. m . " 11 ! - SV'V '''' V 1 7 l"n ik -fax ... M4 " l.JT i J .J : .11 'Jt f .:. D. W. MOOBE, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXVI.-WIIOLE NO. THE NEXT DRAFT JUtrospect Concerning Me Men Called for in 1804-1,200,000 Men tolled or nee Feb- rvaru 1 What hut beme of Them', A nqlblican ViLothTFaCUr w v (ne .uacr. From the Commercial Advertir, Dca 13 . . i.i ... , . AllOOUSn IhSI noiinlr mm hhimI ,'..U U. T .nn n .1.-. :n.: .Solicitor Whiting, and by .riM. other official outeivinea just previous lo the presidential election, that the last draft had been auccessful, and that the govern- llient had oLtaind all tha man nnH Atron uienv iu oiuiioeu au me men, ana evon more iimo waa. iieeaea, to capture Hicb- in mil. i n a. liih rRi man rAmmti am a - tlie entire South, and endl the rebellion. w - vvuiuiuuivniiuii vi ytt reared Lnd the result of the election been announced, when the provost-tnar-ahal general issued orders for a revision and correction of the enrollment in all the Stales ; and from this order and other of ficial and unofficial announcements and hints, here is now a very goneral impres sion in the public mind that another draft is soon to be made. Under these-! ' circumstances a brief retrospect of what Lai already been done, or left undone, in tne way oi uraKing, may uot be uninter esting to our readers. The people are not eeneiauy aware oi me tact (and it would hardly seem that the government itself is conraious oi iij innt since me 1st oi reo rusry last, a period of little less than ten months, the President has issued calls for volunteers and ordered drafts to Gil quo las not filled by volunteering, to the num ber cf 1,200,000 men. On the first of Feb ruary last, be issued a call for 000,000 men, and ordered a draft on tbo 10th of March following for all deficiencies not filled by volunteering at that 4ate. On the 15th of March he ordered a new draft for 200.- 000 more men. alleging as an excuse the ? 1 ! 1 - . . f . I . luiiuvuiuio Dt'crtvmes oi me army ana naval service. On the 10th of July, ano ther eull for 500,000 men was made, and a (kalt ordered for all deficiencies exist ing on the 5th of September following. With regard to the first two calls, those of February 1 and or March 15, various ex cuses were given by the government and champions of the administration for thair not proving effectual in -filling up the ranks to the extent anticipated. A large portion of the February call, it was said, tas dicposed of in settling up old claims nnd striking balances for excess of men furnished by various States over previous oalls ; and as to the ILaroh oall it was al leged that more than half of that was fill ed by the re-enlistment orvewraus hIicij in the service, thus bringing less than one hundred thousand new recruits to the army. But the last call in July for.500, 000 men was not supposed lo be subject to any of shese drawbacks, nnd Congress, having in the meantime abnlinhed the $300 commutation clause, and compelled every drafted man to either go him self or furnishja substitute, it was uni versally understood . by the peopie, and so gifen out by government ollicial. that thiseall would be effective, aud would bring to th array all te reinforcements needed to crush the rebellion and restore peaoo to the country. From the date of the call up to the timo of the election the newspapers were full of theso assur ances, both official and unofficial, and the people were given to understand on oil sides that the last draft had heon ordered, that our armies were already or soon would be, amply roinforced, aod that the end of tho rebellion was nigh. As speci mens of tba hundreds of newspaper arti cles and official assurances to this effect, we will quote the following. On the 2Jd oT July, four days afior the call, the Aew York Tunes, in an editorial articlo said : "Tho immense reinforcements which will be secured lo themtional armies by the last proclamation of the President, or course have a most important tnilitaiy bearing. They will make these armies ir resistioly superior to any force the "con federates" can bring against them, if Leo's and Johnston's armies have not been able to prevent Grant and Sherman from fighting their way through the most de fensible parts of tho " confederacy " with lho old levies, it is a sound military con clusion that when the now levisare add ed to thorn, it will l iu our power topen etrate to any part of the South, and, and to drive the rebollion to its last ditch. The draft is to take place oo theith of September. In many, and perhaps most portions of the North, it will be fully met in advance by volunteer enlistments. Iu all, the draft, without serious dilBcull), will supplement any deficiency m volun teorine. There is little or no doubt that before the end of October the enure force called for will be under arms. From the time this rosult is attained -we iuy ay, indeed, from the time when it be comes apparent to the rebels that it will be obtained signs, we beliovc, will mul tiply of a new anxiety on their part for peace." On the 28th of July tho same paper gave the public the following editorial in- lormation : , ... "Several of the Stales have credits on other calls, which will reduce the number of fresh troops actually supplied by the rresent call to about four, hundred thous and men. With the vast addition to our present forces which will be eiven by this xsall of the President, every main railroad now loft in the confederacy," ought to be, and under tho management of Lieutenant-Gen. Grant, unquestionably would ha hpntinht into our control within three . Tr.Anih. hnn that is onoedone, the time. lor rebel surrender would soon come, even were net another gun fired." TDK DRAFT HOT TO M W80XK. The following editorial extracts and Washiagton dispatch! to the same paper will show that thej fiovernment authori ties were determined that this tast call should result in filling up oar armies, and that the President was resoiveaw smw" tie draft at all hazards j i . ii i j ThtSs.'UJ fane" that the adoxin Wrv ' 1838. uon irii w Duugmi trom the duty or e- S!, ?U.0'cd P?.io-l At I 1 si m . The draftV i . T.i P08,llvf made' " the ffTrVJTa ""d" that it should be. General Grant is awattinir ita fruitii to tuaKea aura thing of Richmond The determination on tlaia acore u irrevo- cable, nnd Mr. Lincoln declarea that if hi. . . . . J re-e.ection i. to be bau.ked by mVan. of thin measure, he will at least hav tl. au Ufaction of going down with the colors flying I" wim, lty. 23. MTk.?u;,Uni .iLn.l. i I. - " ibe i'resident eland firm ncainst ev ery solicitation to postpone the draft. To ' i: i l i . the procrastinatora who have nsiced if. that they may fill tboir quotas by volun - teers, his reply is, lhat for this end his proclamation gave ample time, and that the army is not to be punished if that lime has been wasted. To the alarmists who are concerned lest the draft cannot be enforced without reiiistance and insur- rpoilnn hi. ir.ltr U ii.a if it i.. . iL' it ! 1 .a ion, tue qmcner me government proves its powers to maintain its laws, the lietler, to the little calculators of his rartv who are exorcised lest the, enforcement of this draft will defeat his election, his reply u, Uiat whatever his fato, he shall do his du ty. We rejoice in this spirit. "It is pre cisely what the crUis demands." Times, August 25. 1 WUAT GENERAL GRANT NEEDED TO FINISH U? TUB RE11ELLIO.V. It is no mere poor judgment of mine, but the authoritative utterance of the head of ail our armies, that it is in the hands of the people to end the rebellion at a blow; Lieutenant-General Grant has de clared that "if he had now but a hundred thousand freh men he coulJ, in fifty days, do up all the fighting that tuods to be done during the war.,' This in no shal low heresay; it is the authentic declara tion of the high name given ; and the sen timent is affirmed by every military man 1 have latoly met.. Half that force added lo General Grant's 'own immediate army, would enable him lo stretch bis lino a crois lo the Dunvilie road, and positively compel the abandonment of Virginia; the other half would put Hoods army into the hands of General Shermnu. Is there liv ing patriotism enough left in the country to evoke lho means fi.r so glorious a con summation T If there were net, it might well raise- the question whether such a people doserved to be saved f The druft. is designed to give General 6ranl the hun dred thousand, and three times the hun dred IbOUBUlid lllm, lig uv. .1. nnnoluda the war withal. That measure rings thu death-knell of the rebellion. The leaders or the rebellion in the South know it; the nbbettors of the rebellion in the North know it, and henno their efforts to thwart it. The draft will be made in spite or both. Time i' Watuiittv Dispatch, Auyurt 30. WUAT BECKCTARV S7MXTOS SAID. The Toregoing was confirmed by an offi cial dispatch of Secretary Stanton to Gen eral Dix, dated September 3, in which he said . The naval and other credits required by tho act of Congress will nmount to a bout two hundred thousand, including N. Y which has not teen reported yet to the department; so that the President's call of July 19th is practically reduced to three hundred thousand men. Ur:o Hun dred thousand new troops, promptly fu nished, are all that General Urnnt asks for the capture of Richmond, and to give a finishing blow to the rebel nrmios in the Cold. I he residue ot tne call wouiu be adequate for garrisons in forts and to guurd all the line of communication and supply, free the country from gurillas, give security to trade, protect commerce and travel, and establish peace, order, and tranquility in evory state." WUAT CENfRALS GRtVT AXD SHERMAN SAID. In order apparently to bo thoroughly fortified for the enforcement of tho draft, the oovernment urocured from Generals Granl and Sherman an expression of the'r opinion upon its necessity, and according - Iv wn find them both teleffranhmc to Sec retary Stanton on the same day (the 13th or Sept. J lueir views oi iub buojcuv u v 10 "General Grant said : "We ought lo have the whole number of men called for S! p.Wr.iJn. n iha ihortest possible ujr . . . " i r.,r. 1 1 1 ma rrompi Miion ..i u ... t will have tnoieeffeto upon the enemy than a victory over them. I hey profess to be lieve and make their men believe there is such a party North in laror oi lecognuiug southern independence that the draft can not bo enforced. Lot them ueunueceive'i. Deserters ootno into our lines daily, who tell us that the men are nearly universal ly tired of the war, and that desertions would be much more frequent, but they ill be necotiatod after the Ml election. The enforcement ofthenswvv draft and prompt tilling up of our armies will save therheiiatng oi uooa w u im mense degree." Goneral Shcrmau's dispatch was as fol lows: ,,. "I am very gld to her.r the draft will be enforced. First, wo heed the ruon ; secondly, they como as privates lo fill up our old and tried regiments with their oxperioncoil officers already on hand ; and third, bocause the enforcement of the law will manifest a power resident in our gov ernment equal to the occasion. Our gov ernment, though a Democracy, should in limes of trouble and danger, bo able to wield the power or a gteut nation-" WQAT 8ECRRTARV SEWAROSAID. On the 5th of September Secretary 5ow- ard ode speech in A burn, in which ho said that ''we shall have no draft, besiuse the army is being reinforced at mo rata ror tn thousand per day by volun- hut in a tubsequeni speocn, mnrla in Washineton. he modified, tao slatoment as follows: " j-rllow - citi - EKNS ! in a Bpeeen l idhub """ tht thee should be no draft became In a speeeh I made a uourn i PBINCIPLES, CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21, 1861. the army is being reinforced by five to ten .lUouwDd voluntas per day. M Plo understood me and cleared their district of the draft by voluntoorinc. Patrjptic men in Philadelphia write b that thera ih .,,ia,.t,i .... . ...v.w v i yuuriaiuiiu lilt L i !l7 that there will be noJraft. ond thersfo-o they atop ?obinteering. I a mil myse'f therefore, of Si-ocasion to m,r.,iih.! J.. . r .1 . j.o.. . oX ,hn i,...ir il S li. " f a.1 00 7. ii.uii ut nui.9. hiiiiih fi rii 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 'come if (vent it I. i. . , " . , . iuoi atrocious '.n.faHurn "Wo mutt " we do not volunteer and so DreJKai,i xr. . v ..mur I hope that roint is now. -' tUB DRAFT ORDRRED TO COXXEXCE. !G un 11)0 l ith of September Secrlnry On tho ' . miegrapiieu 10 uenerai LMxas tol- lows: "The draft is ordered to comence in all IhoRtates and districts where the quota is not filled ty voluulecrs on Monday, tho l'.Hh, and will go on until completed. I oiunteers ana substitutes will bo receiv- u anu creuiieu i us mieu periou an pos sible. olunteering is still progressing with vigor in most of the states." Subsequently the country was informed that both tlw private secretaries of Presi dent Lincoln had been drafted, which was considered pretty good evidence that the draft was being enforced to the letter. Now, '"on perusing the foregoing, pcveral reflections and inquiries naturally suggest themselves to every mind. Fir si. If the draft under lho last call for 500,000 men was thus enforced to tho luttor, a the government assured the peo ple it would lie, and as the country sup pOBod it had been, what has become f tho men, and whence the need of another druft ? We have seen that according to the lowei-t estimate or Secretary Stanton, and after deducting all claims and draw backs from evory quarter, the draft whs to produce not lesthan 10,000 men, nnd as "all that Geu. Grant asks for the capture of Richmond, and lo give tho finishing blow to the 'rebel nrmios yet in the field, is 100,000 meg," the remaining 200,000 "would bo adequate for garrisons in forts, aiid to guard all lho lines of 'communica tion and supply, free the country from guerrillas, give security to trade, protect commerce and travel, and establish peac?, order, and tranquility in every state." &cond. If Ibe drall wan n$t enforced ac cording to the pregraaime laid down with snob a llouasli oi trumpets uy me gov em men t, And why should tho covviiment talk about another draft .,..ii r.., ii; u.i nnin all imviiit . untilit enforces the last one in all localities .un. .lofinipnpy vet remains? It is not to bo supposed, after lho euipnaui; uou. anccs ol government officials to the con trary, that the President refrained from enforcing lho draft in any locality before the election for politicrl reasons, and yet kb hi.v board within a week past of sup- drafts in Washington, and of a draft ordered and then postponed in Kentucky. What is tho meaning of these reports? is it true that the last draft still remains unenforced in any part ..of the country? If so, the government cannot be too quick in completing it, and, until they do this, lherBhould bo no talk of another draft in thoe stales which hove filled their quotas. Should it eventually prove true that the heads of departments at Washington, from Secretary Seward down, as well as the comanding general false prophets, and that another half million of men will be need ed to do what 100,000 was to do in three moths, we may then have a worn to Bay about lho wholo business or uraanig as hitherto conducted by tho government oV.mii Mm utter lack of system and la!in disnlnved bv tho head of the War Department In his spasmodic, op pressive, onerous, and expensive efforts to raise men for our armies. Tho friends of Secretary Stanton say that he is the hard est working tucmbor of the cabinet ; that bo works sixteon hours or mjre P5.r,'i'!y We would respectfully suggest that if oo would work but eight hours n day, he I (i r- purer bead, and, by hav- I n nloro time to think, might be ablo to ' reduc0 the business of bis department to nma kind O SVSieni. wuilu nuu... j ,j8 labors, and prove much more accepts j,le to the people. Tue Ca-! AlmanM for the joai rul'" " 1 ' ! Lynchburg, Va., gives a statemen f the i killed, wounded and prisoners iu thv! great I ;,' , tllo war.for m-"V3 a. battles of tho war.for !8ol- J ami 1. w publishers say that tho returns for tho first three years are accurate, ua.... -compiled from official souices. Those for. 1SG1 are approximated, as no official statements have been published, but they are nevertheless nearly correct : CONFEDERATES. Year. lKfil, 18112, Killed. Wound. Pris. 1,031 3.812 l.fiOft 13,18'J 49,534 . 5,'J7o 12.200 48,000 71.2(H) Total. ' 08,044 It 1 4'0 f7,r!00 278,841 ja, 15,300 4o,000 Total, 41,770 110,843 FEDERALS. , Wound. 9.S74 08,388 54,000 110,009 Tear. Killed 1K61, 4,W 1 802. 20,275 WA, 18,300 1861, 01,000 , -rri, .0,773 48,813 34 000 32,000 Tolal 04 (;4 1V171 nfcoio 200,000 Tot. 107,573 242,204 Federal loss in battle, 1 by sickness, US, 18 1 480,410 4iVJ,414 . 350,000 -819,11'J , . , ... r-Q Confederate Iftss in battle, .4..-ii , ' by iiekucis, la0,000 u,n .- . 1 Excess of Federal loss, Total. nniS;Pt - ' l:41fi i its I Know I am a hcrtect osar in mv ( roanneV," said a young farmer m lm ' s weet-ho.fr t. ro, indeed, you aro no'i ... ..( joajn i ycu hwo newt uugea .iosjti : jiuimnmm uuw ! y01l 4re .aore sheep than bear," 7,500 80,231 not MEN. " ....... ." ' EXECUTION OF THE GIRONDIST r JOHN C. AB.10TT. . During the progrew of the French Rev olut.on, here wee two partiM Khj h V rose, and for a long limB contested for ilia ruiJIOlIlUCV. Ilia II irnnrl il. ... I t.U- ' T 7"? 8t, lha i lho Jaoobina and iustainod lhm n ilir . . - must." ZX. i t is our only safety.'' . The Girondists at- venipiea 10 nrrest the progress of the frightful inassacrcis in nhich the Jaco bins were engaging- They thus exposed themselves to the dangerous charge of be ing in sympathy with the aristocrats.' The strife which epsued, a strifo involving life or death, was one or tho most terribie ro cordod in history. JIadame lloland was one evening urg ing Vergniaud to rally the Girondists par ty at every hazard in arrest the massacres, "The only hope of Franco," said sbe "is in tlio sacredness.or the l.iw. This atro cious carnago causes thousand or bosoms to thrill with horror: All the wise nnd good in France, and in the worlj, will lise to sustain those whoexpose thoir own hearts as the barrier to arrest such enor mities." "Of what avail," was the sad reply or Vergniaud, "can such exertions be ? The assassins are supported by all the power or the street. Such a conflict must neces sarily terminate in a street fight. The rannon are with our roes. Tho prominent or the friends of order massacred. Terror will restrain the rent. We shall ordy pro voke our own destruction." For several days lho strife raced In lha Convention with the utmost intensity, botweou the Girondists ami tho Jacobins. The party which could obtain tho ma jority would surely, consign the other to lho scaffold.- M- Roland, the Girondist Minister of tho Interior, was a man of great power, but Madame R )!and wiili a briiliunCV of iro.ailla flal.lnm anrnnamfl 'tim. pared for bin; his speeches in the Conven-J uon. r ranee recognizee ner marvellous n bilities ; tho one n irty rot'anled her with I adoration, and the other with hato. Pro jbablynovur before in the history of tho j world has a woman occupied such a posi tion. It soon became evident that the j rS9, r Jacobins would do.oond upon I Madame Loland. and sho was urged to escape irotu 1 arU. the heroic woman re- pfied : ent.' " r r il " TS-A i? Sr- rVu'.fl J'fL1; nwAk make nny attempt at street escape. My enomies may always finl me in my place. I owe my country an example of firmness, and I will give it'1' Sho remained in Taris, and soon per ished upon the guillotine. The Conven tion consisted ofeiL'ht hmnlred nisn. Twenty-one or the most illustrious men oT France were considered leaders or the Girondists. The Jacobins accused them of treason, and overawing the m timbers o! the Convention by a mob, carried the ac cusation, and condemned them to death. It was then voted lhat all Poris should be illuminated in view of tho triumph of the people. At midnight tho whole Convoo lion, in procesiion, traversed the brilliant streets, loading, to grace their triumph, tbo doomed Girondists. Thuy wero all then consigned to the Concierperio, there lo await lho final trral. Summer came ami wont, whilo illustrious men lingered in their a dungeons. With fortitude tho re cord of which has enbnlmcd their tnomo ries, they stru?glod to sustain eanh other to meet that fate which they knew could jiol be doubtful' At length lho hour of final triumph eamo. . With the most imposing military array of infantry, cavalry, artillery, to guard nnain.H the possibility of any coun ter revolution, th prisoners wero con ducted in a long procession, two by two, to the judgement b ir. It was the 'Mih of October, At eleven oclocli at niglit the verdict was brought in, aud they were doomed lo be led the next morning lo tho guillolmo. As the sentence was pronoun ced, one of lho Girondists, Valano, plun ged his dagzor to his heart, and fell life less to the lioor. Another in the delirium of enthusiasm, shouted : "This is the most glorious day of my lifel" It was midnight when the victims were condtictod back to tho Cohciorgeiro, as they marched along, their voices bursted into tho Marsaillcs Hymn, in tones which reverberated thr'o lho corridors of the prison, -and eohoed through the streets : "Como children of yur country coibo, Tbed:y of glory datfhson high, And tyranny hns wido unfurled Her blood stained baonor'in tbo sky.", They ere placed in one largo ball, and lho lifek'ss body of their companion wfts deposited in ono corner1 liy decree of ; the assembly the romalns of Valuuo was t0 he talton with (Die rest, l Iheguillo- 1 tine, and tho axo vns to sever tho head 1 from the lifeless body, and all the head- Some fr lend s of the Girond ist 9 li - . 1 . bo interred together, alely sent to them a sumptuous bsnquot, their linal funeral repast. Alargooekcn laulO s as spieiio. ruivn.iL vn v...? .m brilWnnt lamps. The richest viands of nmnla nnd wines wero broUtrhl in. Vases of flowers smiled and tho costly dishes np- nrvirpd one nfirr-tfinothcr. until tbo board was covered with luxury and splendor. In 6ilence they tonk their places at tho i.i.i.. till,,, .11 ,,. rf lirilliant in. I lll"U. iiicj imoii tellcct, and most of them eloquent. A ,,rjost, Abbo. Lambcit, who bad gained admission, with his pencil nolod down i. !.: i ii.;. ;n,i;n. llieir win ur fc "l'i nvjii-fiio, .(.i. .....iv- . r l ! iT Tl. .. ..... ..l. . ..h.i. .1 f....ii.. (..! 1 1, - lions OI liuroinui. uu . uijs. nm riutuir ted windows. - When the cloth was re- moved, and lha fruits, the wine, and the - flowers a one remainrsi. the conversation became animated, wita occasional oursts nt tfiintr' A fV nf the tinhelinvers in im- ' rnprtality pprleayorcij thus to meet thoir TEE3KS : NEW doom. But it was hilaritv unnatural, and unworthy of the men and their condition, uvaia is not a jest, and be who attempts to regard it does but dishonor himself. . "WbaUhall we be doing at this time! to-morrowi" asked Dacos. ! "We shall sleep," responded'one, "af-i ter the fatigues of the day, to awake no more. Death is but an endless slumber." "No." reioined FniiMint. nnitiiloi.r.. i is not our destin v ThitOA Iwwlina mfiuW PL... ,L... . . f""""' j homj mougnis never die. To-morrow, in other words, wo shall Lave soljed the problem of the destiny of the human Diind. - Ail turned to Vergniaud m by a com mon impulse. His discourse wai long, nnd has been described as tho most elo quent ever uttered by human lips; "Death." said ho, in conclusion, "is the greatest of life, It introduces us lo a no blo existence. Woie it not so, there would be something greater than God. It would be just man imolating hi.usclf anelessly Jnnd hopelessly for his couutry. Nol-r Verguiaud is no greator than God. God will not suilor Vergniaud to-morrow to as cend tho scaffold but to' justify andaver.'ge him in future ages," As lho light of morn penetrated Ihe dungeon, some sought a moment's sleep, others a last line to frionds, whilo others gathered in groups for conversation. At four o'clock, the censd' armcs entered with the exoctitioLcrs. The bnir wns cut from thoir necks, lhat it might not im pedo the axe. Gtntciino picked up i lock and sent it to his wife Saying : "Tell her that it is the only memorial of my love, which 1 can transmit to her ami mat my iuou"Uts iu uuatu were hers." ', ereinnua fcraicueu upon ins watcli a few lines of tender remembrance, find sent it to tbo youn;; lady to whom in a few ciay sho was tojbcjnmrricd. Five rude carts conveyed them to the scaffold. Each cart contained fi vo poifc ons. The streets thro' which tbo sad procession passed were thronged . with countless thousands, It was one of tho most splendid ofOotober mornings. As tho carts moved, lho Gi rondists rang tbo Marseillaise Hymn. . At tbo ond of each verso there wns u mo ments silence, and thon the strain was renewed loud and sonorous. Arrived at tbo scaffold, they all embraced. They tlien rosumoa tneir luner.u ciisnt. Wne after another nscended tho scaffold continuing tho song until his beud fell into tho basket. There was no weakness No voice faltered ; on each succeeding gWWIUdifl'ilWrVJ aCfer head fell, tho rob;' alonp. Long conlinemeut had spread s deadly palor over his intelleotual features, lie useended tho steps, tho chorus having died away into a 60I0 of surpassing rich ness. For a moment be gazed upon the headless bodies of'his friends. And then, ns ho Biii-rendered himself to the execu tioner, commenced anow the strain, . l.'nuio cliililioa of Mur country, como, Tho day of glory dawns ontiigh." Tho axo foil, and bis lips were silent in death. 'lbuJ perished the uironuists Tho history of lho French Revolution, in all its sublime annals, barf no I a tragedy ,more thrilling. Ravages of Wit.n Animals in Soctuerk California. The San Fransi.iuo BnHdin sev's ; The Jestrucliou caused by wild an imals to tho flocks and heids has been very serious this year. We are informed of rancheros in the lower countries who have lost hundreds of sheep, horses, and catllo by bears, lions and coyotes. .These destructive brutes appear to have been do- priveii, by the excessive drouth, o. liioir usual supplies of venison, squirrels, coons, badgers, oats, acorns and wild fruits, and have ottdeavored to make up their loss by waylaying the fattest and younett ianch animals which have survived the season. In August and September past, tho bears in lho mountain pastures o( SanU laibra and Los Angolos, Lave killed them for weeks, in groat numbers, particularly cat tle. The farm-houses in lho San Marcos mountains have been rodcoed often, night after night, by grizzlies of tho biggest breads, and their trucks lie about next morning as thick as iroia a band of horses. Their boldness is extreme, and not with out much dangor, even lo the bcsl hun ters and vatwos. Cats, lynx as, li)ns and coyotes have truly been death on sheep and colts. Hut what is curious, the coons, during the summer and fall, have left tho mountains in great nunahers, nnd descended to the cultirated lands in Los Angolos and Santi liaibsra, and eaten up entire crops of gar dens and fields, and cleaned out egg', Chickens.-ophers, and squirrels. Tney arc called ruapaches by the natives; and their holes and those of badgers may fre quently be .seen excavated by the grizzlies, in their savage ctiorts 10 get a lasie oi copn meat. In faot, tho ranoheros say they were driven out from their retreats in the higher canadas and hillsidos, and several fields were lanJ out by thorn. , Angular to say , hero has beon n great mortality among the ground squirrels, and thev have beon tremoudously thinned off by starvation tnd the predncious birds and quadrupeds, j Ladies vs. Gentlemen. Threo things a . lodv rnnnot do : 1. She cannot pass a millinery shop without stopping. O Kho cinnnL nn a tilenn of lafiO Wlth- ...l. ........ , out aking tho price. ' 3. She cannot -see a baby without kiss- ing it. .. a i.,i r on.iiintanco turns the ' ...1.1 .1.. .nnltitmon BS follows i wij i . ... - lai'ius Ull mc KL.ij.tLi- . , t in..,, ii. wnt ifflin ennnot uo : 1. lie cannol go through the house and shut tho door oner shirt made to suit a. tie rnimuk Dim. ! 3. Ilo can never l3 siilncj nUh ladies' ftshioos $2 00 Per Annuo. If paid In advance. SERIES - VOL. V.-NO.- 23. Thieves and Knrdercrs Among the Pris oners Bt Andersonvrile. t Corrsspondonceof the rhils IolpLia Iniuior. Asxatolis, Md., Nor 2'J. It is painful'lo record .anvihiiif LLnf would exhibit any. of the trnion. aolJni of our army in -a wicked and murderous light. Uut the men recently released tell a sad story. At Camp Sutuier, at Auder aonville, over thirty thousand of the Un ion solders were conciliated to?et.hrF Some two hundred of these wero terkloss characters men who were, prbps' 4,fc. lore tney joined-our army, e u ilty , f , rv Vice ; thieves, and even murdPr- Ti,i all banded topether to practice thc:r Nmo evil deeds in thistramp uu ,.i.. r.., nate men confined their as prisoners frdtn their own army, llieir custom na to seize and rob him of all ha had. and if he made the least resistance or outcry, to murdor him on the spot. They murder ed many. In some instances the bodies ot those they had made way with were found buried in their tents. Ibis state of things had assumed such a pitch, that all the better portion of the prisoners' felt that something must bo done to stop it. and bring these men to punishment- 'At. lengin tticy conferred with the rcht l (iu thortties. They consented' to arrest tbo suspected ones. ' Aguaid was sf.nt intJ camp for the purpese. f iver Ivso hundred wero picRctf out and laken out si.de tho stoayndo. They wcrerill cxamiced. .The result was that six of the ringleaders wire delivered up toapolice force of tho Union prisoners. They took thwn, formed a regular court, obtained 'rtvvvor.), nnotiint" ' jury and gave ihern art iir.jjar'.lal nmlj-. , trial, j'.very laeiuiy vas fcitotdr-' "-i --v. tljat they nihjhf have justice dm Hut uftcr all was ended flier ' ' - evidence lhat the.-o nion lud c'ni a cumber of tho Men in wrup. v" ' ' Tbey wore aonJomucd !jy a jtl . own foHow-pri.scufcrs, ol tiii i ." '- ;., hung. AU thu siAiwritfJiUtig , '"'' lho camp. We ba the r.aw. ' ! s men, but wo fjibt'ii'r to Jub'-!i-i r. n htve not heard ono say, autot. C.;i .iio have returned, that he does t: r", r'. u theact. All say that h.n '. In good tor them. The prw--' " tl f court, Ihe testimony, ie . i i i i i, ki . been all seutu Wasliiluu u..:.. f fair, . this suuiatnry j.uuuhi.-.' . '. C wore no moro tuur'icri or lobbi - -i cimp. . .. v t i MrTiNV ok Xeoho Tttuors at Mi . m A not Her alarm and panio occinvd :f Mr o VJ'ilVeAAilf. WMIUL. Oi tho lith uil tre, which was untiially crowded. : ing of heavy cnniioii was hecrd in '. rrction of the fort ; this was soon f v ed by tlio ringing of nil tho bells anu i tiring ul signal guns in the city for usf blinjt the luililia. Tho ntidionce 'made i rnpidcxit f'om tlio theatre by all ' nvenucs or egress, wilh Geti. Wiwh' in the sun maliii(r Inn'jr strii"" ' when Foro5t disturbed his s'umbtn ; . this time rot wiiLoiit I. is r.eibr i nienls). Olliccrs, foliioij nn l citi; were running to nnd fro in thn str some supposed lo bo iti search rf tlie H of battle, and soma for hilling pin pes j i . women nnd children took lo tin c'1 and ravines, while boom, pup, j ' ( , tho stiifo wiliiin 1 1)0 Jut lifica'.ions ; I in a short time nil was quiet npain, mi knew why. Nor has it heen t'.vr 'nhie I all tho city press, not.vjthsi;.iid:t ,t i freedom accorded it by the military Ihorities ; but as soMoofr'ir prn'.ei aro somewhat lss reticent thin thp Cu.i manding general, enough ht.i ir-i'ispi to sliow that the negro troops, in ilia e: . berance of joy ou account of thoir itcin. emancipation, mutinied against tho mili tary men who seek to enslave them nnew and tho big guns r.d little puns of lha fort wero turned upon the poor wrjU hc-., and many were laid low in the dust. Thu number sacrificed is not known, but is supposed to be greater than has occurred in tho South ftom keeping all tho slates in subjection for half a century before thi war. Rp.cEirrs tat Never Fail. To destroy ruts ctilh them one by ono, and flatten, their bends in lemon-squeezer. To kill cockroaches get a pilrof heavy boots, then catch your roaches, put thorn into a barrel, theu get in yourself and dance. To kill bedbugs chain Iheir hind legs lo a troo then go rouml in front and make mouths at thorn. To catch mice on going lo bed 'put crumbs of cheese in your mouth, and lie with it open, and when a mouse's whis kers licklo vbur throat, bite CrTho (hrtmntown Telegraph' receipt fcr curing meat is taid to bo superior to almost any othor. It is ns follows ; To I ga'.lon of water, take 1$ pounds of salt, J poui)d of sugar, J ounce of saltpetre, I jound of potash. In this ratio Ilia frkklo lobo increased to nny quantity desired. Let these bo boiled together, until nil the dirt frntn Ihe supnr rises lo the top and Is skitnmed off. Then throw ilJnto o tub to cool, and when iWpour it -over your, boeforpoik. jpyTwo cenluries ago not one in hundred wore stockings. Eifty yirs4.' not ono boy in a thousand was nl1wed t run atTlarrowit night. Fifty yetirs t;ro not onoitirl in a thousand made a waiting maid of uor motlw. Worrdorful iuiprove DlOiJt, ill Ibis wnmlerful ag. 6fc2If yoa wish to rppoar ajreubl i , society, says Talleyiand. you uiir-'. c i: sent to bo taught many (Llns wi; i..;. v know already. Mother Wit A stingy ha-lavi '' . . offlbe blamo of Ihe lawlessnc . I.. childron in company by saying bis w,f. always gives them thoir Own way. M1I.A. 1 1, in ... " unj tl.A i.inm J .mil.' 1AV7'1 IIMK-, ma .( 'i(F(llrv lLflk. 'It's all I have tog'vo them,"