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Clearfield, Pa.
? rI-rJ buiti m of all kinds attended to
ifi-b pnMiittniM and fidelity. Office in reidnce
f William A. Wallace. janl.!:70
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTOnNET AT LAW,
Clcnrtteld, Pa.
raOffioe Id trie Court ITouiw. fdeelt-ly
H. W." SMITH,
ATTOP.NEY-AT-L A W,
lrS rie.rflclil, P. ly
WILllA 4. WALI.Aer.. J. BLAKB WALTKItB.
WALLACE & WALTERS,
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f tifil, eotiFevaneei jirr'nn(t, taxe paid, and Itinn
ran cm taken. 0:Ho in new building, nenrlj
uiijit0 t'ourt 11 ut?. juiil.TU
ISRAEL TEST,
. A T TO UN KY 'AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
fiVOBat In tbc Court Uoase. tJ)'""
" JOH N H. FUL F OR D,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
llenllleld. Pa.
OfBse on Market Si . o'or llarlsalck A Irin'
Irud More.
lr4rPromnt atUvatiun (fieen to tlic leeurltifr
of lliuntr, Claims, 4e.,and to a!l legal business.
Mireh'jS, ISo7-ly
RO BERT WALLA CE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Wallace'.on, Clcarfleld County, Penn'a.
;AII I(rU bi.Binei prrmpt!y a'tendrd to.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTOKNEY AT LAW.
Xl6s on Second Ft., ClearDeld, Pa. noSl,n
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
And Ileal 1'j.lale Agent, rieartleld. Pa.
Officii on Third utrret, bet. Cherry A Wain at.
jV-Keppvotfally offers hit rvlcfi In Uing
and buyioff lands In Clearfield and adjoining
counties and with an tperifnfl of orr twenty
years as a surveyor, (letters kinself that be tin
render latiifaotn. (fpblS.'fiJ tf
W M. M . McC U LLO U G H,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
t learfield. Pa.
HXBoa on Market utraet ana dooraaatof tha Clear
laid Couaty Bank. may4,'64
John II. Orril. C. T. Alexander.
ORVIS &. ALEXANDER,
ATTOrXKVS AT LA W,
llclleroiite. Pa. epl.'S-y
" drTwT a. mean s,"
PHYSICIAN k SIM.GEO.V,
LITIlKUSni'ItO, J'A.
Will attend profcF.ionnl ealli p.-omplly. auglO'70
DR. Al THORN,
PHYSICIAN k SUItfiLXJX,
II
AVIM1 lonalcd at Kylertow. Cleaifi.M eo
Pi . c.f.r. l.i. nr..!.. i.-nl serv iees to the
p'rof the sitrroilndili((i.ntrjr. (H.-pt. Ti, ti'J y
DR. J. r. WOODS,
PHYSICIAN & 8 U HO KU N.
lUvinj removt.d to Ans'.nvlll.-, Pa-etT-rs his
profeselonal aervieeg to the people of that plaee
a.l the aurrounilig country. All ealla promptly
attended to. (Deo. 3nmpd.
j . IT. ku ne7m7 d r,'
PHYSICIAN k SUHGEON,
H AVI Ml kvated at IVni.fl-1.1. Ta.. olT. rs hi.
pmleMional wrriees to tlo people of that
plaoe and surrouiiditis ooantry. All oalls promptly
a'tendi d to. oet. II If.
J EFFERSON LI TZ,
r II Y S 1 C I A N ASUKGEOX,
HAVISU located at Oseenla, Pa., offers his
professional services to the people of that
plare and surrounding co.ntrr.
VfL-AU calls promptly attended to. OnW
and residenoa on Curtin St., (ormerly oenpied
by Dr. Kline. mylli ly
" d r.j7 pT'bu r c h f i el 67
Iiite Puronn oftbe "d lled'nient, TennnylTanis
Vnlgnteers, havine; returned from the Army,
t'Tprf hi profonnion! serviees to tbe cltitenr
of t learBfld e lunty.
rttesinn.il ealli promptly attfn led to.
OTlfa, on Second street, furmcrlv oernpled by
Dr. Wools. apr ,' U
D R. T. J EFFERSON DOYER,
niYsIClA.V AND Sl'liOEiiX,
F.-'-nd ftreet, Cl-'trMd. l'a,
"J.-ll!'vUi(f p"rmiiionl'y l-n-ntnl, h" now nffcrs
iriif, f-iiiiiil T rtf t I !t citlr':ii 'ifClnifitld
and rifinity, and lit pu'die fiieraily. All ealls
promptly aiiendi-d to. o t2; y
f. B. READ, mT D.,
rilYSICIAN AND SUUOKuN.
Klrrlotvn, l'a.
Reppeetftttly offers hie services to tbe riliieni of
Ifae eurronndinK country. aprzn noi p4.
REUBEN H AC KM AN.
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
tloarfleld, l'rnna
VfuWill exwute Jfibs in bis line promptly and
In a workmanlike nunnrr. af ri,f7
" DENTALFmNEESHIP.
Dn. A. M. IIILT.S,
fiTnrn?1"'1'1 I"'""'"! nis patrons, and tba
put I it itnerallystl at he bis a'toeiated with bita
Id tbe praettre ot Prnt.Mry,
S. P. SIIAH, I. D. 8.(
Vbols a graduate of the Philadelphia Denial
dlepe, asd therefnra has tha hi(th't at ten,
tioai of prefevsional skill. All work done in
the eti'iee I will bold wypalf peraonally re pon ti
lde for belnjf done la the aioet ratiefaottirr Ban
ner and hithest order af tbe profeinion.
An eetabltsbed pre tie of twenty-twyers In
(bis plana enables a to speak to Bay patients
wt'h eonffdenea.
KnjrafffmenU fro a dlatanes should he made
1-T letur a ft days before the patient drtl(ni
""""f. Jaa. , 170 ly.
ilj
. GEO. B. Q00DLANDEE, Proprietor.
VOL l:3WHOLKN0.219G.
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MRS. S. S. LIDDELL'S
MAH1JLE & STONE YAKD,
CLKAIIFinMl, l'A.
tffPhop on Herd Ftreet, near Pennsylvania
Hailroad depot. may l,'7ll:ir.
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL TUMP MAKER,
NEAU CLnAKFtELP, TEXVA.
A-Putnp? alwnve on hand and aiade to order
on sluirl iMttn'C. Vinr Uorrtl on ri'MH.-iijililn tirtm.
All work wrrsitit to nndiT sniifiiMi.n, nnd
di'ltvcrvd If denired,
j.lvpd
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Justice ol tlio I'rncc, Surveyor and Conveyancer,
l.uthcrrxhtir. Pa.
All bufluivs Hitru-U-J to bin) will bp promptly
n it .mi dot lo. INMBtttiH wiliini; to employ a rur
vrvur will lu will tt, hi in a cull, ni lie fluttcro
hun ill lUaH lit: c.ia ruadiT sutij-l'iirlion. li tin of
(uii.fuHti', niii- lt ? ol a "n cmrnt. nrni nil lrtn !
papers, jiroinj.tly nnd neaity executed, niaiuip
DANIEL M. DOHERTY.
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
tLCOND HTUKl.T,
y2n I'I.EABFIEU), PA, if
C H ARLESS CHAFE R,
LAGER UK EH niiEfflilt,
t'Icardcld. Pa.
H AVISO renUd Mr. Kntrea' Brewery be
bopre ly elricl attention to brrine,n ami
the uiunulKiiture of a .uperior artiele of HLEIt
to ri'ceire tlie patrunuge of all tl. old and many
new euatoinera. Aug. 2j, tf.
SURVEYOR.
flIIE wndersipeoed offer bin srrrire as a Bur
J reyor, and may be found at hii n'sidence, in
Lawrence townnbip. Letters will reach biui di
rected to ClcurticM, l'a.
may 7-tf. MlILIIhl.I.
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PHOTO Ci U A V II U A L h E II Y ,
Mnr'uet ftreet, Cle-jrlleld, l'a.
CllOMOS MAIIU A SrE('lALTV.-ft
""EllATIVES made in e'oudy, as well aa In
X clear weather. tnFtnulU on hand a Kd
....irlment of FKAMliH. BlEllEllSftipES and
tiTEHKtl.t'lil'lC VIEW'S. I'ramci, from any
tyle ol moulding, made to order. apr2tl
THOMAS H. FORCE E,
DIALER IK
GLNKHAL M KIK'U A N DISK,
;I AIIAMTN, Pa.
Also, extennre mnnufaclnnT nnd dealer In Failure
TlmU-r and Fawed l.uuiljeruf all kindi.
f-r-0rler iolieiled and all bille promptly
ailed. l.iy'-'7
r.o. Alarar iiki:t ai.ar.RT-. w. ALr.tnT
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manafnoturerr A extensive Dtaleriin
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &c,
OH 0 LA. V II, PENN'A.
r-Orderi n.lieiled. Eilla filled on abort notice
and reneot.alite terms.
Address Woodland P. 0., ClratDeld Co., Pa.
j,2;,.ly W ALllKltT A llltdS.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MEItCIIANT,
Prenrhrllle, I learlield County, Pa.
Keepa constantly on hind a full assortment of
1... ilmuli llat-ilvar. Ilroneries. and even thina
usually kept in a retail store, which will Ix sold,
for eaah, a. cheap aa elMwhere in tbe county.
trencnviue, June si, ino.-.j.
C. KRATZER & SONS,
MERCHANTS,
tiaALKna in
Dry Goods, Clothinc Hardware,
Cutlery, Qucansware, Groecriei, ProTislona and
nuingiea,
Clearfield, Peim'a.
-At their newatorerooea.on 8eeond ssreet,
near II. t. Uiler A to'a Hardware store- nl4
MOSHANNON LAND & LUMBER CO.,
OSCEOI.A FTEM WILLl,
tjAai-'ArTiir.f:!
LU-MliKH. LATH, AND TICKETS
II. II. MIIT.MXOKOIID, President,
plneej Fore.t Plaee, o. P. 4th St., Phil'a.
JnllN HW.IIi", Fiip"riiitendent.
jetl'67 OM-eola Mills, (leiirlitlj county, Pa.
SAMUEL I. SNYDER,
Practical Watch Maker,
0 jntite the C'-urt House,
F1TOM) FTHFKT, CLKAKFinLD, PA.
CTAIl hinds f Waudna, Cl.toks and Jewelry
promptly frpft.uJ, ana tmk warrtmU-d l pue
alis'aetion.
iuar2 T'l
JAMES C. BARRETT,
Juetice of the Peace and LlrrnFed Conveyancer,
l utlicrsburs;, I U-ailUld Co. Vau
rJT'('o1lf-tii-ni A reniittanees proti'ptly made,
and a!l ft i ti c I pi of lcg:il iii8tfunir.it e.ieutfd on
lMrt nntiM. mny4,lrotf
j. not i.omai na ..... a. iatih carrt.
H0LL0WBUSH & CAREY,
JSOOKSELLEKS,
ninnk Rook Manufacturei-s,
AND STATION ERF,
2 IS .TJVtrAr si., rhitadrlphla.
;cl,P.."r Flour Peeks and Pairs, Foolsenp,
Letter, Note, Wrapping, Curtain and Wall
l-apere. f. 1.S4.T0 Itj d
NEW
3IAltm.il. IVOItUM,
CI.EAI! FIELD, rENX'A.
c
AM. end see t!iC new MAII11I.K WORK,
on Mr.rkel stn-el, opposite the Jail.
MON I'M l:T3,
(.IIKI'lAX TuMH?,
rnrxn? rorciiK?,
TABLE Tdl'S, MANTl.1
OAIII'KX r'TAH AltV,
TKItRA t'l'TTA WAIIE,
Ill'AII A FOf'T PTONF-f,
f new and beautiful ileMtns.
All of wliidi will he sold at eily prlr-es, or per
eei.t. Its. titan any other cstaliliflnncnt in this
eonnty. HatisfHetion guaranteed in all cases.
Orders thankfully received and promptly filln!
in the hest workuian-likt nifltiner.
8. A, OinSiiK.
Juti K. WaTanw, Agent. snyll ly
NEW MARBLE YARD
I ll'TIHJIMII IK. I
rpilB undersigned takil this method of inform
L irtsT the eitisens of the western end of the
county thai he has opened a klartilo Yard, fur tbe
menn'faclurc of
Tnmbetnlies, sMollMwlftlts,
Ilea, and font Utonea,
t employ none bill the best workmen, end use the
.est material. All orders promptly filled and tb.
work warranted. A'ldres ill letters lo
PAMKI. OoOpl.ASpaR.
t.uthersV.ra. October IS, 1"T.
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLKAHTIKLD, PA.
V'EDXKSDAY MOKMN'U, IKC. 7, 170.
THE MYSTi:HY OF .NATl 111
The works of (Jod arc fair for naught,
I'nlcnf our eyes, in seeing,
Pee hidden in the tli.iiff the thought
Tlntt animates its Uing.
The outward form is not t lie whultt,
Hut every part i moulded
To imtiRe forth an inward soul,
That liioily is uufolded.
The sl..li.v, pirttin-d in the lake
Jty eveiy tree that trembles,
I eitxl for more than jut the sake
Of that w hich it retumLlrs.
Tl:e dew fit lln nij;litly, not alono
Ueoausc the meadow h nifd it.
But ou an errand ol it own,
To tmiuan souls that need it.
Trir ftnrs arc lighted in the skies,
Nut merely fur (hrir uliming,
Put, like lonkK ol loving even.
Have m tailing wortb divining.
The waves that moan ntur the sliore,
The winds that sijrh in lilowing,
Are if tit o lenoh a myitit! loro
Uliicb men are nise in knowing,
Tbe elouds around tbe mountain peak,
Tbc rivers in their wiTid.titf,
Have see ret, which, to nil who seek,
Arc seoruts in tbe finding.
Thus nature dwells within our reach.
Put tli'mgh wo stand so uvur tier,
We still interpret half ber speech
With ears too dull to bear bcr.
Whoever, at the poarcest sound,
tftill li-U'ns to the finest.
Shall h.-ar (he noiy world go round
To music the dmncct.
Whoever yearns to seo ariglit
. lJecauie bis b'-art is U ud.r,
flmll caleb a ffliriipite of heavenly light
la every earthly spli-ndur.
So, linee tbe universe began,
And till it ohall bo en led,
The soul of nn t ure, soul of wan,
And soul of tJud arc blended !
GEN. ROBERT E. LEE.
"He Is the only diss 1 would follow MindfoM."
HTOKWAI.L JAfKSO!..
UY PR. T. J. HOVLR.
Prior to, nnd indeed up to, the
magnetic thrill of horror produced by
tho coercion proclamation of .Mr. Lin
coln, of 17th A pril, 1111, tho people of
Virginia were looking eagerly to tho
Convention nt Richmond, then occu
pied in disctising the propriety of the
States' seeeseion. After that fearful
moment of American history the gaze
of Leo was turned away from the
civil counsels nnd took in tho camp
fires of a bloody revolution. He knew
that a people taught from their infancy
to cherish their unrcstral pride and
lovo of liberty, would not tamely sub
mit lo tho coercion now imminent,
but would appeal to tho Supremo dis
poser of all things and endeavor by
bis help to hew out for themselves an
honorable pluco, not among tho l ed
cial provinces, but nmong the nations
of tho earth. As long ns tbcro was
any hope of preserving the compact of
Slates, even after his dear old mother
had gono so far along the path of Lovo
for iho Union as to bring upon her
children tho naino of laggards on the
march, and sluggards in the storm,
blio was not deserted by tho Union
lovinif Leo, but as soon ns tbo edict of
coercion hud gone forth, tho cavulier
loving liberty more, found his heart
estranged from everything which at
tached him to tho Union, and his con
science freed hi in from every obliga
tion to remain with bis kith nnd kin.
Georgo Washington tbo rebel chief
tain ol the rugged, bare-fooled men,
who in tho first revolution, left their
footprints tinged with blood upon tho
snowy lields of Valley Forge, nnd
deeply impressed their deeds npon
tho memory of the world, did not w il
ling')' dissever tho relations which
bound him ns a law abiding subject to
tho sovereignty of Great iiiitain. It
was tho Stamp Act Kxtra Constitu
tional which called forth from l'utrick
Henry that powerful speech which
moved to uclion tlio startled mcmhors
of tho Colonial Legislature A greater
wrong here an attempt to bend the
necks of the sovereigns to the slavish
yoke of sectional lannticisin. As
Washington's commission was written
on the n bcl paper unmasked by the
loyal badge of a stamp, so the
warrant, which outraged Virginia
placed in Iho tmnds of her nolle sons,
bidding them defend ber, ought lo
hnvo borne Iho impress, No coercion.
Virginia in her convention lind lis
tened to tho voieo of a distinguished
son of South Carolina, us ho told of
tho wrongs endured by tho Smith, and
pictured the pleasing scenes of penco
itil secession through which he lod
Southern sovereignties to a glorious
future. Virginia listened and was
silent. Memory reverted to the gol
den days of tho past, nnd sho pressed
the .Constitution the offering of her
own son to tier great beating heart.
liul when struck by Iho blind blow of a
blundering giant as from Washington
City, Ahriihum Lincoln burled tbo
thiinderlioll of coercion nmoi.g the
people, that proud old comiiionv, ealth
turned away from tbe idol ol her heart
now desecrated, and mustering her
grief uttered defiantly through her
tirm Hps tho word devolution.
In Jjno, Im',2. Wo quote from
khik a i.aiiios oi irguna, ' jonusion
bad been wounded by a frstrineiit of
shell nnd was lying faint and pale, in
li.J lm,A l.t.nn ,'t 1. It:il I.. I.- ,
his house upon Church Hill, in Pich
uiond. ho wns to succeed him f
"All eyes turned lo a mnn ns yet
little known except in military quar
ters, nn officer first of the engineers,
then of the cavalry, Col. Hubert p. Lee,
ho w ns Ihen in Itiehmondj rodo every
day out to tbo lines, but bad no com
mand, lie wns now assigned lo duly
us commander of tbo Confederate
forces in place of Johnston.
"1 he heavy ami Grin hand of the
great Mrgunan was soon felt at Iho;
helm. 'Jho shin which had il rifled
changes of commanders in the Federal
army produced only blunders and dis
asters, save an occasional victory of
rill iter iiSst ti.r f mnmm.f ifmr Mia a not-, I in nl.I .I..... .l t .1 - 1 . n . .
p 1 , - . ... ... ,v, ,.j tv ,u-t U( ,oikm opinio 1 1 a in re a ion lo a puii ic "llo i a In r In ' bnt thnno-p . r
of JohnMoii, wan oirft.ii umlor com- litno. Aflor oil, chnra.-inr m tho inioUnmM,! -i iw.i;... " ! r. 'J . M
fl"n?.lndiJuTW.ear" t ,,' hil" ihcpurest patriots thl lived in the W.he assumed tide of professor.
fc-rnl1 .1 . ! K 1 . t, 18 ,,,B '"Kl rn"w a nmrtnl can hope present century. And it Is n question J T -. . 1
I SIM thrr;n....i 'i. to " ii or wear, ti o behold the In winch impartial nnd inexorable history Carpenters nnd masons ret
i v sioHrjDuiiiiiii'nBi u nil .iniiii iimTiii fit Mmtnirifi. i .i...i.- u..a- t . .. i. ... i. l
PRINCIPLES
CLEARFIELD,' PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7,
.VcCIuIIhii'b, lmn tlio fonrti nnd trib
ulalimiM of tho inon nt WuHliinpton
millurud him lo liolil commntid.
(ii'tlyHliurrr, Hay. Conlcn, "WnBi tlio
Wntorloo CcmottM-y Jlill tlio .Mount
St. J ciin of tho wiir!"' The Viriuiitna
who (tliurfsctl there lintl tlio right to
miy, "tlio oltl (iuiird dion it does not
KurrtmtU'r." Kot without pood reu-
eon id tlio anniversary of thin prent
Imttlo colubrntcd at tlio .North with
addrcescs and rejoitinj'H, with orowdn
ami braes bunds and congrntululionfi.
Tho Antorioiin W'uterloo in worlh
nmliiiif; that noieo over, nnd tlio mon
ninont tLero in a National conception.
That monument should lo a J. ion
us ut Waterloo. Tuko enre Messictirg
tho world will eny Eeo.
Tho war from Jlay, 1S(U, to April,
lSUi, ts truly war or prpat Blm
plieity, by no means instructive to the
military student, but possessing all tbe
interest attached to bloody ii(rhlini;
Durinir this period perhaps mnro than
all otliefs, the j;rcnt f,'euiiis and lender
ship of Jyco was made munilest. Vou
ean't help buinp; vividly impressed by
tho speetaelo of two bull dofss clinging
to cub other with leetb and nuiln
two iramo coeks cutlinir cneli other's
eyes out with their p;ufl's a hundred
thousand men who breast to breast
tear eat li other to pieces. That terti-
blo nnd e;haally campaign. tlra;'iii(f
its bloody steps from tlio Wilderness
to Appomattox, may not have been
war exactly as the world understands
war, Lut had a frightful attraction in
it its irlare was baneful but brilliant.
Tho plan of (irant to hammer and
haininer, to fJt,'bt and 0 on fijrhting
until (mo was dead, to trrapplo and
drag bis great adversary nnd burl him
into tlio "last ditch," lurniii'r tho war
as it was beforo into slaughter. IIo
knew well that hco conld only bo
crushed by bard blows. Tbo army of
.Northern irgitua was thus acknowl
edge bv Grant to bo a body of men
wliom liocculu not intimuliito, General
Leo, a commander whom be could not
out-general, and be resolved to shatter
that army by simplo bruto force, by
ilia sheer weight of his sledge hammer,
''humincring continually." lie would
overcome l,ee, not uy nintueuvring,
but by simple, pluin, hard fighting.
And Grant was not mistaken in the
least, bo appeared to have a just con
ception (.1 tho work beluro him. The
rapier had been tried lor Ihreo long
years, and Leo, that great swordsniun,
has parried every lunge. Out in these
brief hints upon General ti runt's war
theory, as applied to Lee, it is proper
to say that program mo was thrust on
him. IX is plan, he says in his report,
was "to hammer continually against
tbo m ined force of tho enemy and his
resources, until by inero attrition if by
nothing clso, there should bo nothing
lull of him but an espial submisaiuii
with tho loyal section of our common
country to the Constitution and Laws."
An equal Bubinisstoni An I -Mr.
President Grant, that phrase seems a
mockery to day, December, 170.)
lint that was alter Ins lirst encounter
with Leo, it was lliato that the attri
tion programmo was found necessary,
liut we a ro admoninlied tliMt in this
article we ennnot dwell on the plan of
battle, tho liiMoiian has already done
that, liut following tho movements
of tho ccimbattnnts wo will glance for
a moment at their relative numbers;
therein is the truo glory of tho Ninth
and the greatness of General Lee, a
hentngo ol honor ol which nothing
tun deprive h i in.
IboolIIcial statement ol tho war
made Grant's nvailahlo foreo present
fur duty, May 1st, ICG!, 141,11.0 men
During tho tnoulli ol Jlay rcinlorto
inenla lo repair losses of tho Army
of tho Potomac were constantly sent
lurwaid, making tho number ot his
troops nearly or quitd -Ui),UU0 men.
Lee had for duty at tho saino lime, us
tho rolls of Ins army bavo shown,
Wlfiiti. Picket and lltvckenridge bro'l
him afterwards 10,000 men al ino.-t
w illi about li-i.OOO troops of all arms
Leo fought from tho l.'apidan to
Petersburg repulsing tho assuulia of
nearly or quite oo,oiiu.
What was tho explanation of Lee's
paucity of troop? Why did t lint
urtny which had numbered 07,000
bayonets at Gettyebtug, now number
only about 40,000? ll would rcipiiro
a volume to answer theso questions.
Tho fuel alono need bo stated, that
the foreo defending Virginia was re
duced to that. Hut they wore I lie
'(.Hd Guard'' of tho army, men who
hud made up their minds lo fight to
the end, w hose courage and constancy
nut hunger, hardships, nakedness,
wounds nor death could a fleet, who
had resolved to live or dio with Lee.
And they adhered lo that resolve with
unshaken constancy lo the end. They
fought over every step ol ground from
the Papidan to Appomattox, with a
ncrvq and da-h so stubborn thai their
very enemies wondered, and when cut
down to less than H.tttM bayonots, they
were driven lo surrender, there wore
i tears on tho gaunt faccj black willi
j powder which hud never been ht:s
i melted beforo. Ten words from Lie
hud brought those tears. Tho roar of
j Grant's cannon hail only made them
I laugh and cheer.
Leo drew his sword in defeneo or!
the great IVinocratie principle) of;
l sell-government, on which this I nion
I was founded, nnd to nrvscrrr. tho enn,.
. mon libet lies of the American people
I MM . i . . . . . . .' ' .
I ins iiiei is itnmiKiuKaiiic, nn i llirottgl
the entire Noitlt nnd South (his great
est nnd purest man of tho military
power of the so called liv hellion was
looked upon willi feelings of respect
by all, except a very small number ol
the very ba-ost and most fanatical of
our population. U is tho honor nnd
admiration which honest humanity
always pnys to a trnly splendid chur
ncter. Character is vreater than
talent "mightier than the sword"
for it lives in tho adulation of mnn
: kind when iho achievnmA.ita nf il.r.
ii
winch the l.ninnn ppnplo declared
( might phase the pods, but tho van
" "'" "'T M"". ' no victonoin cnuse
, i ,,v m mo inniKiuM : iuhm bwiiiit or lairr pihiic, wiuhhit lour touts ft
"I-.
NOT MEN.
mt.muK.wu.mm Least iBWBSWBBWwwe n , .ji'ir,,!!
quished cniiso pleased Cnto I" What
is often called liiiluro is tho greatest
success in tho way ol fame.
The assassination of tho usurper
Ctcsar was a failure so far ns bringing
back Iho lost liberties of tho lioman
people was concerned ; but tho under
taking was ornamented with tho
splendor of lirutus one of the proud
est points in the admiration, of man
kind. After the Inpso of two thousand
years its glories uro undimmcd, and
they will bocomo brighter and still
htijjliler ns nges pnss away. The
nano ol Jirulus will bo synonymous
willi virtue u nd liberty as long ns
tho memory of man shall live. .
Kehel is a word which however
awful in its significance, in the imagin
ation of ignorance nnd roguery, need
hnVo no terrors for a truly brnve nnd
virluoiious pulriot. The "nlU" (if
to any is oftencr than otherwme, the
:ircntft hero and tlie mod tidnulnl
iharurttr of history, w hilo the intensely
"loyal" man of the hour if his cowardly
name survives lo get into history, is
quite as apt to pass llieio as tho
meanest specimen, of a wretch that
ever sneaked through an inglorious
existence. When the truth respecting
historian comes to tiurruto tho events
of the lust ten years of American his
tory, ho will bo confronted with the
pregnant fact that what was called
'lieheliion'' was led by such characters
as Leo, and Stephens, and Davis, and
Jackson, while the other side w as rep
resented by a lieu Puller, a Stanton,
a Popo, or Milroy.
Tho patriotism nnd virtue of General
Pohcit K. Lee stands unquestioned
lo day by all parties whoso reputation
for intelligence and candor renders
their opinions desirable.
When the unforlutiulo conflict be
tween Iho North and South began,
General Loo boro a reputation untarn
ished by a single spot, and the follow
ing letters ono to General Scott nnd
Iho other lo his sister, show that in
taking tho step ho did, ho was moved
by no motive that was not inspired by
a sense of duty and by tho most earn
est impulses of patriotism nnd virtue.
Ahum.tc.x, April 21), 1S01.
Gr,tl:RAt. e'inee try interview with you on Isth
Instant, 1 have ! It that 1 oulil n! l-ri;' r to re
tiiin nt eooimi.sioo in the army. 1 therelore U-n-der
my rei?nation, whleh i n-rpir.t yoa will
rwouiuiend lor n.-eeptaiu'-e. It would have Uwu
prt M-s:el at once I. tit for the stin'le it eo.t me
to separate my .elf Irom a serv ice to whirl. 1 line
devole.1 all the he.t yiars of my life, and all the
aluli'y 1 pcsreesi-d. PutiDg the whole ol the liaie
u.ore llun a uitt!cr of a oenliiry I hate ea
pcrieneed nothing hut kie-inrss from my sup. i iors.
an.lihe most rordtal fiielol-hip fnim niy comrades.
To no on. tl-neral have 1 he. u so much iii.lt-lt-d
as to Tours"!! for tinil'oi m k inducts and eoli.i Ii ra
ti m. and it has always teen my anient desire to
merit your approbation. I shall carry to niy
(rare tlie tno.t pnih fid i.'ol!-cliotis ol tour kind
eoiisidcniliou, and your name and fame w.ll always
he d ar to :lie.
Save la tlefene of my native Plate 1 never
desire to draw my sword, lie pleased to accept
.ay snut earnest wi.hr. foe the enntlnanne. af
ioir h.j. pines, end pro-piritr, and belieie lue,
Alisst truly Tours,
It. E. I.LK.
Lieut. General,
Wotritrl r. Prnrr,
Cotittuaiiding C. 8. Army.
A copy of this letter to General
Scott was enclosed in the annexed
letter to bis sister Mrs. A. JI.
Aat.lsoTot, Va., April 20, 1TI.
Mr Ias Pisrrn I am irrieved al my inability
lo see you. I have heen wail iiijr lur
"a morefonvrtiicnt season" which has hroiiplil to
tunny ruhro me deep an I laMtne reprcl. ,ow
we are in a slste of war wbieh will yield to notn
isiar. 1 lie whole South is in a state of revolution,
lulu winch Virginia after a loon slrnptflc has hcen
drawn, Rod fAokyA rreoyuur a. aeee..,'fy for tuck
a tint nf lAfoy. and would bsre forhorae and
pleaded to the end lor rejress of nhevanoc. real
or supposed. Yet In my esp ierson I had to
mitt the iUc,ti..n wlictht , woai (ore pirl
aynlnrt eiy aa'ic. Slatt.
W ilk all my devotion to ttie t?uioa and the
firlitig of luyulty and duty ot an Ameitran rmctn.
I hifv e not hcen aide to make up my mind to raise
my hand affiinst niy relations, my children, my
botue. 1 have therefore resiynetl any eutaiuisrioo
in the army and aave in d' lcne. of my mlive
slate, with a sin-crc hop- that my pur set vices
may r.cver lie ne, d'-d. 1 lu po I in ly ncvir he
called on to draw wiv sword.
1 know yon will f.litmo rue, cut you must think
of tne as kindly as you ean. and lielieva that 1
have rnilcai orcd to do what I thought rijrht. To
show yoa the feeling an I struck- It bus eost tne,
1 sen I you a copy ol my htlt r to Ociicral Scolt,
eiiirh ac -ciopiinii .1 my nainiilinu. I have no
time for more.
M:.T Hod fiiard and protect yo. and Tours, and
slower upon yoa every blessuig, is the prnycr of
looted brut ber. It. I.. 1. 1. 1..
Of course, it w ill be said that (ten.
Lee committed a fatal error w hen hu
resolved to resign his commission in
tbo U. S. Army, nnd follow the for
tunes of bis Slato. Put would it not
hove been amazing if be had resolved 1
lo do anything else? Ho bad been ,
taught by Jefferson, the father oftbe '
Dcclaruiinn of Independence, that
Stales could withdraw their delega
ted powers. Ho bad nlso been in
structed by President .Madison, tho
father of Iho Constitution, Ihat "n
delegated is not a surrendered power,"
nid"that thero is no power above
that of a Statu to judge in iho last re
sort " This doctrine had never been
called into question by uny sane man.
or respectable statesman, fr"P! the
foundation of the Government to the
unloi'lunutc election of Abraham Lin
coln. And more thnn this, bo knew
thai Virginia bad ratified Iho Consti
tution nnd Ijeeame n member of the
Union only on condition thai she
should have the right to restimo ber
delegate powers whenever in Iter opin
ion it should become iiccessaiy for
her own alet3. More slill, ho knew
thai from time to time, for moro than
a quarter ol a century, various north-
ern Stales bad petitioned Congress for
a dissolution ot the Union, nnd that 1
the New l.nglaiM Slates bad several :
times taken steps lo withdraw "peace-
ably if ihey could, forcibly if they
niiisl" I i, der these circumslanccs,
was there any depravity on tho patt
of Gen. Leo in the course he pursued ?
We dare nnswer this qiiesiion with
sn emphatic no ; H e dare go lurther
I ..... tl.oi fie,,,!.- l.i;..v it ill
; i,0 tho'rerJiel of history Hint this act
involved no crime, nnd was not in the
lcasl inconsistent with the loftiest pa
triotism nnd the most illustrious vir
tue VI e should dcspiso ourselves ifj
wu neio wmiiing iii toe integrity mm
plainly niter our
; a success on his part would not have
prnvca a benclit to his Dmitry and
the great principles of civil nnd di.
111-1 II rtliral I " ll.iaaa
REPUBLD
1870.
NEW
gious liberty by preserving tho great
principle of self government and lib
eriv which was esiahlisiicil by our
fotefatheis hero. Tho Uuion as es
tablished by our fathers was dear to
Gen. Lee, us it was to everybody
in the laud except tho negro equalis
ing revolutionists now in power.
They w ere nnd nro the real enemies
of tho Union. They, and not men
like Gen. Lee, were tho traitors lo
Iho great American principlo of gov
ernment. And wo hnvo quito as lit
tlo respect as patience for that by .no
means a small number of Northern
journals who fully understand (his
question, who know that tho obstruc
tions to tho lasting pence of tbo Union
nro even now ns they over were, not
in tho South btil in tho North, and
yet most rnlpnbly fail in rebuking
tho impudent, noisy, senseless public
farrago, which would regard men like
Leo and Jackson ns traitors, mid men
liko Pen Duller nnd Stanton ns pa
triots. Shame '. Eternal shame !
There is not a single lending statesman
in the South, nor indeed a single
Southern matt, w ho is not a believer
in nnd admirer of the principles of
the Constitution and tho Union. Put
there is not u singlo leud. r of the
Northern faction now in power" who
does not bate and who is not laboring
to overthrow this principle. 1 i union
ism, t. c, enmity to tho principles ol
tho Union, is al this moment confined
to tho Northern Slates. Hero it
scowls nnd niecrs, und mumble it m
infernnl incantations in tbo fitco nnd
eyes of honest patriots, and there arc
not twenty editors to bo found in nil
the country w ho have the pluck or man
hood to strike the false covering from
tho foul nnd seditious monster. They
venture to utter lomc timid, doubtful
protests, but they leavo monstrous
usurpations, tho shameless fraud, In
full posses.-ion of Iho field. When
every honest Ilemocratic- editor and
speaker will speak out bis real
thoughts nnd say boldly that bo" be
lieves men liko tho illustrious Leo lo
bo patriots, nnd men liko the execra
ted Stauton to bo sedtlionisls nnd
traitors, thero will bo more honest
men in the land than there nro now,
nnd thero will bo a better hope for
liberty, for our country's I isting peac e
and honor.
Gen. Lee,wnsin nil re-peets a 'model
American; bis life pure, ennobling,
nnd a valuablo lesson for tho imitation
of all who seek to be truly great nnd
respected members of the country.
As a Immune christian general, he had
only imitators, no superior. As a
man und christian, nnd truly patri
otic litizen, ho was preeminently
successful. That bo failed in cstab
lishing firmly Iho great principles of
Wasbini;toii nnd the fathers, was no
fault of bis. He died, mourned by all
whoso learn would lo respected lit
any honorable grave Unlike tho vaun
ted Turgot of the North, Stanton, who
died. Well, lie is Im I.
The L'l.KniAST as a Wai.kkr. We
hnvo found two curious points over
looked or ignoretl by writers ono is
the rapid and noiseless movements of
this mutual in tho thickest cover ; tlio
other, bis capabilities of passing over
ground for him apparently unfensa
bio. Tho clastic, noiseless footfall of
the elephant has been frequently re
furred lo liv writers on Indian suh
jects, and has been asserted to bo the
most agreeable leuluro in journeying
on elephant back. This piculisrity
may bo easily explained by mi exam
million of Iho structure of iho nni
mul'sfoot; but iho silently, stoallhy
way in which ho wili pnss through
Iho do-ert thicket, literally "slipping
away," when bis acute sense of smell
or heating warn biui of danger, has
been overlooked, nnd appears to us
somewhat iliCI'.nlt of explanation.
Let any one unskilled in tho inystc
rics of ' bush ranging" attempt lo
move even a few puces in an ordina
ry fox covert w ithout noise, nnd be
n ill form some idea of tho tlilViculties
presented to the passage of so huge
an ii 1 1 i m : 1 ns tho elephant through
the dense langlo of a South African
' bush." Yet that tho animal, ties
pile bis enormous bulk, w ill "draw
oir," when within a few yards of his
pursuer, without the slightest noise,
n, wj(li the greatest rupidily, even
: .1,., thickest cover is undeniable.
Again his powers of pa-sing over dif
fault ground nro often underrated
even by hunters. When experiments
were Crsl ma lo in India in training
elephants to draw the gun, il was dis
covered wiih surprise 'hut tho uni
mal's power for ascending steep nnd
rugged ground wnf fir greater
than had been ant icipated. The) gun,
a light six poti: der, with which the
trial wns first made, was drawn up a
slope so steep as t.'i require the nniinal
lo crawl upon bis fore knees, which il
did without hesitation. On the oilier
hand, hampered by the gun and har
ness, Iho elephant (a small female)
showed unusual drenj of soil and I
swampy ground.
MoPH'.N PltolTSsoiis Tho titlo of
"professor" has of bile become st com
mon Hint those who are legallv en'i-
tl,.d to il have become disg.tstej with
tho whole manner in which it is used
,v traveling inmintehnnks. We have
tho professors of the manly nit, who
gouge cut each other's eyes for a few
dollars; professors who invent a new
kind of match ; profe-sors w ho train
tlogs nnd pig; professors w ho invent
cure nils, w hoso decoctions kill all
who may be induced lo ne I bent In
Cu t, the tille of "profi ssor," w hich in
the good old liineaJMi!; past, was only
bestowed on the learned, has now b.t
coino so common that even gardneis,
w ho can scarcely tell tho difference
between a cabbage and a turnip claim
the tille. nntl by a liberal supply ofj
.roots nnil leaves, stmt business, pro-
fossing to euro nil the di
fill V-i
day in the cities ofSwee-i
ilen, but fifty cents will buy more in
Sweeden than five limes' thit mail
J would in this -..tinlrv
JAN,
TERMS-$2 per annum, in Advauca.
SERIES - VOL. 11, NO. 21.
GENERAL SHERMAN'S REPORT.
The Military IiItMniia-mrmgih of the
Krular Army The New Tat tles.
Washington, November 25. The
follow ing is tbc full text of lliiiaiiini.il
report of the General of tho Army, to
be submitted lo Congress ut the up
pronching session. It is Important,
ns showing the present location of
officers and troops, the strength of the
army in officers and men, the opera
tion of tho new law lor the reduction
of the nriny, tbe present condition of
tbo investigation on tho- subject of
small urms, and tho opinions und re
commendations of Gen. Sherman and
Major Gen. Ilalleclt on tho question
always moro or less in doubt as to the
relation lawfully existing between the
military and civil authorities:
THE MILITARY MVISI0NK.
UkAbQUARTKKKorTIIK ARMY, 1
Wasiiinoton, 1. C, Nov. 10, '7. )
General: Since niv annual report of
November -0, Ls'ill, several changes
have been made in tbe distribution of
the army, incident to tho restoration
of the Stales of Virginia, Mississippi
und Texas, nnd lo the gradual redue
tion of the lon e. The geogrnphieul
territory "4' the United States U now
divided into ten departments, and
tbet.0 nrc f-rouped into four military
divisions.
Tho military division of the east is
commanded by Major General George
G. Meado, nnd is composed of tlio de
partment of tbe cast, Prigadier Gen
eral I. MT'owell ; und the department
of Iho lakes, Prigadicr General l St.
Goorgo Cooko.
The military division of the South
is commanded by Major General JI.
W. llalleck, nnd is composed of the
department of tho South, Prigndier
General A. II. Totry; and the depart
ment of Texas, Colonel J. S. Key
nobis. The military division of tbo Mis
souri is commanded by Lieutenant
General P. II. Sheridan, nnd is com
posed of tho department of Pukota,
Major General W. S. Hancock ; de
partment of I'lattc, lirigadier General
C. C Augur, and tbo department of
tho Missouri, lirigadier General John
I'ope.
The military division of the Pacific
is commanded by Major General John
M. Scholield, ami is composed of the
l)cpartment of Columbia, Prigadicr
General K II. S. Cuiiby ; Iho Peparl
ment of Californin, Prigndier General
K. O. O. Crd, nnd the Pepai lmciil of
Arizona, Col. Georgo Stoi.cniau.
This sub division of tho country is
found to be well adapted to the use of
our military forces in tho diversified
sections mid the interests c.iuimitted
to their charge, nnd tho genera! olli
cers in command nro all well qualified
for their respective duties. 1 inclose
herew ilh the annual report of all these
eommuhders except General Sheridan,
who is absent in L'iiroHi, und of Col
onel Stoneinun, w ho is in that remote
Territory, Arixona, with which our
communication is dillieull, nnd his re
port has not yet been received, but
will bo submitted us noon ns possible.
To these reports I must refer you for
tho actual distribution of tho troops
and tho details of tho yeur's work.
TIIK STIILNOTII Ot THE ARSIT.
According to tbo latest returns, the
regular army is composed of 2.48
officers anil SI,"'' enlisted men. Un
der the operation of who act approved
July l.'i, 170, the number of ofliecrs
is rapidly decreasing, so that by tbe
lstol January, it w ill reach the legal
standard, 2,-77.
Of cnli ded men tbe present lumber
is ma do up ns follows: Ten regi
ments of cavalry, five regi
inrnts of artillery. 4.:i0tl; 25 regi
ments of infantry, li,psl; total troops
of tho line, 81,17. In addition to
which nro live companies ol engineer
troops, Jill; permanent recruiting
parlies nnd recruits, 1 .(i'.'.l ; enlisted
men of ordnance, 7!,; West Point
ib'tiiclinit ut, I'f'il ; signal detnohmcnl,
I; hospital stewards, V.'.i'.l; ordnance
"crgen'ils, 1J1 3 li:lL; making a grand
total of o4,Sel. Py tbo sumo net this
number must bo reduced by tho Isl
of July, 17I, to tho limit of :l,),no;.
As a matter of course, 1 desiro that
the rediiclion should fail ns lightly as
possible on tho troop of the line, for
if the companies of cuvahy and in
fantry, w bich occupy the remote posts,
arc too smell, department comman
ders w ill be forced to break lip many
ol Ibe smaller pists, nnd to no two
oomp allies w here ono now suflices.
If the ti'in combatant class be kej.t to
the ptofont standard of 3,li'.iJ men,
llicr-i will be hft for the lino only -H,.
S", which, divided up ntnong llii
contp inies w hich e impose the present
orgHiii.ahtion, will allow but li'J men
to it company. Thu tin'v ci sal cxpn i
ence is, that the constant loss by death
discharge, di sertious, ,Ve., especially
in the more remote and dangerous
districts, will reduce the actual num
ber present for duty lo nhoul two
thirds of ihe presciibed limit, or will
bring tbo eoiupani' S don n to tibout
III men, which is loo small foreft'cieiit
service. 1 believe that on a fair rep
resentation Congress will mal.euirecl
provisions for the engineers, ordn
ance signal dolnclimeiit, and hospital
slewnrds. This w on 1.1 n::tl;o lite limit
of oO.IWO lo apply only lo tbe truoi s
of the line, and their i.cee .-ary re. not
ing panics.
It LI. A 11"NS OF "lie II MI, AP Ml I. IT U'.T
Al TI10M1U.S
III the examination of tlie reports
herew ilh inclose. I, I in iie your nl'en
lion lo that recommendation of Gen.
llalleck which refers to the um of
t roups in itssistirg the civ il Mil liorilit s
in maintaining pence, colli eliiig tbe
rcVenuen, etc., w hich has become so
common of In In. Tho duties of tbe
soldiery in tbi connection uro not
prescribed so clearly by etaluto that
the oHIef rs tan undcrslniid their rigbls
nnd duties, a':.l the civil agents and
nulhorilii soften expeel more than call
be rightly or lawfully done. I II, ink
lbs soldiers ought not it bo expected
lo make individual arrests, or lo tl
any act of violence, except in their
or.'iini.cdt np.it it y as a ; eve en ,:iil,ilnit,
duly summoned by tho United States
Marshal, nn I nxtitig in bis personal
pre.rnen Yf', If it l , i (aw fn
sndpropu Unl Hie vddi-r fhonH 4o
tinde t' sn (Lis, I 1 1 1 i nr w ith (iell.
Ils.ll' i k tbft! 'iii. rc ah m. o enai't
In clear en I I it f i . Ii t ins
i i- ii i.im or Tiir in no i:.
1'uii ; li e past year tii depart
ment i inoiiiiiili i i have given gn at
sip 1 1 1 1 ' i n lo the instruction nnd dis
cipline of llitir troopo, imd ni our
b tto becomes luss nn f less, I deem ft
Important that they should roceiva
every neourat'enient, lor we know
that the volunteers, when culled into"
lictivo serviio ex.eet to lenrn the
iiuiline o scrvicn from tho regular
army. In this connection Colonel J.
.1. I.'eynohls, in Texi.it, objects, and
with good reason, thai ho is forced lo
use his men a great portion of their
time us laboreis on puhbc . buildings,
roads, und other work which disquuli.
ties them as soldiers, besides prevent,
ing Hu m from scouting on tbo fron
tier as much ns would otherwise be
the cn-o. As a mailer of course,
soldiers must labor in taking caro of
themselves, and of their necessary
supplies, but lo build permanent work1
or roads, in which tliry have but a
purtial interest, is a kind of labor Hint
ought not to bo imposed on our re
duced establishment. I would advise
the Secretary of Wnr to prescribe
some plain rule, drawing a clear dis-,
liuetioii between theso two kinds of
labor, und lo publish il to tho army
in orders or regulations., so that it
would enter into the contract of en
listment, and soldiers would not, as
I they frequently do, plead this eauso
I as u justitication ol desertion. Lur
ing tho past Jear tho troops bare'
been well supplied in ull respects, and
have been paid regularly every two
' months. General Augur's recommen
I da1 ion that tho troops bo paid at short
; er intervals is worthy of every con
sideration, for il is known that pay
day, coining eo seldom, is npt to bo
considered a sort of holiday, and not'
iinfrequently results in disorders, such
as recently occurred ut l'rovo City,
wbieh rclicct upon lite usual good
fame of the army.
f MALL ARMS TI1K .TW TAlTICa.
The board of ofliecrs nsseinbled at
St. Louis, Missouri, (by virtue of gen
eral orders No. (i'l nuil 72 of lsiill),
has reported thai their labors have
been substantially concluded, und al
though not yet in possession of thff
text, 1 desire lo express my opinion
oftbe importance of their work. Thin
board, composed of ofllcers of greut
experieoc, wns required lo report on
the best small urms and equipments
for tbo army, und aUo to prepare u
system of tactics for all nrms of ser
vice. Their conclusion on the first
branch of tho subjoct has heretofore
been laid beforo tho Secretary of War,
who has ordered a tupply of the arms
recommended by the board to bo dis
tributed to tbo army for further prae-'
tical tests; but I observe Ibat the
Chief of Ordnance, in his unnual re
port, nd vises that another 00,000 of
(ho Springfield musket, should bo al
tered according to tho ordinance pit
tCrn, the one now in general use by
our infantry. This would imply a
election of that form ol musket, be
forj tbo practical tests ulrendy in pro
gress nro completed. The rccom
mc ndation of the Hoard was strongly
in favor of the I.'emington system, und
1 concur w ith it entirely, and there
fore suggest to tho Secretary that ho
await Hie result oftbe tests hu has al
ready ordered before incurring tho
expense of tlie alteration of tho second
.Vl,0.'0. All rdiieers iigtvo that tho
j present mnslcets is an admirable wea
! pon, but the bt'ect h lilo.-k is not suited
lo a carbine, and it is entirely out of
tlio qucs.ioii for tbe pistol, whereas'
tlio l'entirgtnn syslem is equally suit
ed to all. so that wo conid iiavo iden
tically the same caliber and eartridgo
for all nuns, a matter of infinite im
portance in action, and especial! so
tor our troops, w ho nrc often tlctache,
from their own baggage for monlh,
and como in for n ivsupply of am mu
ni lion al posts w here they oftefi find
no cartridges suited to their special
weapons. The Pentington is already
adopted by tho nary, and (his is air
addili mnl reason for its adoption in
tbo army, for in combined operations
both nrms and ammunition could be
mutually interchanged.
Pii'ir to otir civil war wo naturally
look for a system to taclu'S to the ex
perience of Liiropcnn armies, and, as
actually occurred, wo hud tho infantry
luetics of ono nation, cavalry of anoth
er, und artillery of a mixed sort, so1
that thero wus no just harmony bW
tween them. There is no good reason
why the same general rules of com
mand nnd signals should liol bo nni-.
form for nil nrms of tho service, and
this board has proceeded on this the
ory. Until the text is received, prop
erly cm reeled and ready for Iho pi in
iter. I tliall forbear any comments
: further thnn to say thai the time is most
opportune for the adoption nf an im
' proved syslem of luetics for ull arms
I of tho service, nnil, beforo any steps
jure lakcn.for their uloption, 1 reeonl-
mend Ihat some compensation bo giv
jen to General Upton lor too uso Hint
i has been mndo ot bis system of infan
try tactics, that has been heretofore
adopted and toed by tho infantry.
lit conclusion I would merely re.
new a former recommendation, that
reasonable niniiml appropriations bo
a ki d for banat ks, both to replace
tho unhealthy casements of our sea
coast forts and to shelter from tha
weather the men whom the nationnl
necessities fotce us to station in tho
dreary nnd inhospitable regions of In
interior ol I lie continent.
) I nni, willi great respect, your obo
idienl servant. W. T. SiirttM.iN, Gen.
Gen. W. W, Itclknnp, Secretary of
War.
A W.tn PicTrn f. A llerlin letter
gives a graphic picture of the distress
w hieh prevails everyw here through
out. Germany. Tho whole nation is
literally in inoiiriiing. Special ser
vices are now In Id in many of the
churches on week da, having ns
tlnir sole object to comfort iho
in a liners, (bo cannot talk with a
woman anywhere five minutes with
miiI beaiing the most distressful corn
plain's a. id often feeing her break in
to tears ov. r Iho war. (loo cannot
enter n privalo hono without seeing
niprks i I sorrow. All h.ippines seems
lo be driven from Iho social circle. "
I ho men in Iho clubs nnd restaurants
-how l.-ss concern, hilt even there the
war casts its heavy shadows.
Pt Mr I'tcrivrn. Mongrclism
means m'.litaiy supremacy, negro
equality, high taxation, the end of Iree
government ut.d genei.il oppression)
licnioeracy means death to all ihcfle,
nnd return lo pence nnd prosperity.
1'r. Paul Shoeppe, now under sen
tence of death for the murder of Mary
M. Slinncekc. is said In have had sev
eral copious lung hemorrhages aince
h's imprisonment at Carlisle.