Miiiiii MBBSSfeIMn Mm y 1: * ' YOL 5K Poor House Statement JOB A, »; 1864. '{Robert Elliott, Christmas Hartman and Wil liam Wherry, Esqur’s, Diroctora of the Poor and 6f tWHouao of Employment of Ouin- - . ‘ ’borland County, in aoooantwith said. County, from tUo first day of Ja nuary to the thirty-first day’' -of December, A.D. 1804, , inclusive. , ' .. ' DR. ; ■. , Jo‘Cash fromCorrnly'Treasurer, , $16,000 00 Carlisle Deposit Bank, on loan, 500 00 .Jaopb Squior, Esq., money refunded, 15 75 J* Moans for support of G. Laugblin, 00 00 K Wterry " Mrs. Hollar,-' 29 00 J/P/Bte'rlhig 11 Mary Knettlo; ■ 77 20 P. Spahr • ’ u . W. Fields, deo'd. 20 00 Unknown person, u Elir.Brisoo, 50 00 William Ramp, boarding, ! ,-j , . v 600 -J, Bailor, idrd sold, -'V . ~" . ': ; ’-61 24 -J. Mißor and others, igtUgWi Ad., 1 - f •*- vW 47 42 J. Raymohdabd others, stock sold, - > i 1,833, 60 J. BiLoidlg and others; corn, wheat p,nd rye sold,. M ; , Bbroiner others, hay and straw .* sold, Tv. , 'A;-,., : 310 00 C.‘Weaver & Go., old iron, 19 00, William and othev, poultry, -Z'O -50 : T)r6vors, pasture, 49 30. N; Welch and others, deceased paupers, 68 68 \ Eowalt Mink) corD/lofltqimo, d 0.,. ,- /; 40 70 : J, Olendenin, hides, V •• • .• *2-8 81 J. A J. Hosier, coornfodder and pumpkins, : 14 00 William Fridley, bay, old copper, Ae., ■ -3 00 M. Myers,.empty.coffee cans, ■/ ’ : 417 James Durum, small coffin, , 1 76 !j *" Total Dbbittf, r 1 By cash paid Greenfield. & , Sheafer and olhor'p, tot mor ebandize and groceries,.. , $3,487 86 CMrsVSdltsburg a'nd Others; out- ' dor aid, , . . .1,073 26 State Lunatic Asylum,. support ’of paupers, , ■ _ j Baupbin ami Luzerne counties j , , for support of paupers,, •, i -- r 27‘-i5, Beistliao and others/bailor- ine, bata and shoos, D. Sipo and otters, out-door funeral expenses, ' 3)! Smith aud others, justices' . and foes, . , ,128 07 J. Gracoy and others, stock , boof, M. Shroinor, Kirby mow^r, J. Hennenjan, grain faoj , , A. Bosler and .others; bran and grinding, . R; O. Woodw’ard, jd aster, .. wm. M.'Hastings'knid others, labor,on farm, ; r 12P,1l 3\Ym< HVMohulz, eleven months wages, ' - , ,132.,00 J* K. Sniclor, oloi# and teamster, ‘2OOJJQ Dr. W. W. Hale, salary, : . 100 00 i,H. Snyder, Bsq.,,' “ ; ’,, VO3 76 Cornraan, extra sorvioo, 12 00 v Robert Elliott,; : , ,30 K)0; C. Hartman, ‘ • . 000 Jacob.Squior,,tropitttw, salary;,. ,70 00 Win; 3i EBq.j salary,. ‘3O 00 •••* >7-26 Balance due Treasurer at lost settlement, • 1 . ‘ Total credits, . , -dtalance duo Treasurer,, ; i; :U ■ ■JACOB SQOIER, Eb^. 1 , Treasurer -of iho Poo«| Hotiro-and House of Employment of Cumber-; land Coqnty.'in ■ account with the Directors of flaid In,Btilation,'from tlie Ut flay of January to. the dletfloy of December, ji. ; ” . BU,i r • ’ - i Mo Oftsh for County .Treasurer, Deposit Bank, • r •« iiOthOrsoaroes, as exhibited in thQ'-foro v .going :atftlement,-. j-' -1 r. jf, .Hr, i ■. 1 “ /pi;,'-.' •-.> p ■ OR. By cash paid "bn Directors*''Orders/as' above, — iialonco One 3?reaaurer, OPERATIONS OF THE- INSTITUTION . ; ■ -DOBING! THE- YEAR. 1864. ; ST A TMMEXT OP STE WARE AND MATSON. ~ -INMATES. , Nritober of paupors in the House Jan. 1,1864, (28.68wh0m wore colored,) . 1““ Admitted 31flt, 1864, 216 Born in 'tho 1 house, (9 of whom were;sent here ■piegtmut,) , . - . 10 'Whole number provided for dating the year, 365' Nnmborof paupers died, (of whom 4 wore ’ i ' d i'oblbrod,) '- ' ? Bound out,.. . ' • 1 ' ” 1 , a f -'Difloharged and doped, .. ; -■« t • 2241 Huttiber remaining in thehooaoj Jan. - <-! i'(bf wbom’34 aredoldrod,). ; • J rl4l Number of out-door paupers supported atpub- ,;. -: • Jitf' bxpensd, of whom 4 axe in the State ■ -liunatio Aaylum, : •“Whole number chargeable ! on Jan. Ist, 1865* 205 ’• : (ir«,iaHUQ.Uouio M'pear aaoan be asoer-- ■tapped,'7’Under‘l year of ,ago, 8 .froin lito6, 10 from; s ( to 10 U-from 10,; to. 20/ IB.fsom 20 t 0.50. IQ from 80 to 40, 23 from 40 to 50,18 .from 50 to CO, 24 from 00 to 7 ; 0, 3 .from 70 ip 80, & from 80 to Uoj and .2 from ,90 t 0.3 00, In addition >to the above, travoling paupois have,boon regular orders, to Whom were given 3,010;meal?, and many of thorn, were furnished with articles’‘Of clothing. . ■ ' V . Proceeds'of Farm; . , ! , > l,6eb bushols wheat; .fifrbushole rye; 1,800 bus • *oats} .1,600 busholsishoiled.ooin j 200 bushels-,poV, tateea; j,83 loads :bay; .82 loads fodder; pumpkins; 31 bushels onions; 10 bushels red beats; lO buehelfl igroen boans \ 6 busbols peas; 20 bush els tomatoes , 80 busbols parsnips., ,5-bushelfl tur nips; B,QOO beads cabbage j 500 bubumborpiokols 8 bushelS dried apples; 2 bushels dried cherries frJmsllolß dried jfamohosl7B dozen eggs (given to paup'ors,) j.lOl applelratter; 140 corn brooms Wore tßftdo, / ? v 2O / pot’dhoB of stono walli wore built; and ofibutterm'&'do.; i. 1 42 pairs cloth mittens ; 65 pnirs knU socks; 52 pairs (ipekings, footed j. 27 pairs- sock's footed; ft, bonnets; 25 caps; 43 sacks;’ 122aprons'; 12 com forts;, 109 chemises; 163 shirts; 83 j¥ocks; 25 pillow slips; 6 pillow eases; 4 bolsters;' 10 chaff Bods; 65 shoots, 67 handkerchiefs hemmed, 19 obildronls frocks; !) children’s skirts; 35 suspen ders; 15 skirts; 4 lablo^lolhs; 20 shrouds; 30 yards rag carpet;,2o2 pounds hard soap; and 85 barrels.soft soap. 10 !. largo doughlry ; a lot of double and single^trees; and 30 hammer handles. • 28 booyo<( (avorago weight ilOiSlSdbs;,) 11,406 lbs; 31 calves',:(oivoragii weight 67,411 lb»„) 738 lbs-, 86 hflgo, (average weight 194,11-13 lia.,) 7,006 lbs; making id all 10,190 IVii. 1 ' ■ • Stock'oii'i’arrii JdrtV 1865/' '’ " 6 males and 1 horse; 21 inilch cows'; 16 bead stock OBttib; <3O ;steors7 1 joke oxoa; J) .soift and 140 sheets. - . - ,r, 008 33 iu ,Utensils on'Farm Jan: i, 1885. 2- broad ifiDd i narrow wheeled 1 stone wagon ;, 1 pair of wbbd-laddors 5 S pair hay lad ders, v.lwhgqa hod; 8 Jaqk ecrows ; 1 can and cart-goars ,*> 1 spring wagon j 1 largo alod- ; 5 plows; 2,single:and 6 doable shovel plows,• 2 largo and AsmallbnUivators; 3, grain* drill ; ‘l throshipg machine ? horse- power and' belt 5 1 windmiir,* -tt fodder Gutter ; 0 ' tfh’eolbarrbws ;2 log chains ; Sigo'tta.'wagon 'gears;.B Bottsof'plow gears ',; 2- .fifth' »andi 1 carrying\ chain ; spreads; single and double trees ; 7 flynolsj 1 wagon saddle; 10 halters and chains., ,46 no w ( chains j 1 act cappoa-' tbr'tools J ; _ 1-fiot of blacksmiths tools ; ’8 grain ora-: dies’; 18 inow'ingsCy thefl; 1 wirohorso take; 4 picks;! twymdttbeV; 3 crow-bars ; 3 stouo drills; 12 : shov-, ole; I • grain reaper ; 1' Curby mower ; and a variety of. stonohamn/orB; quarrying tools ; spades; forks; rakes• sickles ;corn • boos•; wood saws; .axes,• mauls,.wodges and orout knife,Ac., Ao. ' HENRY SNYDER, Steward 'ELIZABETH SNYDER, $14,238 06 584 '59 Wo* life Directors of the Poor and House of Em ploymentrof Cumberland,County, do certify the* above and forgoing to : be a "correct statement of the receipts and expenditures of said Institution; from the Ist day of January to the day of December, 1864, and also of the operations of said .Institution'',daring the same period, and of its . condition on January 15t,'1865, according to tbb 1 best of our knowledge. Given under our hands Ibis 13tb day -of Feb ruary, 1866. • ; . r ’ ROBERT ELLIOT, >- • ; • V - CHRISTIAN HARTMAN, V ZHreotar*. "WILLIAM -WHERRY, j 878 69 U8;56 1,307 25 87, 48 3000 2&7, 3? 194. Op • Wo, tlie Auditors of Cumberland ■County, having examined the of the Direct ors of. the Poor and Hoyso of.-Employment Cumberland. ’J. A; HiEBERLTC, J County• 105 25 3?. E. BELTZUOOVEE, ATTOJINJiT AND COtjXSNu.oH AT LAW, 13“50 . 8 ,09 OFFICE; on South Huuover street, Oppo site.Bentz'fl store. < . • By special arrdhgomontwlthtbo Patent Offloo, atteDds to seourmg 'Patent Rights.- Sept, 32, 1364-rly - i;':.':,K'lJFrS:‘'|3.-ISHAVJLEY s ;, 1 ATTORNEY AT LAW. CARLISLE, DA. ' , ' A TTENDS.;, to‘. seeurrag and, collecting -JL Soldier'a Pay, Pensions, Bounties, &c. . on South Hanover street'; opposite hfctz'a store. FobV 13; 1662; 1 I 8 63 13 82 45 00’ ’ 8 08 .■ >n v. J..i»i.; WEAKLEY, ■; "ATl* 0 it N;E V- A T LA. 17 , • ! OFFICE On South 'JSanoyer street,, in the room formerly* occupied by,A. 8./Sharpe. • • Fob. 27,1862-Hm: ' ‘ ' V’. ; SAimiEt nKPBVRK.Ir., ATTOItNEX-AT-RAW. '."V,!' OFFICE with' Judge Hepburn, on Eafil Main Street,’/Carlisle, r. , - ; , Aag. 0,'63—;ly.• • ; A ; . l : rif•i; w: ,ssai A :;i {• ‘ attorney at •LA W i y A [ /"kFEICE with Win. H. Miller,- Esq-r-south- 1 woil obrner of Hanover and Pomfrot streets. 1 ■Carlisle, Daa. 22, igQg-r-tF ? 780. 01 $14,368,22; . 117 27 $14,356 22; CO AS. E. niACSEAVGHEIiV, .A T T'O ; R K E -Y-AT-L A W.. ■> | •jTfcFFKIB in InhbfFs building;'just;opposite V/the Market House.', y>' ' i • r : .:■■■■. a-: j - Carlisle Marph-13, 1862—1 y- ' j f J. ,W. FOHLJC. Attorney at Law. i jL-i. Office with:iTt-Oioilt,9ra itb, Esq., Rheen,’*s Hall. All business entrusted to him will bo prompt: y , Eeb.C.^lSga.. ■ $10,000:00 ~ = 600 .00 )'v,r Dr. GEO. S-SEAniGIIT, ■ (Pcnm tfto Baltimore ‘^7 allege of Dtntal Sttrgorg . , : Office at'tbe residoaqo'of his mother, East,Leath er street, throe doors bolbw Bedford. ' Carlisle, 800. 22,1862.. , • ; ' • 3,738-^ r $14,238 05 -14,368 22 r- ,"ISUT.;27 M. C.’ ifIIERBIAI%-, ; ATTO R N« Y AT LAW*.. OFFICE' in..Eheeni’e Hall- Building, in the roar of/the Court House, next-door to the Hldrald” Office, Carlisle. . [Fob. - WES A. btNBAR, i.’ T ATTOE'N EY X T LA TV Vi' j . Office next door to the American Printing office .a fow doors west of Hannon’s hotel.) Apririd, 18047—1 y - «•' '• ■ nimi DB. i.C LOOflliSyDEKw ' sqsP»-7 : * 7 Hat South'. Hauoverßtreetto/ West Pomfret stroo’t; ’opposite the Female High Sdhool, CarUaloi-7'3 1864> ; tonß-of I. ru.nted.to .be.of .tho.boflt 'VWftmokt''pf’‘'V.‘ '* . glieetltori, ? ' ; Waahera,. . -H66n Iron.' Anyila, . fc - Band-Iron, . '’Vices, ‘ HorsA Shop'lron, 1 Files, ‘ " Spring Steel,, ’/ Baapa/ 1 Oast ptdol, - ' Bblls, ' ‘ ■‘V Blister Steel, " Nuts, • " Horae Shoes, 1 ' Screw Plates,. t - Uoise Shoo,Nalls,Blacksmith Bellows • 1 Rivets, Ac., Ac., Ac/, . . Ghoaper than the. cheapest, .or the Hardware store , - •' - H. .BAXTPN, , * , Baal Main street. Barley. Wanted.—Tbe highest pri°° for Barley will’ bo paidin cash at Barnite” Brewery, Carlisle 1 Sopt. 1,-1801-3m* o ; -‘i ns :\f. " ’ty.-. ! -1i•; i'.'f Ariiclek JStide.iii the Souse, Articles Made in Carpenter 'Shvp. Stock Fattened and KillcS.. ~ ; CARLISLE, PENN*A. CARUBLE, FA, Iron~nammered and jurt," received, and" war auality/ wUV a,la]rge M- i - ■ our, jus j; 'Consldoration, and.'wo shall simply.be!juat;in our criticism this morning. .'inn . ; ';‘Ebnera\Eattefabri;” said thb • .at the close, of [an-interview s ,that' lasted ) for ■ five iburf; “ X'Ea'yb hbver: fouifd fault'by' ben 1 ; ■ eared 'you *! I hav,e iievei , 'boBn' able to sey ;that vmi. could ha, ve done anything elrio'tbaci ■ytiu 'sid I do; 1 Your' hands ■Wero7'tiod l j ! "you Obeyed orders, did your'diity; aifd -I 'ri'ui satisfied with you;*' , After carefully reading this Narrative we find no difficulty iC ' bndoi-- sing Mr. Lincoln’s bpiriiob; We Imve befOre ua thp story of a soldier,- who entered the ’ War with rib- unusually extensive experience., . He had beeri nn officer in the'.war olj 1812. r-j. , HeVbad, held aphiglt oonimand in .Myxico',: . where arid bravery.’AVheriithe rebellion b'roke but 1 bo was assigned’to the'bonimarid of the Pohrir , ! aylvania railitiaiiwhoiwareioailed outiby tbe’ ■ President; While .engaged ,in .the duty,of' orjganijing '.these, troops, General Patterson was placed by’Generitl’ Soott’in what was then called ‘‘ The Department’ of Washington;” embracing the States of Penn ' 'sylvania, Delaware,-/and Maryland,land: the ! /Distriet of Columbia. ; At that-tima milb , tary cyuimund web mote important. 'l,lve atr' tempt to’pass the Massaohusetts’'sotdi’ers. thfdrigl Baltimore had Ibd tb a! memorable' ',abd 'bToody riot, and the upjueifig nt Bo- entirely severed all opmmunjfotion belwb.en thbriatibqal -bap itol pi'd'the loyal States.' Hotb’wns'a post tibri of grcat eibbaVroSßroent; 'Eattbfsen, by the mere accident of circumstances, became,- as it were, the-only -available general of the ouriritry’, - : He,:Beld;an independent,eonlbiand to all intents and purposes, and in this oi traordiuary position acted with greiit.deoia-, lon arid promptitude,;, ' To liini mostlbe given ,'the.' credit.'of opefaing' obmmunibatiori with Washington. ■ imtin'g.BUtior as the first in strument, lio aenf him.to Annapolia to , ooou-' py that; point, and secure the route to the - wapitoi; Mheee orders Butler Sbeyed;’ The. impartanbe.of Annapolis nbw, and tho jiorilp 1 wb should nave inoured if of railroad from tile Junction to Washington had beon destroyed, will show conoliieively, wo think,’ CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 23,1865. that in this first aot of ihia embarrassing rid . ministration General flatiorson behaved like a soldier and a statesinan. It may not', be. too much for us to add! that, if oquhl' promp titude and sagacity l)nd been at that, time . shown by othej' men in high command, many ot the early mistaken of the war would have been,avoided. . _ ; In the' early part of the war many of our : distinguished men were of the opinion that it would - be a temporary insurrection, and might be easily suppressed with admail mil itary force; A few. olear-honded men, who saw -the real bearing of this war, thought ; differently, and among this number we must ’ place General Patterson. Ho early believed that a large army necessary, and, al though the Government overruled his eon j viotien, be, made many applications for pow ! er to raise regiments tor, “ the. war.’/ 116 one nqwj doubts, that’,,this would have been the. trqe ipojipy., ithpusand, ~men-,; pud) wps opened the oajf by [ihe] .military .authorities-' Tim men Vtip,answered* to his.caii afterwardshecarao tho great Penn eylyania Reserve Cprps, whoso .glorious ca reer Gpneral Paitiprisori truly ’says “ forme one of. the brightest: pages iu'the history'of, ,tlie war.” Haying administerod, witli great judgment, the affairs of his depaftment. Gear. . eral Patterson tboh .the .field, pt the. Head 'of. g,smalt body fprthe'purpose. ,o£’at- j tacking Harper’s Perry: His plan, wap sub mitted to General Scott and approved; Gen eral Patterson.lddyanced towards, the I,Poto mac, end Jphnstpn. who held Harpop’s, Fer ry, .abandoned that point, andfolf habk to Bunker HilfJ a ppsitinn equidistant 1 , between Martinsburg and! 'VPinohestef. Our army I then did not consist, of tori, thousand men', 1 and there can be no.Moubf, we,think 1 , that if this plan of General Patterson: had bririri rin*. molested! He would,have succeeded in hold ing the valley.of tho. Shenandoah.!. He de sired, first, to trarisfer, to Harper's Perry his base ot operations;;.. second, to, oppn .and maintain (ledouinmumoatlon east and West along:the Baltimore! and Ohicßaifroaa; aqd < third, to hold Harper's perry, Martinsbitrg, and , Charlestown, a strong force gradually and, securely, advancing, as they were pre pared,. towards;. jVinohester ,apd Woodstock, ami ; thos .out'off all communication between the, rebels and 1 the west. '„'}Soviy whatever 1 ,'may be said of tbe early strategy fef this war, one thing has been,proved by,events,,arid that is, that if Winchester and Jil'actinshurg .had.betri,occupied arid h'pld .irithp beginning | ,of .the, war, the' Valley iof, thoSheriahdoab would: not ao frequently have been the val ley ofjpur national Hupjliatipn.' !, Qmu Scott,' yielding,, we believe, tp'tho of tt.'naeinn imag' tried they were familiar .with war; differed from General Patterson, although’ the judg ment,of that General,was strengthened by subordinates, who sulAequpqtly gAihed'fiigh, non own intiiia war—men like Gen', Newton, Gen, Chprips P. Stone! Gen. Nogley, Geti. George H. Thomas, add Gen, Aberorobibie* , Host, .of ■ those officers. ,'wer'q young soldiofs then, but they, w.efe as competent'• to' iidyiso General Patterson at that time rip they Were subsequently to (ako command of large rind -yiotpnp'ris-atmiorr' " “ ' J I '"‘ Wo, enticaly.-.ngroo ; with ..thei.pjbu.;'John Sherman, now, Senator in Congress,,find then on General Pattersqa'c, staff, that “ the great error ofGenerol Scott-undoubtedly Was that ho gave way to a'oauselesa apprehension that , Washington, wap ,tp ,be. attacked! before,'the meeting of Congress.", Acting under this npproh,ens.op,,Gen>..4oott qfdeted tho .eipe dition of; General, Patterson,.to river Potomac into Maryland, and took awev . from lhat.officer albof Jus rogplqr troops pud artillery,; leaving him without a guigund With but ,a single troop pf volunteer cavalry. It was thought-at that time'that the Genor •al’a bourse was marked by vacillation, and j that hisia'lure to attack Johnston wa’s to be attributed ,to,tho worst,of causes. At, that tipie.Bb,quo was, safe, from suspicion,. and, ,a natiohignorant of' the' art of war pteferred kb-think'that hu unsatisfactory G oact al'vvaa swayed by tnie.worstoniatives.n.Wfl-arc sure prised that,. General Patteraqn qhpuld .)iavo submitted, to these cruel imputations, but the vindicatiofi of to-day is'sweetened by'the pa-- tioneb and. forbearance of the past. -IV 0 sefe,- ;in the first 1 lilaaeg-Chat Patterson .wlas recalled from bispursiiitof Jolmstang whonho aban , doped Harper’* Perry, by der from 'SoottVahd;' in the' second pldbS,' wb 'fid'd'his subsequent pldh .’of ! operations’oveW baled.'.nThitfplan; shows, iweithink*.that, the i mubhiabpBsd.,Gensrol Pattqrsqn-.qf 1861, had thq clearest,conception of-the necessities of tlibWirginik iampaiga' of aiiy general at that time ino bin ib and. II o v desired 1 to abandon •the uppebline, hold the.iMarylandnHeigh'tSj -andthUß .command and, with' .Ftederiok as nbaeelqf qupjjhps, mpv'e upon; Leesburg, ahd'thereanite'wuh Colonel Stone; Whb’waa ti trabitnand'a' eb-hpqlating jpolum'n; from Washington. The fidyafttage./rfothis would have been that General Patterson vyould have been in a, position to co-operate ' vyi tf\ Jllp'Ddydell. "Thb 1 (buoh-wbkilbd*colnmn bi Paitefson—rho lung-looteillfor'and eager-, ly-akpeqted:columnj iuatead-of ! nestling un der the works of .llarper’s Eerry. on tho ead • summer daj of Blill 'Run, yrqum. nave made burrdbt a victory and summarily bijded the war. 1 On this' subject, General Patterson 1 , iy entitled to the opinion of'General Halleok, written on the Pacific coast before -he . re-jen-, :tered the. army, and in ignorance of-General Patterson’s proposition :to Soott;’ u Had Pat terson,” says General Hallook, ‘‘ crossed the Potothao at Leesburg,' he would have threat ened Jpbustqn’a communications ,muoh more, .effectually-than at, Martinsbqrg, and at the same time would have been bear enough, to MoDowbll to assist himi or to receive assist ance from him, as circumstances might have. j Required.’! , This is preoisely what,General Patterson wished.to do,.pad, precisely what was refused by Gep. Scott. ' ’, . , , Another point in- General Patterson's de fence ■which should bo, considered,da his ex planation oi the belief that ho was nut-gen eraled by Johnston, who left him atOhaflegf itoisn and hastily joined .Eeauregatd.on, the iai ,of the battle of Bull Bun. 'ihe shows ’that he was kept against bjjs'&wn i udguient upon what- hd‘ believed fto be' ‘ a "false line, raUd tb.at-arepublioan Congressman is liEble.toerr-rfSS that.a Massaqhusetts.Sen ator’s loyalty’ is like-the'cream of Xow York milk—only skin deep. y ; ' jj®* Tbi' year 1864 was remarkable for' thd'faumbof'drta destructiveness of its fires, : bdibirittho Old and .tho New Worlds.: From .statistics qpjleoted [from. the, most reliable, rp- Vprds, .tie total, logs by burning' in the. United SttLt.es is estimated at not loss than ’850,0001- O0O. : Ih ! the i Nofkhorn States alone, during tho month'of July, [which xva’s .memorable for ra ; yages by.fite;.evftt;y wharpi property, was ~con-: ■sumpd to the amount of upwards' of $5,000, - 0001'Djuoh ‘pi Wii?h' comprised’the l moM'im portant Government worksiandt storehouses, together with, valuable, private jmpnufaplui’- .l ” ESy Your real -antiquarian thinks the coins of tho: phiichts of: iqore historical val ue than' theft literature. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN OENEB3L SHEfi. WAN AND GENERAL HAMPTON. llei'pqdarters Division or the Mississippi, in the Field. Feb. 24, 1865. Lieutenant-General Wade Hampton, Com manding. Cavalry Forces, 0. S. A.General —lt is officially reported to me that our for aging parties are murdered after capture, and labelled •• Death to nil Foragers.” Ono instance of a Lieutenant and seven men near Chesterville, and another of twenty " near a ravine, eighty rods from the main road,” about three miles from Feastemllo. I-have ordered a similar number of prisoners in ogt hands to- bo disposed tofdn like manner. I hold about ono thousand prisoners cap tured in various ways, and -can stand it as long as you, but I hardly think these mur ders are' committed with your knowledge, ■ and would suggest that you give notice to the people st large that every life .taken by them simply results in the death of one .of your Confederates.,, Of course you cannot question my right to forage on the country. It is a war right-.as old as history. The mannerof exercising, it varies with circumstances, and if the civil authorities will supply my requisition I will forbid all foraging.’ „Hut I'find no civil au thorities who can respond to calls- for provi sions or forage, and therefore must collect directly of the people. I have no doubt this: is the occasion of much misbehavior on the part of our. men, hut I cannot permit an ene my to judge 05 punish with wholesale mur der. ... . Personally,.! fogret the bitter feelings .en gendered by this war, but they were .to be expected, arid I simply glloge that those -who struck the first blow, and made Aval. inevita ble, ougptnotin fairness to tts.for the naturaKconseguences. I merely assert our war right to iorage, and myVesdWb to protect my foragers to the extent of life for life. I am,*tvith respect, your Obedient vant.. .(Signed) . W. T. SHERMAN, , Major-General'!!* S« A, Headquarters in the Field, February 27, 1805.—rMajor-Oenerol W. T. Sherman, Jj. S. A.i-rGqnefal—Your communication ot, the 24th iii&t. reached we to-day. In it you state that it has been officially reported that yorffc foraging parties were 44 murdered” after cap ture, aud jou'go on to say that you had 14or dered a similar number of prisoners in our hands to'be disposed of in like naanner. >, - i r Fhac is to say, you have ordered a number of '-Oon/ederate soldi&ra.to ‘‘ murdered.’”- You. characterize your order, in ..proper terms, for the public voice even in country; where it seldom dares to .express’it self in vindication of truth, honor or Justice, will surely agree with you in pronouncing, you guiliy .of murder, if your order is carried ■out. , ■ Before dismissing this portion of your let ter, I Beg to Assure you that for every soldier of mine murdered I shall have exe cuted at once iwo of yours, giving, in all ca ses, preference to any officers who may be in my hands. . In reference to’thc KtatcmGnt you make re garding the death of your foragers, I.have only to say that X know nothing of it; that no orders given by me authorize the killing of prisoners after capturo.'hnd that I do not believe that any of tny men killed; any of yours, except under oiroumstanoes in which it was perfectly legitimate and proper ; that they should, kill them., . It is a part of the'system of "thieves whom you designate as foragers, to fire the dwellings of those citizens whom they have robbed. Xu check this inhuman system, which is justly ,executed by every piyijized natiqn, X have directed’my lion to shoot down all of your mien who ore caught burning houses.— Chis order shall remain, in ferae ias long as yon disgrace the profession of arms, by ,al lowing your men to destroy, private, dwell ings!' -", ' ■ ■' " " You say 1 that X cannot, of cburse, question your right to forage on ths country.;lt is , a right ,nb old, as history.' ", Xdo not, sir, question this right. -But there is a right ol der: even than- this, and one more inalienable, the right that every'man has to defend his home, and to protect,those who are depend ent upon : hint., An,d from .my. heart I .wish tlmt.ovefy.old man and boy in. my country, who dan fife a gon would shoot down, as he would a wild beast, the-men who are desolo iing tbeir land,/burning their-houees and in sulting their, women. J You ere particular, iu defining and claim ing “war rights.’'' May I ask if you enum erate ' among them the 1 right to fir© upon a defenceless city without notice j to burn that city .to.thp.ground after, it bad. been surren dered .by the' authorities, who claimed, tho’ in vain, 1 that protection whioti is always ©o corded in civilised warfare tonon-combatante; to fire tlie dwelling houses' of .citizens, after robbing them, and to perpetrate even darker crimes than these, crimes too black to-be mentioned? o ’’ ‘ , : i You have permitted, if you have not or dered, the commission of those offenses against humanity .and ,the rules of war :,.,dYou fired info the pity, of Columbia without a word of 'warning;'' After its surrender by thaiMaydr, who demanded: protection to private proper ty, you laid the;whole City ih ashes, leaving amid its ruins thousands ,of old men and. helpless women and children, who aro likely to perish of starvation arid exposure. ' Your line of matdh oau-be traced by the lurid light of .burning •bouses, and in •> more than one household there is an. agony far more bitter than that of death. 1 , The Indian eoalped his victim regardless of sex'or age; but; with: all’ his barbarity, he always, respected th© persons of his ,female captives,; , soldiers, more, savage than 'ithoiindlari, insult those .whose 1 natural pro tectors are absent \ ' . - ■ . ‘ 11 In oSSiolusion.l have only to request that wheneveryau have' any of my men : “ disposed of,” or “..murdered,’',for the term? appear to be -synonymous, with you, you will .let mb know of it,' in order that I may kno\v what notion to take in the matter. In the-mean time I shall hold fifty-six of your men as hos tngos’ftr those whom you hare, ordered - to be eiefluled.j ..V" .-i ' .* * : J am youra, * :': ■ 1 -w;!adb .hampton, Punning Anecdote.— A , grqcor nonaoil Burry, sent hie bill to an actor hp.tfa: ded with on credit j, of course we needpptpay , that lie was’ a green grocer. ': The- botraged. actor roturod the fallowing reply; ' • j: «Yon are,!a Goose. Bertjvnnd, bays made a Mull Berry, in Bonding ,-mo your Bill,Ber ry .before it ,wns.l)ue Berry, but L don't carp, a Straw 'Berrjt—o?ly, if you dp »o, again Bpr- t ry, J,will tick your Beep Berry, until'lt fe , 7’..;' ‘-p-•; ;; ‘ K7’’Tia apity that• soma:of oUr eatrical writers, who are so iopd of taking offtbinge, take off out takes. Tho Siame.'o Twins have hoop lost-from public view for .the last few years. - Mt was well known of them that they bad married two sisters, and settled down near Salisbury, in'North Carolina, bn a'.well Bfodked.planta tion. " In addition to this, they bare ample funds invested through their agent in New York.. Through a North, .Carolina medical gentleman now within our lines, we had the other day an opportunity’of minute and fill particulars in regard to them. EvetTfcirioe the war began, they havooon tinuedtOTOside bn their . plantation,and. lived in.the quiet and-harmon'y as over until within two years. Of course no ohe .’evbr’Thbttght of drafting them, and their negroes,prospered, except tbpt when, out of. tempys from'any cause, it was apt to .wjcrkitsßlfjO.ifih qlriking the’first onb that came to liiind,’ from which the best esbap’e was to keep oat ofihb way, The brothers probably,jsiever yr.onld haVe had any difficulty, but that, thoir wives,"though sisters, (turned away their, hearts, add .chil dren were the Gause of-this estrangement. - Up'to the time th at -cach had five children, all prospered Well bpough. bat onoof them had a sixth, and this awoke envy and jealousy to such a degree that the two sisters, not." S wing bound together Tike the twin brothers, would no .longer live tinder the same' roof, though, we believe, still in different- bouses on ille same plantation. The brothers are now it aeotna.-obout fifty years, of ago, but ono we believe, the and feebler iof tho two, looks it Is said, now fully ten.yearaoldor than the other. They can turn book to back or face fo face, but : that is as far as there-' markable bond that unites them p'erputs.4— It is'almost certain that should either .die the other could not survive. evbn for more than a few minutes, as t here is an arteiyas large as the foemoral artery that connects them. ~,.. - «. A few years since they corresponded with some of the leading surgical operators in London, as to the possibility of the umbilicus which unites them being cut, so that in cast of the death of tbe one, the life of the. other might he saved. At the .request of tlio Lon don Surgeon, they .visited that city, a'nd many experiments were tried to’ determine The safety of such an’. operation.* ■ Among other things, a ligature was tied firmly Tiqr a few minutes round the connexion between them, ■eo, as to prevent the, .circulation of blood through (ho artery. Biit .it seemed as if each would expire if this were longer persisted In. Ttio.amaUer of the away and lost all-consciousness, and there were symp toms that the same effect would follow.to the other, but .that the process coald nofc bo con tinue,d Jong enough without endangering the life of him who was first to faint. ■ Should the smaller and feebler die, it might be worth while making the experiment;of. operating, but the prospects of prolonging the. life of other would be very email. ShoUld.how ever,-the Target and more , healthy, if tho twin brothora die, there would se£m absolute ly no hope of saving the, feebler-of The; two. From nil this it is evident, that though the .aonneitioo-botween-those—two—brotlierenß very remarkable and perfectly unique, itia yet not-so absolute as has been usually.sup posed. In the American. Cyclopaedia, for.in stance, it is said that'* 1 their respiration ahd circulation are generally ! bynbhpmis.in the calm state, and their . hours of and waking, their joys and sorrows,.anger ahd pain, ideas and desires are the same; - They realize the idea of perfect friendship; the two being one, and each: one two in thought dad aot.” As to ideas!being the game,' thisTs by no means more necessarily so than'.thbir sim ilar education and habits tn>«)d! :t*jcaston.%“ Each one oan hold conversation withadif ferent person at'the same,'time.! One dobs not necessarily' -know, therefore, what majr ho communicated to' the other, although their feelings and passions are,generally similar, owing to the same causey, operating upon both. Even this is not.heobsaarily the case,, especially, we. suppolb.aa tb.t|?9 ,4®gr° e s of feeling. Since the .bre.atVrig' put of the re bellion, they. have’-bbtli dbsebii-ifi 1 tho Co nfederate gray,* andThoy aro bdthi members' 6f the samejehuroh,: having unijpd,.with a small Baptist church in their .neighborhood,.of which they have boon considered‘very wor thy members, though born Siamese.-—P&Ha delphia Ledger, - —-T iT.vi Climate and Character..—Nothing, is so commoner than to 1 hear, talk of, the warm blood of the South Europeans which is aupposod to depend upon tha warm climate,' and there mast produce. violent.outbursts of passions. This is used to explain the.bloody revenge of the Corsioiniis;' But the'llihdcio, who Uvea in a far warmer olimate Hhiih'thh Italian,' is brought forward .as. an -instance of patience and resignation ; while tho. Turk, who haacome warper,regions, is'rioted for his phlegmatic tomnerpiont. Is tfae Dutohman more passionate than the Noi weign-or Scotchman f and whence oama tho sanguinary vindictiveness of olden tim'asnto Scandinavia, nay, even.in the ©old Xoelaid t • It is imagined,that mountaineers possess more strength; or more energetic character, and a more -warlike spirit! than the inhabit ants, of plains; the character of the latter is supposed-to ,he softer. Thus it is thought the Norwegian and Swedc aro more energet ic than'the Dane. ' Mountain, couhtrids, per haps, afiofd mor© numerous examples of ob stinate, defences behind tlie olifls af narrow valleys, but a man is hot to he called..more courageous because h® has a good shield.— The soil of Denmark, however, has not sunk since that time when it sept put thos.e copj ' batarits 'who kept the . population of the 'At • Jantio and Mediterranean coasts.itr-terror; whence did-they,ncquirotheirepiritpand has it now really vanished? They .were the -in habitants ol the plain of Northern Oefnmhy, who'rose against Napoleon's despotism ! the July revolution look-place on the. plaids ail'd ba the plains did-thm Pole, alas,, ; m i wyn 1 fighfprobably the last battle for, th.oir liberty. •It is believed that .the groat pro-biilinßaoe of the Europeans ohoVa' the'; inhabitauts hf ■the 1 rest of the .-world is causedbyEurope being so in tors feted by, thQ.seai.and -ru ,fr©o from elevated ploinsi sq jmati.odm.iflantpalibn 'between the hations,'ia.mueh’faollitated?,‘ : ' Hut -in the gteaflndian Arohipelago;of the West Indies; oommumcatiofr lB stilt tTbe Egypt is BOught ihthe great riyeye Indua, Ganges, nnd Niio, wh\oh Bp gre'at\v faoiliate intercourse;" blit civilization, did not exist on ,the, largest the South Xmiiion Arid; Plata,' until tiih Ea 'ropdatilarboffght’.itti'i «■ -ra*— (>; "■;••■■•' ■ yj.v-' Keuteriout-Gfeneral. : ' Bfflh-ji oaaa ia lbobdliig in the New York’ i Supreme .Court inwhieha' child Was .Uft'iu paw dr pledge for the payment of a debt.- ■ jVhen ,w,o are (oadytO/do a thing, let ns do it. ■ Lot us not wait for time Qkiw«» ey wait for u»,‘ 1 NO. 40. 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