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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 y<iU are. nnp, hurt,, but the 'Pres
ident and Secretary, 1 Hth Informed, are bad
ly hurt, the latter mortalty K The, former so
muon so'that! shall.letyou’flutter until I try
another load. Look on Jaclgd, bequiet, await
.your time; I have ammunition lor both the
lOjs and the chipmundfc. ' ‘. I
■* n i the ./'Vc&y, dSidi Tfwuirir, I
and.i|i all ol the. Republican newspapers of I
the country, I have found the following: I,
BETTER. 1
Ont o f his Statements about President Lincoln
, authoritatively'denied*
■ Ocmber r E A * IONAL ' KEf>DBLICAN (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"
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