies that infested the War and other Departments It was forth with communicated to the enemy, and he replied that he would do so if the President ordered it, bui as the President must know how immediately such information was transmitted to the enemy, he, M’Olelliin pre ferred not to ipake known his plan, of cara- P"E“. to the 'Cabinet unless tlio X’recidont .should order it, and the President declined to make the order. i sj ri C.liase remarked, to, one present, {fat it. Map persists in thhsrefheing information, he is a ruinedinhn. , . These oircumsianbOg occurred in January and on-Pebrimfy ( 3d. Do you still intend to reaffirm ■ MX/lollan had no plan, until the Democratic Seriat&e, Mr. 'Latham and Mr. ? lce » f>figaaief,'froim tbe'column of Joseph Hooker, concocted one, and packed a council of wait p i approve of itj" on the 3d of March thereafter. Now, Judge, you will eavo yourself and friends much confusion, which you have caused them in following you, if you would read the orders and letters, that hiwo been published upon all of these military subjects, and which ail,bo found in your favorite 1 work.of the report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War, or in Gen. M’Clel'lan’s is.not so groat a favorite with ’■ y° u - > You evince, again the most extraordl-' confusion when you assert that the President gave him ten days to find a plan, and coo-- found tho prders I hhvo referred to with the following order of the President: “ Executive Mansion, 1 . , Washxnoton, March 8. 1862. ] “ President’s General War Order, No 8 l * * - » * * ’ j “ That any movement ns aforesaid, on'route I for a new base of Operations, which may be j ordered 1 by the Commandor-itvchief, 'and which may be intended to move, upon Chesapeake Bay, Shall beg n to move upon tho bay as early as the 18th of March, inst., and tho General-in-Chief shall.be responsible that it moves as early as ‘that day.’’ 't. thbmiis, ikdJufant'Ge'herah liINCOLK ' In which yon,will observe, he djd nbt or der General M’Olellan to proddeo a plan within ton days, as you assort, but that his movement should commence within ten days. After such documentary proofs 1 , under the hands of the President himself, it will not do for you to attempt to sustain yourself by an imaginary conversation with “ well-known individuals.” if ever a of Veracity comes : up between you and myself, alo'ne must’ settle it, and you must not attempt ,to shuffle' off your responsibility, and place it upon oth ers. This may have been your practioa heretofore, and you may have so acted with imp£*fiiy, tyut rest assured it .will not be per mitted by me. zuu refer to some great sur-’ prise that .General M'Clellan ,proposed to’ mnke on the‘rebel line at Brentsvillo, and you make doubt to your satjrpfaotion, tlmj the success of th<| surprise depended entirely upon a certain bridge to be construct ed of canal vOSts, that wore to have been ‘ passed into the Potomac ‘near Harper’s Fer ry, and, that it was 'found, whop the move >' inent Was about .to he made, tlm’S the outlet I look: yep too narrow for tfpj 'hunts. Wow, this surprise of Brenteville may be entirely ulear to you and Senators Wade and jphn enn, but to myself and tCipyinilitary friends, we cannot understand hoy the rebels in the direction of Brentsville could liaye been sur prised by any movement in.tho direction in dicated by you ; but 1 suppose tfiat that is not important with yon', your, real object be ing only to relate the story, of, that obstinate . canal boat. that bad passed through all of the other locks upon the canal, but refused, in the face of the enemy, to pass tho ont-let leek. Did it over occur to you that on empty oabal boat, in the hands of thousands of ihen, could be transferred doyn hill, from the ca nal to tho riyer, with bat little difficulty, and that there might have been Soihe other reason than 1 the one assigned by you i But, admit ting all that you claim, did it never oobnr to you that it is not expected that the entire de lsl*!' attending the movement of a largo array, is to, bo superintended by the Commands* thereof in person 7 I will even grant-you that in. theory you are right, and that General M’Olellan should not have. had officers attached to hie staff, who negfeoted to .use every precaution to prevent .failure. Sift be Charitable--mon’t fail to remember tbe awful ''disappointment I when that pontoon train failed to appear up- j on tho Rappahannock, and When the vials of wrath were ppnred, not.upon the head of the 1 favorite of your, party, General Burnside! hut upon.those of Generals Halleok, Meigs, and Woodbury, and again bo charitable, and do not fa.if.to reniemher how,carefully, you have Becrtted that more terrible blunder than ever occurred in the annals of. this or buy other Wiir, by which wo hayh not lossthah three monitors, Constructed, at on enpense of oyer twelve millions dt dollars, and which, by the nice calculations of the naval engi neers brought in 1 after oho. of them was Munched it vr&e determined ft»l with tfaeUr iIUURG-Tl v-t. I nrmamairt. they would float just five inches under wijler. Now, Judge, who is respond **!B £°. r , “ lla f . Again be charitable. But do romomlj er that the President and . Joe Hooker," carefully conceal inp their.plans.oven from the Commander-in yhief 'Secrejary of War to that ex- j tent tlmt.iyhilat ..the battle was'gding on at Chancelldrsvilljr, 1 wda.ihfdrmcdditeotly, by j 1 8 1 nuthor ity In ‘the 'premises, “ that neither General liullcokhpr the Secretary of ; v of what WaVgoing on than all, Of the requisitions made during the preparations for the move ment, ifaetead of going through the ordinary channels were ordered .directly by the Presi dent ; and do you hot know {hat, to the pre sent hour, the oouptry. w’as never informed tnat, on that occasion, Hooker abd the Presi dent fought the best Hrthy that was ever get - together, numbering no. lea's than one bun- ' dred and eirty-Cvo thousand men, against General Leo, with an army ,of fifty-seven thousand—loitt, thirty-five thrtnstpd men— were completely refuted, And to such an ex tent that, as I said before, but for the Provi asntial of Stonewall Jackson, our tnv would hjiye, Ijaeh annihilated? Wbv have you not told the country thin, instiiad of tlio more pitiful story, that “ the 11th Army Gorps gayo way in confusion." why did jotydur Committeo bh the Con-_ | duct of the War exhaust a few of those five hundred days, and a portion of those seven teen hundred pages, especially devoted to Uen. M Gldntin, upon the miliatary snoeesses ( ot that great lijader, Gen. Butler, before Pe tersburg, wliOrp six thousand of his men were marolmd prisoners into Kiohmcnd—almost Without his knowledge—he and Mr. Stanton .coolly assuring the country that there had .l>peii n, great fog, and that it came before brptikfast? .rl'f"™ 1 ■save your friend, Mr. Stanton, I will instance another evidence of his treaob cry to Qen. McClellan. All know of thedie- l asters caused by the interference of the Pre sident, and Mr. Stanton with the Army of the Potomac. It was necessary to have a victim and Gen. M Clellan .was selected andhemoved. A short time afterwards, Pope being .placed in command, failed Most disastrously, and .Washington was again ..threatened. The President and his Cabinet w'df'o alarmed to that extent that a steamier was prepared anil ready to assist in their escape. With earnest entreaty and sbpplication, MlClellan was so licited to assume command and save them and Washington. He. consented—ignoring the, Sohcitatious of hjs friends, who desired that he shduld first moist upbn the removal of Mr. otanton, which lie utterly 'refused, replying bhy personal con siderations to mfluenoo his conduct when the capital was in such,imminent danger. lie then -accomplished the greatest military suc cess of the.war. ,He. re-organized tho demo ralized army of, Pope whilst on,‘the march, li,cFfi n . the glorious victory of Antietam. "J blellan S star was, again in tho ascendent. Mr. Stanton begged forgiveness for the past, and promised his devoted friendship for the future. ~ , r Again, Gen. M’Cicllan’s trusting nature prevailed over the advice of .his,friends, and the treacherous, conduct of Mr. Stanton was forgiven by General M’Clellan', only to bo i$ ll ?. mora w i°bsdly betrayed than ever. Washington was no sooner relieved, and the Fremcjent aod his Cabinet safe, thim by the influence of Hr. Stanton, General M’eiellan was agaip. removed from the command of tho Army pf the Potomac, when upon the verge ot battle,, and wdered.into, retirement. . ; You call tip the‘ghosts of the departed tol diers. Be, assured, Gen. M’Clellun’s sleep will qot bo disturbed by them ; but what must be the broken slumbers of those who are responsible for the feps of thousands lost by Pope.'jjnd Burnside, and Hooker, in at- 1 tempting to carry cut what the President oalied his‘‘plan ;”and the hhndrod and fifty thousand list ssnfee the 4th of May, south of the Rapidan ; and what must be the dreams of the President, who eohld,Amidst the groans of the dying, that lay , upon,‘the gory field of A.ntietani, call for the singing of a ribald sea r I in times like want soma offier thua the wet\k and vacillating President who assured Mr. Crittenden and the patriots that accompanied him from Kentucky, that thov might go pome.and inform their friends that he would not violate their rights and interests by any (‘proclamation/of emancipation. Be-: fore tteae assurances pc/uld ho transmitted to the people qf Kentucky, ti\o had been broken, and Just such a proclamation, vi olating all these, pledges, was issued. ; If any state has done nobly, and earned ' distinction for pure patriotism under the moat! trying, dreadful of this war, in, which k whofb people havb sfcen despoiled,* families embittered against families, and members of the same family against each oth er to that.ektont that harmony can never a gftiji prevail, it is the State of Kentucky; and if there yas any one State that should have had influence, with the administration, it was that State. ( But her yojpe anjidsttliedih and blood of battle, has never teen heard; or, if beard for the moipent, it was soon lost under the influence of Magi-mchusetts, aided by the demon of radical t w|io out ex- and in the same breath pro claimed a higher law than the Constitution’, which tuey only denounce as a covenant witn 1 hell. i Hi© , people of thq South are members of the namq national family with us ; tliey must be brought back by continued force, if they will not come back by consent, But we must respect their rights, whatever they are. There is no more power in, the President of of the United Srqtcto to control whatever nght of property there may remain to them in ,tha elayo on the day on which theV lay dowo thoiqMtpig, than there is in the sheriff to insist tlmrthe poor culprit', who baa viola ted the law in the most outrageous manner, slrdll be deprived of his food'or his clothing, prior to his: execution. Thai military author ity of the President during the existence of the war, can apply only to personal property in JtbS taotciil possession of the army, 1 and all military authority ceafiOß the moment peace is restored, and tfM Only authority that can be ©zeroised over the bsme frorp the moment hostilities cease" is lotted in the Constitutions and' laws of the States, pad the United States, whose mandates he. by the Constitution, ie bound bydiis oath to obey. , ■ Very respectfully, JSa., • . HENEY M. NAGEEEL Hon. Wu. D. Ksllev, Philadelphia. ' . O” Some elderly gentleman will please inform the public whether thopsln is greater’ when a man. cuts his toelit, or wlionliia teeth out him 1 And whether it is more djsagreer able to have no appetite for one's dinner or no dinner for one’s appetite T V3~ A recent African traveller says’: "A‘ cannibal is not npoessarUy ferocious. He oats his fellow creature*, not hedausa Hs hatss them, but bwatiw bs lows thstd.” MAJOR-GEN’L WCLELLAM Georgs Brmtori McClellan was born in the OUjr of Brotherly Hove, in the year 1826. lie is consequently yoata of ago —m. the full prime and vigor of nianhood.— lie received a capital education; and entered the University of Pennsylvania in order i 6 complete his studies. -la 1942, M'Clelian because, ia. cadet at and .•graduated in 1840 with. ..marked honors. During his stay there he was beloved by his classmates ana respected by ms Professors, who all predicted fpr hi& . ,a glomus career. He showed special apti- J, ?/ 0? e W ncer ‘hg, and was appointed id f j ,“ ch °C service, when he gradud -•, * tbo other distinguished officeri who graduated at the efcuie time, M'Clelldi otood proremln'out,,. • , ■ • xi *?4r, M’CloLan joined General Scotfc ip Mexico, thus stepping at once from tbo Academy to the battle-field. Ho distinguished himself as greatly in fighting as ho had fti fcia studies. General' Scott tool? special‘tip* 1 ties of him, and twice brevetted him on tfijo j field. At the close of the war, he was seftt I e ,JPiP r ® the Ked River country; and fus celebrated report, detailing the manned ija which he performed this dangerous duty, is well y QtJr rCflderaVperfltmh TTH* 1853, ho was assigned to duty 6q tho staff of General Porsifer P. 'Smith, and, no oompamed him upon tho Takan.explpratiijfe. To knofr Kl’Clellan fn to trust him., Ilia . ability and lu'o, integrity are self-evident.— We are not surprised to find, therefore, 'that the Government intrusted him with an im portant ihisaion to tlio West Indies, in 1&54. So well did bo acquit himself, of this secret service, that tho Government dispatched him to, the to watch the progress of the | war and report upon it fully. ThisAe did * Epbim.o which has become historical.- i -®y*k,wao that time a captain of *ckv* *r r^ r "7’ a ran * almost eqniVolont to> colonel • Of infantry—but at the Crithoa be learned to be a general, and be is now. by all odd*, tho best educated soldier in the country. Seeing, no signs, of 'firoßabilily of its tive service, M’Clellan resigned hia commie* sioninlSST. Ee.di(l Dot. wisb to eat (ho | broad of idleness, and pb to wbrlc to earn bis own money instead of depending upon the Government, which did not then re quire soldiers. £ n 1858, he became Vico-Prosideht.pf tho Illinois .'Central/Railroad ; and in iB6O, ho was President Of the Chid & Mississippi Road. In thog.a.positianß his splendid ad- was conspicuous, He was the same M/CJollap/that afterward, reorgan- ’ isea our greatest and be managed h** railroads with the jskUl And pow er, When he Ts galled .to administer tho Government of tlie United States/ his genius will be.foUn.d ehual to.fche task. The JSebeflion broke gut in ISfiJ, and M'- Clellan at oneb volunteered, lie considered w lB h o duty patriot and a graduate of West Point., Penußylyaniawaseagerto give him a' command, but Ohio vras beforehand. M’Clollan took the field as Major-General of the Ohio Volunteers. With these trolias he .cleared. Western Virginia of Betlb’ls. By a ferr sharp, decisive battles ha .'completely, used up Jbq 'enbmy. Those vifltorlea, though small compared to the battles of a later peri- ‘ od, wero. grfiqt then. They groused and in spired thb,ns%. ■ Bay after.day, M’Clellan gave ue ( a Victory as. regularly ps .sunrise.— No wonder, j ;then;.tbht he was called to Wash ington,.promoted to be senior Major-Gener al of the Regular Army, and given command of all onr Eastern forces. The Army of the Potomac 'had just been defeated at Bull Run. McClellan took it, all shattered and broken .as it was, and recreated it. Then he., organized a 'ths campaign; giving himeoff the heaviest work. Ho carried his Array to ths jgKtes pf Richmond having captured Vorktown and,/won a dozer battles.. But now the Ad in iiijs (ration began to turn against him. Jthey broke down hi' plans in tho West., They allowed all tb( Rebels to poqeentrate.at'Riohmond. They refused him reinforcements, though he bog f l)r them in the. name of hih sufferin,. country., .They got'op cables against him, in laudoqtofCongreas. jJCboywithheldM'Dow s.dofps.wbmh should, have jqihed and aid ed him. overwhelmed the Union Army. For seven daya,.McClellan fought, and checked them. Tie saved our Army.—* He intrenched at Harrison’s Banding. Then be asked fpr a few more men,t,o (iiakeanotb. er advance from that base; but Lincoln or dered him back to Washington, Arriving at JdcCleUan found that General Pope was fighting-anotber Bull ,Run lie at once p.ent pff all his men to Pope’s assistance, not eyea retaining a body guard. He wished to go. himself; but Bin .coin forbade it,. He bogged to b© allowed to take a musket and fight ,in the ranks as a pri yate, so ,as to he hitmen* but Lincoln forbade it. ,His a;ony wai unspeakable as be heard the cannon of the victorious foe, and knew that hq could have beaten them if the Administration hud npt refused to allow him to-go to the, s froqt. We lost the second Bull Run, as we hjid lost, the .first. Our Ar my run. beaten, into \Vashih£toh. Tho Re bels invaded tlm North, andwero determined to follow up their success by capturing thv capital. JThen Lincoln was once more oblige to send for M’Clellan, and recall him to com • maod. JVrClellun took what was left of the Army; "organized, ,it on thp. march ; met ths Rebels at South Mountain; whipped them; chased thoni to ; whipped them again ; followed thpih abroS& the rotomab, : and saved the nation. It Was at this, time, wh'bh'tfur Army was flushed with v yict6ry, and McClellan wai shrewdly manpouvqrirtg Jo destroy the whole , Rebe] Army, that.theiptriguesof Chase, Stan ton, and other Administration Jacobins once more triumphed. v Suddenly and without warV ning, McClellan- was ordered to leave his Ar my and go.to Trenton, t(ie fact Wfts, that the AdmipistratTon feared that he Was becom ing too popular. The State elqctionshad gone Democratic, and McClellan was a Democrat; that decided his. dismissal.. Since, theh, he has been persistently refused a. coitimand.**- ' But (be people have taken bim up* Thepooi pie have token him qp. The people avA about to give him the oluef command. He has isked'Bothing.' AUhieletteni, speeches, and orations; have shown him to be atrde hearted patriot, wlio thipisonly. ofbia cohn- v try and its welfare. They show, too, that b» statesmanship is equal to tiisgeheralsblp, dhd in both be is almost without a rlvtJ. 31st of August, he wai -nomihated by the National Dcunooratih Convention, at Chicago; fttid on tho.ith of March: next, he wifi belli* uguroted Pr esident of (he United States. . 'O - Julius Caesar: Uanaibslgivihg Pa ss* count of hi* ’ssa voysge, 1 says: l " Alt ■de pikpi passengors wa* nonr heavin’, and atS-if tbaj) v?asn’t,gnough, do captain eavoortlsrS for ds ihipttrhsava toq, and Shs bove Sol" - ■ ■ "i NO 19;