V.t.'.. . D W. MOORE ).,,., O. B. 0O0DLANDER, hJll4ri' VOL. XXXII.-WllOl.i: NO 1G77. TRINCirLES. not MEN. cLKAiiHMM), v. wi:dm:si)ay, OClrOTTcGl. TERMS-tl 21 pff Annuel, iffniJ ;n twit NI:V.SKHII'-S VOL. II. .NO "TJU ,' 1 Sclat llotlni, HIM'.AK XO II. I., Nay iqntia D III ! kimlljr worj Can nevor Uarta sting beliin'l, AuJ, oil Itu browth easti talo wo'va tuard la fr beneath a noble mind. Full oft a better cd l town II; ohomiiiK " th t kimlur plnn ; Tr',r if lut MttU fond be knowo, ' Still lot ui ijieak tb bu.it we can. iiri m the heart that fain wIJ bids Would fnin nnnlhsr's fault etfpf i How ran it r!cae e'm human prid To prove hunmit.T but bno ? Ko I lot us rwirh a hi;lnr roood, A nohta nsfimata of mnn ; lit earnest in th icnroh of goo J, And fjmnk ofull the btrt eu.a. Tlion ppesk no i!l hut lenit b To oibr' failing as Jfur own ; If you're th flrjtn fault tn$et, Br not tha firm to link it known. I'ot lilu i kut a pamingd.iT, So lip can tell "low brief it (pan ; Then, oh, tho little time we (lay. Let's aju-.ik of all the bct we cau. Varieties- "General Lee U to uke command ot Iho force ; heretofore under tho command if General Wise and F'.ovi'.. "Governor Randall, of Wis., bus iss aiiou. rror..nt,.,n,0.o,..M,s,,4ISiuici,H out ol the Mute. I tt" The forts at Hatteras Inlet are to be reiiil'oi'cud and maile secure agaiust any attiu K ot tho rebel. I ti3"' band of uiaraudem from Tennes ;, who stylo tliniiHelves ''bull pups,'' ,):iv entered Kentucky, Thoir objoct is jilunder. nisJu.Dr.Hayn, of the Aictic Kxporlition, arrived on Wedn.-day last nt Halifax, Two of hia men had died during Uie expe d.iiuii. l:"i).Tho Iondon Timci declares that the proposod intervention In thealTnirs of Mexico, is with the consent of our gov-, eminent. jt?&r(iov-rnoi Iirownis re-elcclod to the 'iuvernorship of Georgia, The fact is roc ionized at Washington as au expression ot dislike for Jjavis. uc&.lr. Alfred Powell, surgecn of tli 'Jn.l iieginient N. Y. S. M , who was tal.n i'ri3onr at 13ull Hut), stales that tho reb-; iU Iohi in that battle COO killed and near- iy 5U0V wounded. BrtTuTho diptheria is rnid lobe prevail - ing to a fearlul extoat in s'uiire parts of aiuiubia co Four elnldren of Mr. John Iifilrick had ilied within a low davs of this disease. " . . ,. . r.A Norfolk nwspaper Mates that an attack was recently made by tho rfcM, upon Hilly Wilson's Zouaves, at their en - cumpmcnt on Santa Rosa Inlnnd. Tliey confess that our trooj.s dir--i.I:iyeJ great & lilV0n'- ; fetrSomc of the cavalry companies on i the Virginia side are very badly mounted. A nutnU'r ol the horses arc worse than i those attached to a Washington hack or n j Philadelphia oyser cart. 1 he Hands practi cedupon the government in thisretpectare I ol'tfageous. H'-i.carlot fever is said to be quite prrvainu among c.inur.n m rarls w, -c- il nAMnli Man-I,,,! iLtld ll;L rpni'efl frt I tal in many instances'. It has also broken ! were out r tle way, like a grand park. I out terribly in Vermont. j Our Lnts are pitched on tho summit of a I E2rThe Mo., Republican, sanguine that.""1 ri,IS'. wl';cl 'H boh WJ'. on(1 ? ll our troubles will bo over by 1304, an- ur troubles will bo over by 1304, ai" term. nates on our l ight 111 an abrupt uo aUss a friendly race at that poriod for clivity, atrbrding facilities for both drain IVcsidcncv between Gen Peter T. G n( dtfenco lh,(t eouid not have been ireard and Gen. McClellan. , bettered if it had been especially construc- K?1 f thef 0 I . Bniong mo names ot i.in persons indicted for treason by tho United States I Kisteict Court at Wheeling, aro those of Henry A Wise, and his tor. O. Jennings i10- r? Mrs. President Lincoln is studying the rrer.cli language "wiMi a view to 1 qualify herself for the more ii licate exig encies of her -xaltel statian." , IiyAn Etwlinh jury has lately been terribly troubled in its mind by the ques tion, "Is a velocirc-de ft podnstrian 'I " ! Pedestrians have a riglu to the sidewalk, a lady rolled her baby on the sidewalk in I a velocipede ; un obstructed gentleman jirosecuteu her, lady plead that tho to Jocijiede was a pedestrian, thejtiry stayed , ul eittbt hours, and came back with the verdict ''really oaa't say." i E.A cwtenjrrftry gavo tho following reason for voting for Lincoln before the election .- ' "Second, necause liis election will give 1-oace nnd quiet to the country, of which jt is sadly in need." "Third, because in hia election all .branches of iudustry will revive, business will bo good and wage high." The poor people are now having a taste of what tho Republicans call "peace sand quiot," nd "good business and high agcs." I TX-A singular crif.e nay come tp lor Ojiidicalioii in wmn of our courts. At a Wtul in tho Mississippi, a feiv miles from Cummcrco, the river is cutting iu way eivfs a neck of land, and by the next riso will have formed a new chancel, placing noma 10,000 acres in Misouri within the limits of Illinois, the main .channel of the Mrcani being tbe dividing line. On thii aot of land arc two plan- ItaiionH tn which a goodly niimber of ne gros are owned, and unles they are tnov- .ed before the river forms it channel across the had ofthe peninsula, the "chattels" will all be free. Tho question will arise,! to what State qan tho owners claim ailo- lanet. ; j LETTER FROM THE SEAT OF WAR. Camp I'lRitroNT, Va., Oct. ltf, 18(31. bear llrpulltfan : Having some sparo tiuio this evening it occurred to me t Imt I Iiiik'ht anrcc,! in riAliinn rtV a few linea that would at leat inform vour reader of . , . ,. .... ... t, . the present locution ol the Fifth rennityl - ,, t t T,i i viiriin Hcservj volunteers (" 1 ho Bloody Fifth." th. boya call themselves) tho fate of at least oaia of it eolJicrs, tunny . j( ... , :, ... . of them doubtless feel nn interest. lly la.st s dated at Camp Tcnally, in I he ris trict of Columbia, where vro had Iain fur over two iron Urn, although during that time several apjsmodic ellorls 'vcre iiiad to go Btiniewhere ; but they alwayn endi'd in our return. ti to our old camp. Filially, on the evening of the 9th of the present tnonili, tlie day following tho F(-nnvlvania elootion, we were ordered to strike our tents ar d get in line. About 7 o'clock, P. M wo were moved oil', and that is the last I taw of Camp Tenally, or perhaps ever may son. No intimation had hoaii received y tue men of the direction which vc w re to go perhaps the compa ny officers knew but I think even that is doubtful. An impression had prevailed in camp fer a day or so that lien we did j( ,j b , I)ar,)esto,vu to . . ' I join uen. uanKs ; anu o certain were ma ny of us of fiis that the general cry, s we w pro gHttiug under aruu and ready, was, "now boys for Darnestown." We soon discovered, however, that we had mistaken our debtination, arid that some other locality was to be the theatre of our daiing achievement!. A short inarch brought u to the road branching off to wards trie Chain Bridge, which crosses the Potomac at Georgetown, and tt is tvo fol lowed, feeling now, that at last our feet were soon to rres tho tacred soil of Vir. .... Hf.i f c:, . c, uiin, i nrj i.iuiuci ui cui.vs unu orlllr' men, and the home of chivalry. It was a1 . ? ' . ueilher too cool lor comtort, nor too warm tor exercise, and after a brisk march of about three liouis found our.elves halted j jl( ft fi(.,d about rou,. nlile f)))lu the en j o( . , ,. lh" CIll" br,,1Sc. ft wtly direction, 'and about eight from whenco wo started. 1 emirso our baggife, tent, Ac, could 1 not bo brought with us at this pace, and .U!l oup biflnketl nnd c0(ltSi wo m!Kip our , , .. , , . , j ur" Bo!t e,'!s, n s'('r sou,K,s ly until daybreak next morning. Having , , , , . , , , ,. , been ordered to take two days rations in , out haversacks, wo had plenty to eat for next day, and after breakfast we moved ' forwnrl"ntid finally halted in a beautiful grovo on the right, and or.ly n short dis t.,nc9 from v. here wo spent the nifcht, and , 0r camp. Thebagjage arrived du- ' C3 rng the nrternoon. We have now one of the prettiest apot for a camp that can be imagined. A fine white oak grovo entirely free from under- brush, and since we have cleared off all . , , look. :r .. e, term. nates on our light 111 an abrupt uo bettered if it had been especially ,eJ for & Since we have been here , . , , . our ilutuw have been similar to those at out previous encampments, excepting that wo have exchanged digging an 1 throwing up forlitications, for felling trees. Wo unnosed. when we reached hero first that a battle would surely take place in a short time, and that we had been march ed over the river cither to ei:gago the en emy or to support other forces engaged; but although we havo been called nearly every morning nt daybreak, nnd some times ft couplo of hours earlier, and mar sballed in line, we havo never yet seen either the glimpse or the ghost of a seces sionist. Notwithstanding the enemy's tickets are almost in sight of ours; and in some ins'.inices havo been within hailing "C"em.ngi innik 01 tue ocauiy it wou d ,. ... i . efface, of the rviriy-heaitodntss it would distance. Almost every day something; oxligllisbi of lhe Btrontftli it woulj ume, occurs along the line of pickets to cause a'of the sickness it would breed, ofthe pig- . . . 1 ' . ..... ..II ,. l . commotion in the various camps. Uniy yesterday afternoon, while I was paying a visit to some of the adjoining brigades, ft battery commenced throwing shells to wards the enemys' linei under tho im- ni'osiimn I l a t Aipoa ujus it lliA Vltmitt 1 . . , . ... - , aim a ae.aoninem, consisting oi aeverai companies f Infantry, one of Cavalry, and a battery of Artillery, were thrown totward to reconneitre the position with what result, however, 1 havo not been able to learn, as they bad not returned when I left the camp from which the movement was made. This is about tho manner in which the Hoops here put in their time. A battle is daily apprehended, and yet we scarcely know whero t'ae enemy j to come froai. The present opinion hrn U i, Gen. Beauregard is at Fairfax o! U and n i.i.n,iin Im . t. . Gen. Johoston In the vicinity of Harnoo I. . . , " ferry. List night ther rra.s rumor in' camp of a battle at Harper's Ferry, or I)iirn'slovn, Imt it linir.otsini.-e'rcpn con firmed. Everybody in Mi" Fifth is nox ious for a battle, and the boys can hardly contain themselves in their eagerness to r'!'le'r, '""j'0- . ,. , , The dwellinca in tin tieiirhborlioocl 1 . , , , , lmve conorally been deserted, mid tlic , , , r cop ao.muoneu i estemuy our re 'gimeni cui nnu unocKen tin a corn u . . Governtneiit intends doing with it, but the shocks -Agi carefully counted. Of course a great deal of foraging is done, al though the orders against it are very strict, and tho ponal'y severe There are few gardens, or turnip patohea, in this vicini ty, not stripped. Some funny incident.! grow out of the propensity of the boya for foraging. Cnpt. Taggnrt of Northumber land, Company it, has as a cofik.au "exile of Erin," called John. John, tho other morning, remarked to the Captain'that it was ''gutting varry lonesome widout ppta teet,'' and the Captain told u!m to go out and try if he com lciu't purchae some along witli other vegetables. The Fmeralder went, but seeing a garden standing out in the, cold, alongside a deserted mansion, he concluded to supply hiunelf there nnd tavo t he Captain's money : but the patrol, on the lookout for depredators, found him about the time ho had filled his carrying conveniences, and brought him into camp. Capt. T., hearing of his servant's dilemma, went to tho coniiinn -dant and obtained an older for his release. John, in the meantime, had managed to elude his captori and get to nis quarters, where the Captain found him on his rt turn. ''John." said he, "I was just over to Col. Simmons' and he gave mean order for your release." "He jnters," replied I . . 1Jo,,n aH' Co!. Simmons can't gi-t mv I..- - ,1 t.. .1, f l, -r vhijc, lor us i,icio in iiu corner iuii oi Slima (Lima) beans." Since then John's j valise, and being "lonesome ftidout peta - j tws ha).e been Hraong lhe stan(iillJ? jokes j . . ... V r .1 1 . r 1 1 The weather. Tor tho last few days, has be.sn clear and mild, until last right, al- though previously we had some very tough weather fin lasl Monday pvpnin? n kpuW , . . , . , J South. order up reserves and strengthen everv ago we had a teve.o storm of wind, ram jrv on!v-son-above the vearsof child- exposed point require-, the highest degree and hail hail stones falling larger than d,ood, nnd no is only a stripling' of eigh- of intellect.--Wtcrn Pi-ets. hen's eggs. Last evening, however, it be- teen attached himself to the tirstcompa- -- gan raininc and continued the greater part J'V raNo.l in the neighborhood ; A Muucu.ous Escape fkom St.ibvation-. of the night. Since then it has been somoO 'l" ""Ir1 .nt? s"r.vico 'r lu ! -Tllfi Argus gives the following . , ,. , , l ing the war, and his discharging Iho du account of a miraculous es 'atie from star what colder; htill tho weather has not ties of a soldier, equipped to meet tho en-' ' muaeuit us tsape tro.n star been unpleasant . j emies or ti e Southern Confederey ; and, 7,"'n' f a J?'"1"" te8 Un Our position here is said to be twelve addition 10 this, no less than four reph , ,,erJ county, Tennessee, near Halo's ., , v e 1. r 1 ' pws have enlisted for during the war, and 1 Point : miles from Far-lax, ard two from Lewins- ,! 1 . r ... n xt ' 1 ,1 1, are now on their march to irgima. I LaH week he w.i out hunting n a vtlle- Our Brigade occupies tho right of nii,,hl cite lhii M ev;dcncos ir. vindication largo bottom in bis neighborhood, and he the line, and our Regiment the right of of myself, if I chose so to do, but such is observed a wild goo e lly out of a largo cy the Brigade ; consequently we are on the not 'be object ; it is merely dono for the press slump, wh;e.li was some twenty feet extreme tight-there being 110 Federal i prat i fioatio,, of boasting a little, and to let ; high. His kn-.iwledjfo of tho habit of ,,. ., . c .those who were ovist forward in Secession these geese led him to believe that tho troops either north orestof us except see whel,10r lUey havo done more than I 1 goose Ld a nest in the stump. Or, the our pickets. Our position is not particu-1 have, ami am willing to do, for the South- outside of tho stump were a number of larly dangerous, hon-ever, as any attack ern C.mf.ideracy. And more than this, I vines, which he pulled tip to poop in and that is made will most likely taker lace !'.tbree ojhor nephevs who Inve been get possession or the eg. After he had toward the centre and our left. If you hear of a battle in a few day, don't be' surprised: and if vou den't hear of one why vou needn't be surprised either. ' J ' ' Pflf fV T W UVU4-,.IV. P. S. I should not fotgst to went ion, for the satisfaction of those who havo'nient. These friends here, tnat the health of the rogi, ' m bavo parsed hy. If there is any ; , . , , Union sentiment in lexasnow, I am not ment is good. Company C. (Captain Lo 0pprisefi of iti rain') has but a few sick, and none sen- When the millions of Persia invaded ously. No Sat bath. in a ' -Pmo Eay oa the Sabbath," written by a journeyman prin tor in Scotland, there appears the follow lea striking passage; Yoke fellows think how the abstrao-. tion of the Sabbath would hopelessly en- slave the working classes, with whom wejlniion. He stands unreconciled to the are identijjeui t liuiK ct Iho Jutior going on in one monotonous, continual and ex ternal cycle limbs 1'oreynr on the rack, the fingers forever flaj ing, tho eyeball forever (training, tin b-ow forever sweat ing, the brain forever throbbing, tho shoulders forever stooping, tho loins for- ever aching and the restless mind foiever i jects it woum extort, oi :iie r.vc n would iminohite, of the cheerless graves it would! prematurely dig 1 See them toiling and moiling, sweating and trotting, grinding am" hewing, weaving and spin iiini;, sow-i ing and gathering, mowing fcr.ct reaping. raising and building, digging and plant ing unloading and storing, s'rivir.a and st r up,zl i ng i n the garden and in the field, jn the grauery and in the barn, in the factory nd in the mill, in the warehouse ! ftna 111 1516 SnCT" on 11,0 niountain and in (the ditch, on the roadside and in the wood, in the city and in the country, on tho sea and on the shore, on the eath in the days of brightness and gloom. What a sad picture would the world present if we had no Sadbath." Vlt Is said that the ladies of Troy, K- Y., have invented a new feature in thoir fairs. A rarcel of handsome cils set fh'9raf'Iv'e UP ftnd 'fellers to kiss them JoT ten cents kiss. One girl ....j.ir ... maae .oa m ,Qne erening. wne rasti igoa. 911 worth, ' " 1 .'' The Position of Oenrral Houston m Ds-1 An Army Unpnrallel in History. fined by Himself. There isliltln doubt that the armies The. Richmond Jinjuirer, of Friday last, now on the line of tho l otoinno and its contains a letter from Sam Houston, da- vicinity amount ( the immense aggre tod Scpternbnr 18, which was written for 4:1(0 of ne.ir 200,00'J men on ouch siTe, or the purpose of delining his position, and -lon.OOO eombatauts. Wl.onever a B"neral in answer to an article which he taw in luittlo shall occur, it will not onlv imveno the New York Jlerdd, about the ISth or Inaiallpd on th Western Continent in the loin 01 August, which alates that General Houston bos no sympathy with the rebel 1- ion. In reply to this he aays : Phi' a. Press. Previous to tho act ot Recession by Tex- as; ami whilst the meuauro w; s one of ; For instar.ee, at Aus'eilitz, where Napo thn argumeni and opinion, my opposition ' loon defeated the combined annim ofKus to it was open and avowed ; and my oppo I tia and Austria, he h id but 80,000 troops ; sitiyn to the acts ofthe Convention was ' the allies had 100.00X At Jena and An- not cotifcnlfid, but on all beamiii'? - 000a - sions fully expressed, tmr did I ceaso that I Prussia, hit forces wore not over 130.000 ' " aka of a ship, watching (or the cook to expression of opposition to the measure strong- At the great battle of Wagnwn, ' thro'v somothinj overboiird into their es secessinn until tho peepls acquiesced in it, fought with the Austrians nn the lianas 'ended j.r.v?, so tlierie "summer Irienas" when I, as one of them ; unhesitatingly of the Danube, i,i 1 S0'.. he had but I'lO 000 ! follow y ju whdo theT is a ho; o and while fttsentod to this conclusion ; since which men. At Borodino, nodei- th walls of .V" have favors to dispense ! Whei: ;ou time I have attempted to throw no im - Moscow, ho hud b it I20.0ii;.i to oppose the , l,nvo nothing but tears to shod for :'iO pediment in tho way of this action, but. Russian--. At Wateil.10. he di.l i:ot havo treachery it haa been iJ, you mrst weep on the contrary, havo pci formed all the ! to exceed 80,(i0d troop. The only battle-! these tenis alone. Alas! Unit tap holy acts of a dutiful and loyul citizon of tho 1 Hold wo now recollect of. where- tho com-! name of fricndsliip should bo J isccraleil Southern Confederaev. This was doing j bntanls were as numerous nn those around j by connecting it with the hollow proi's no more than what became mo, lor I bavoi Washington was Lcispsic, in V 13, where fins of good' will which are so often to lived and acted upon tho principle that ! Napoleon had 17o,000, nnd the alllies ,,e oliscrved in this world of heatd strife, public offiieers should obey the will of, Rusians, Austrians, Prusians Swedes and Bat theic is a beautiful sky bey 0 nil tho their constituent, and all private citizens Germans r.u mbered 100,000. Nearly a storm clouds ; the sun never ceises to support the Government vhijh secures to , half u n illt'onof men took purl in this 'ahino, though for ten days the heavens them their liberties tremendoui battle, which jv.is known as may be o'trcast with cloom, And thero Whilst the Convention was in sesssior., 1 the Combat of Giants. It lasted 3 days, i- a h lendship that never dieth, a fi ienil I presented a communication to t he Leg-! and ended in a complete overthrow of ship which has existed through all tho islattire, accompanying resolutions for-! N ipoleon, who wits driven into F.ancj, centuries ; a friendship lor which many warded to me by the Executive of Tenn- where a series of di isters commenced that lle olden tiuio "counted their lives not essee, on the subject of coersion, in which , did not end until Napoleon abdicated his dear unto themselves;" tho pure affection I denounced, unqunliheuly, Bitch a mean - uie of Federal policy. Since then, my o- pnnon lias undergone no change. Had 1 been disposed to involve Texas in civil war, 1 had in mv nower. fr 1 was tendered the aid of seventy thousand men an moans to sustain mysoll in Texas, by adhering to the Union : but this I reject ed, and, in return for the offer, I pave my advice to the Federal Government that 1 watr.ed no money, I desired no office, and wis!;ed for no troops . hut. if Mr. Lincoln was wte, and wished to confer a benefit irpou the country, ho would evacuate Fort Pickens and Sumpter, recall all the Federal troops from Texas, ami I not take tho counsel of such ft man as Gcneril Soolt. or his Administration would be dis- ' prace4. Notwithstanding this, mhon my message was repotted to Mr. Lincoln, by I his own messomter. it nnoeare I that ha I did not believe that his auont had been fllithflll lllfl dishar jVof his trust in repor ing my opinion. Si strona was this 1 belief, that he immediately resolve to send ' another messenger and troops to the iV,ft iih h nil nr S01V1 -n irnn,, the war with the other Southern tronns The time has been when there was a i ro".eriui union senuineni, in isxas, nnu a willlntrnps rn tlift nart. nf mnnv true ria- a willingness on the part of many true pa & ' . 1 ,.. ,,, ,, I , Lincoln a lair trial in 1 the administration of tho Federal Oovorn- Greece, theSparitans were not more uni : ,te. . rK; An.,i.. nu.. vu tn ucictw wi ......! ties that is Texasunited in support ofthe 1 lUfmUmM- .juuuinn vuii.v,. .... .. , "n - 1 ..-,1 t Jioy. ,,om i.ti.i,. .sus,iiic, iciiu., i correspondent thus writes of this gentle- His lot is (hat of complete political io- fiie-ent. ami parieu un ttie past, l lie leaders in the fid.-e ciniso that brought j about his fall had no honor, no sympathy tor him, while those that once clung to his political fortunes havo grown indillor- ; out and lost their trust in lii.n. And thus ; he lives an unenviable, lonesomo, hope- less existence embittered, beyond nil ' doubt, by the consciousness of having, by ' one false stfp, inflicted a stain upon hiaj record that obscures all glory of his past, , nnd can never bo fu.ly wiped out. , , . ii. i - .ii To appremate al this it must be known that John Bell his public renunciation j of loyalty to the Union to the contrary ; notwithstanding has really neither neari nor hand in the great Southern rebellion. He goes with his section, not because he, thinks it is rght,but becauso it is his sec-1 lion, lie believes, or at least expresses tli opinion, that ihoj'war ol subjugation' mention' undciiaKen by the iortn is wrong, nut on the other hand, loses no opportunity in! declaring the Southern revolution imju i lifted. Whenever he visits places of pub- iic mini no Uiv,., t"uoi-o tho jetterson navis uynasiy in unmeasu red terms. His past public services secure him im- munity from the consequence tl.it offense ' would entail upon any other person, hut - had been nominated as tho commissioner render him at the same time unpopular of tho Soulhei n States lo obtain their rec amongthe thorough-going rebels. The ' ogniimn as n independent power. The late confiscation of soino of his steamboat lirazilian government positively refused property has greatly irritated him; not i to treat with the agent or agents of the sufficiently, however, to make him more i Coufederacy. The papers wer3 laid upon forbearing with the adrninist ration of af-1 the table, and thi subject dismissed from fairs at Kich.oton'U . .... ' I Uiir councils. 1 torcesetittnised. but liardlv one of tke histo- ! rv even of modern r.iiini)e will vie with it. The jireat batle oT Napoleon were gener- lallv fought with niimhers fur inferior to I those under the walls at Washington "Tstadt. where !.o broke thn n iwer of 1 crown and wns oxde.i to the Hand of Eli ha, in IM. Nn battle wat evrr fought on the eg'.I of the United States where 00, 000 combatan'.s to-jk part in it on both sides. From thee figures you may judge of what a battle we have reason to expect when' the hosts of M'Clellan and Beuure- card, mora than twice the number of Na- 1 poleon and Wellington at Waterloo, coma j into collision. It will be nu event that- ; will be the great military feat ure, proba- bly for ages 10 come, of martini powress in j America. Washington never had thirty : thousand men in one army, under his I command ; Jackson never had fifteen thousand meu, nnd Scott never before the present year had seen twenty thousand troops un ler bis orders. Great is the ab - j ability required to manoiiivre and handle such a large body of men and brina them i into acti.ui at I he pioper limo and place, , The battle of Bull Run extended over sev - ! en miles from one eu 1 of our line to an- , other. To know what is going on in such ' an amphitheatre, und to bo prepared to 1 1 7i T Jl! . 7:, J! " 1 . ' V : J " f?. 1 . ... some six or eiL'ht fenl down in ni.J.v Ti, nest. h sutinosed was on n fl.n fSnr,,l., tion, and he accoidingiy let himself down int.I., . 1... i .-!. .... I,,. , i. . i ... , . . , i'l, I , ii v 1 1 Hi: ail ui.IV t .JU -t IJ-.1 IlllUU on which the nest was built, ho discover ed that it had no foundation, and soon found himself sinking to tho bottom of the tree. The inside of the tree was rotten and would not bear his w-.-ight. Now ho wm in a interna, n v.t- mites trom any .'juliita lion, inside ol a stumn twenty loet hl:l.. . -. . wnii no pros occi o. inn asi.st:iuee, with nothing to sub,i,t on but the ,, i 1.. . ! .i.. o 1 ... .0 1- Iu) Mjivirm-'j nun yeiitut u ii ; .1 un was near- ly exhausted, no one coming within hear-1 !,,!,.. , M,;.,!,!,,, ,,:J)W.'. ' "i,.Urcerution" i-vo genth-men' wero out hunting and camo within hearii-g dis ltan:e. They were very much frightened at hearing a man groaning insidii of lhe; stump, and lor some time, tuey coum not reconcile themselves to what it meant. but having 'earned that the gentleman had been missing from home several days, they goon were satisfied th it it was no ''ghost'' inside the tree. They procured axes, ami soon the prisoner was liberated, He twears ho will never attempt to roll a gooe nest situated as that one k is again. . nKEfnr.n's LT.-In the course of a ,. , ,, . ,. , ,, , speech at tho meeting tf tic Sons of Con 1 v , nccticulftl the t ilih-avenuo Hotel, on vvetinesiiny evening, the Rev. Henry w. Beeuher said : Ma. C'ii ubmas t I have never bad the faintest doubt nt to the result ol ilH.e. test. Slavery will go to hell, where it 'CMnc. hum-not becau-e we are richer. I. .i v....i i .. i stronger, better than the South, but In causa God is fighting against it. Wo shall conquer the Rebels, nut in oil r own strength, but the Almighty Lord wiil lav them over out knee, nnd 'wo will spank mem in me natural (rdei ot I'rovidonco Brazil AVit tub CoNittittRATEs. A let ter received in New York Jrom Brazil savs it was rumored there that Robert G. Scott Fa las tnd Xmo Fi iendsi.ip. My heaven j..en. u.. ',: u ;. ,i blackhearted and dr'eM; bh- ii i ; surrouriii a man in hi' '""i!'or w,.r ity, cui ling his lavo s ana biv,l;ii,u i'l his sunshine, willing j racuc- tiie 1,. ,. devilish deccpti, in if tiny may tii-.-.by "nut tnonev in thrir Mir;e." 11ml nil (ho w 'bile proi.ss to bo bis Ii ii ruN. T'ir-n ! peopio at e very good friend; until a , ti ' needs irirnds. '1'hen. when ti,e dui ii day come, when the ntoi uii u( ii.lvt rsir, best egainst the one fjr whom so u.ui'li respect was hitherto manifested, Hieto ol.. sequiousand fawning wretches turn tneir buck uud look out far a ne it victim. i Eike slia: ks thuL havo followed in the winch animated many a martyr a soul 'with joy as He niarcneil to Iho stalse to hiy down his life for his friend ; which led iamoii to regutt witli rare tieiight tho I pi ivilege of oll'cring himself as a gubsti.. tute fir the condemned rythins; which bas in all ages hallowed the intercourse of noble heart, and stioketh to the beloved object through sunshine and storm even down to tho grave, and is permitted to indulge the pleasing anticipation of ro. ' newing, after a little more battling with the world, the tender and loving commu- ideation which made lit'e worth living for here. Such fiiendshipj we have bu'en iU lowed to observe, and they apologize for the moment for tho meaner actions of men. Examvles of truo devotion to a : brother's cause, of unselfish loyalty to what is noble in tho human character. lift good men above the damp earth atmos- phere into a purer realm. By recognizing l and loving individual excellencies, one grows to a recognition ot the true and tho , beautiful in all, and at length reaches that rieigut, where no leeu mat, "He pravc-th best who loveth best All things both great and small ; For tho dour God who loveth us, Ho made and loveth all." Cautio to Motijsrs It is a very com moil thing to nee mothers and servant girls pushing along tho sidewalks the lit tle carriages in which they are giving ir. an airing on pleasant? days. An exchange remarks that the practice is a very dan-, gcroiis on. and is liable) lo do great and permanent inj'iry to the child. The po sition of a child riding backward i.nt.'.vl of forwards, is an unnatural ono and di rectly atjects the brain. Somo gro.v.i even cannot ride backwards in a railroad enr without experiencing a sonse of faintnoss, and to expect a child to do what 11 strong adult cannot, iioinieasonable, to say Iho least. It is believed by medical writ.or.-i that infant 3 have "lied fmtn didifo rnv ducid by b-iing ridden backwirJs, A battlt. is Ciiic.iiio: A fight occurrnd in Chicago on Fryday, in a billiint-d : allojn, which gie'v out cf an altrtiupt to oowhidi .1. W.Shoahan, e l tor of the i'ost.by Ool. Phillips, of the. Chicago Biica-Jj. Si..-'iiia'i had published a se vere article upon Phil, ins' ..!eetil.ii as Colored, which be rol e-l ! to rc'.r.:ct in such form as Phillifs ,.,-( 1 I ted. The latter attacked Slioahan in the i street with ft raw bi le, ween ho was : . . , . 1 . . r ,1... !.. ,,..t ! Kioc:;i aown oy 0.101. n., , '''-!..'' . ees Tins led to n tin 1:1 stioruy n..r.. in n , . , . .-. . ,,,:, .i,;, ,,, ! "'"O'l'V-1,1 w .hil,h ,u.u,l ,r, r neiH-nns tiartieirnited. and 111 W11H.11 i 11.1- '. 1 i lips was seriously injured- -L-mi.iUeJuur .1 Ballon. W. P. Manguin. of North Carolina, died at his re-idvnc in Orange! county, in that State, lecent'y, a' the ago ofODveu-s. For s.viv years hfl !:.n suT fcred with j.nniitiys-s nnd it is ir'ibiblo that the recent, death of his only ion, from a wound received as M.ma3 is, d. pr:s;e I bis spirits to a point l'nm. whic he could noi rally. Ci.Enovvt s ExLiTr.n. Rev. Clias. Cook BaUist clergyman ol West Gardiner, Me., has enlisted s a private in the 1 1 th Maine Rejiment. He is a native of B.iltimorc, where his friends now reside. Dru.Tho village of WiUiainstown, Oswe go county, N. Y.. sci)L ono volunteer to tho war, and he having returned, prepar i ti.ins are to be made to Ijonor him wit'i a public rVception. fr-iT-Wbv i. a gentleman when he forces a youyg lady to accept a gift, like one milking an unintentional error? Ha makes a miks-tnkn (mistake.) E'.A young cvquisit" being asked why he did not eiilisl, said that be alvays thought war was bast when taken in homci opnthic doses. Ununited Stales Serntor Binghim rWn.l nf nmi'itiliijiv at his rovd'Hie at Green Oak, State ot .Mu.iigur. instant. it i , . on tlic o'h j)ij5"Hor,c.3" ilei.iM to know if n nig. gor minslrtit Lund is to be considered cou-s trabatid. . . The census of nana', a shows a polynia-' tion of 2, 100.8s.. . V-