gisPlalq o "r` VottUtMftt', tintai TittlaSDAY' BY .13 0 OP-13.11 vlikk:lCDlFr la 15 0 11:1&1.,(14).. B. i 3311324 C?"' l q t . Atrium Eisaitmasom wx. A. Moororr; TERMS--Two Dolbara per annum, payable In , all CIAIOB in advance. OFTICE--Bou conmat Op ClizarßE SQUARE.. Wir•All• letters on business should be ad dressed to COOPER., BANDERSO:r Sr. CO. Nutley. For the Daily Intelligeneer. Treasures of Age. There is a long, soft, golden curl, Tied with a ribbon—blue as the skies She: was my daughter, my own dear girl, J'air as a lily with speaking eyes. When she lay in her coffin there— , Soft hands folded upon her breast, */11.7 I cut from her tresses fair - Without a tear,—God knoweth best. • There is a little, worn shoe, Still in the shape of an infant's foot: Valueless tho' it may seem to you, /gaze upon it with sorrow mute. He was my darling, my drib , son! Ah ! it was hard to see him die! Yet I closed his eyes,--God's will be done, I shall meet him in heaven by-and-by. There is another precious thing, • This raven lock from my husband's brow; There, too, lies my wedding ring, 'Tis all too large for my finger now. There Is one of my own dark curls— (Now, my hair is thin and white,) He gave me this string of orient pearls, And took this tress on our wedding-night. Gather up gently those withered flowers, His first gift of love to me, Little we dream, when youth is ours, How precious such memorials be. See these letters, now defaced, Bearing the marks of many tears, Ali, the hands that their pages traeed Have been still in the grave for many years Let not Death our dust divide, Calmer . , too, my test wouldlie, Could I he by my husband's side, All my treasures there with me,— 'Tie but a simple boon I crave, I could not bear that the timings I prize, When I shall Sleep in my quiet grave, Should he gazed upon curious eyes. For the Intelligenver " Little Mac." Axu-20 YEARS Au° Amerieans, a warn ite s , take, - fratricidal strife; With honest hearts an effort llMkt! To save our country's life: The Constitution as onr guide, The Union as before, Anti "Little Mae," the nation's 'with In eighteen sixty-lbur. Ahypoeritie, knavish hand Has shown Its ilaM, designs; A love for our dulled happy land., By geographic lines; Their trachiug is inn treason's voice, We'll silence them once more, With "Little zinc," the people's choks. In eighteen sixty-four. Our battle-cry the watch-word shows, The Union of the States, We'll teach a lesson unto those, Whose love consists of hat, : Willi love of country we intend The Union to restore, And." Lit ile Mac, - the soldiers' 0 . 11.11(1 In eighteen sixty-four. The stars and stripes, stir eountry's shield The standard of the brave Shall float :ilia on every field, Ott (wary sca awl wave; Our Union ery shall never shad:, But like ail eagle soar, For liberty and " bill le Mae," In eighteen sixty-four. All traitors, who the laws resist, In secret or in :inns, Will vanish like the nuirning mist, Delta, our Ilt•rnfs t•harnis: Then teachers of disunion note, Your teaching will he When "Little Mite" receives the vote, In eighteen sixty-four. To traitors on disunion limit, The traitors of the south, The olive branch we will itresent, Beside the cannon's mouth If they refuse their arms to stack, The Union to restore, We'll tome them bnek with "Little Mae In eighteen gixty-four. ,COLUMB lA, August 31st, 1861. aftiocrilaitrouri. My Cousin Fanny Fanny, my cousin, was a wild, rol licksome sort of a girl, and as full of lun as any girl dared to be, without meriting the repulsive appellation of Tom-boy. She was up to all sorts of tricks, and would play some most unmerciful jokes on me whenever an opportunity pre sented itself. Ii at that time, was a young man of twenty-two, just graduated from the principal High School, and naturally, as most young men do at that age, thought myself of some importance to the community. My name was—no matter, Fanny al ways called me "Couz Frank." I was paying a short Visit at Uncle John's, and as I was thrown a great deal in Fanny's society ; I, of course, became very intimate with her. If Fanny ever played practical jokes on me, I certainly was very little be hind her, for I am naturally very much of a tease. If I found anything would annoy her, that was the very thing I was sure to do. If she disliked a certain book I was sure to be continually quoting from it. If she abhorred a particular person, I was always talking about him, and would bring him to the house until she would grow frantic and seek relief in a flood of tears, which invariably had the desired effect to make me beg par don and promise better conduct in the future—for I never could stand tears. It was a glorious evening, and Fanny intended having a few of her young lady acquaintances with her to while away the hours pleasantly. She was very fond of company and always en tertained her friends• delightfully. Well, Fanny was to have company, and I concluded that I would have some amusement at the invited young ladies' expense. I revolved several plans in my im agination, and finally concluded that I would slip in the bed-room, unobserv ed, where the girls would be likely to leave their capes, shawls, hats, etc., carry out my practical joke, and take leave while the , girls were busily en gaged in the parlor. So, early in the evening I hid myself behind a wardrobe that stood in a corner of the room, a few feet from the wall, fully bent on doing some mischief and having a laugh at the expense of Fanny and her friends. • I had not been in my hiding place long before a bevy of young ladies, all talking at once it seemed to me, made their appearance, and began divesting themselves of hats, cloaks, shawls; and other wearing appearel. "Fanny;" said Bertha, a young lady to whom I had been paying particular attention, " I wonder whether Frank will be here to-night?" " I can't tell, Bertha," replied Fan ny. " I told him I expected company, and that you probably would be one of the party, but he simply said : 'Ah in deed,' and walked oft; wearing some thing of a mischievous smile, which I could not interpret. There is one thing you may depend upon : if he is not here to-night, we will be apt to have some of his horrible jokes played upon us; so keep a good look out, girls, and let's turn tables on him, if possible." " Yes," replied Bertha, " - it would be such fun to play a good joke on Frank." " Ali ! my beloved Bertha, would it ? We shall see whether I am to be denied my anticipated sport," ,I mentally said. The girls having relieved themselves of all unnecessary garments, and looked each one for the dozenth time in the glass withdrew to the parlor, and left me sole occupant of the Feed-room, and having the necessary articles before me with which to make some sport. Stepping out of my hiding-place, I priseeeded to tie capes, cloaks and shawls together in a string, at the end of which I attached the hats and bonnets with out number. I intended to sprinkle Cayenne pepper over the whole, and give th'e girls a sneeze, - to do this, I must go to tho kitchen after. the PePPer. rsi)if ferf if* ui'Ir„:«r•.:; , ;-:•!; . „ . . '.,.• .•• .• - 2 - . 1 11 1 111( .- • V • . , VOLUME 65. Noiselessly I stole out of the room into the kitchen, found the Cayenne bottle, and was just on the point of re tracing my steps, when I heard the whole troop of girls coming pell-mell, as though the Old Harry was after them. What was I to do under the .existing circumstances? It wouldn't do for me to stand still and be caught in that po sition. It certainly wouldn't be policy to rush out of the back door, and there by excite the girls' suspicions. I looked around in dismay, when sud denly my eyes fell upon the new swill barrel Fanny's mother had got that day, and which had been left standing in one corner of the kitchen until a proper place could be found for it. It was. perfectly clean, and would have been fit to hold flour. It had a cover on it, with an opening about ten inches in diameter. Quicker than a wink I was in the barrel and out of sight of the girls, who came in the kitchen laughing and talk ing as though they were having the best of times. They evidently were going to stew some oysters, and 0 Lord ! would have to remain a prisoner until such time as they concluded to leave. Well, it could not be helped, so I settled my self as best I could, fully resolved to stay in the barrel as long as it afforded me shelter. To work they went. The oysters wi•re soon out of the shells, and Fa ny, brushing the shells in a pan, ap proached the barrel. flood Heavens! She was going to empty the shells on my head. Ugh ! down came a shower of shells with such force as to nearly stun Inc, and Fanny, with a laugh, cried : " Uirls , I've christened the new barrel," at Which droll saying the girls all giggled. " Well," thought I, "many things might be worse, and the girls may not have occasion to use the swill-barrel Ilut hardly had the thought passed through my brain, than splash, down Caine a promiscuous mess of potato peelings, old bread, and cabbage leaves. This display of hospitality was accom panied with a hearty laugh from the girls, and I heard Fanny remark that she was making good food_for bogs. " I wonder vliy Frank don't make his appearance !" I heard Bertha say. " Don't know," replied Fanny, " un less he is enjoying himself better else where ;" w hi eh remark elicited another laugh from the girls. " Enjoying himsel f better elsewhere," thought I with a groan. " Ugh, very much indeed, Miss Fanny, and I hope at sonic future time to be able to give you a taste of the pleasure I am enjoy ing!' " I heard Fanny say, "oys ters cannot live without water," and immediately a large pan full of dish water was precipitated on me, corn -pletely ruining my new coat, which I had purchased only the day before, and making me feel more like a drowned rat than a human being. I heard a hearty laugh from the girls, and the suspicion flashing across me that the girls were aware of my pres ence, I was in the act of jumping from the barrel, when, oh, down came a hand ful of flour, completely blinding me for a moment. In an instant I was out of the barrel, and in the midst of a laugh ing group of girls. " Hamlet's (host !" cried Fanny. Then a loud laugh from the girls. I could endure no more. Rushing to the door, I was met full in the face by a basin of water and an " Excuse me, sir," by Bertha, while a soft ball of dough struck me on the back of my neck, nearly knocking me senseless. I rushed from the house and down a bdtk sfreet, half a dozen dogs following, yelling at the top of their voices. I dis tanced them all, and soon found myself in the room of my friend Harry Wilson; fainting for breitth. " Good Lord," cried Harry, " what have you been dohig to get yourself in such a plight? Rolling in the gutter?" " Ho, ho, Harry ! " I replied, " give me a suit of your clothes and a basin of water, and I will tell you all the par ticulars, provided you promise secrecy." While renovating myself, I related to Harry my adventure, and I thought he would kill himself laughing. After I had concluded he slapped me on the shoulder, and said : " The best joke 9f the season, Frank." " I don't see It in that I re plied. 1 remained with Harry that night, and the next morning went back to IThele John's. The first person T met was Fanny, who burst into a tit of laughing on seeing me. I tried to be angry, but couldn't, and as I took her proffered hand I said: "A Iruce to all practical jokes, Fanny." " With all my heart," she replied ; and you may depend upon it, I never afterward tried to joke with my Cousin Fanny. If.y - Etcrility has no gray hairs. The flowers fade, the heart withers, loan grows old and dies ; the world lies down in the sepulchre of ages; but time writes no wrinkles on eternity. Eternity ! Stupendous thought ! The ever-present, unborn, undecaying and undying—the endless chain composing the life of God —the golden thread entwining the des tinies of the universe. Earth has its beauties, but time shrouds them for the grave ; its honors are but the sunshine of an hour ; its palaces, they are but the gilded sepulchre; its pleasures, they are but as bursting bubbles. Not so in the untried bourne. In the dwelling of the Almighty can come no footsteps of decay. .11 - The man who wrote the four sim ple lines beginning with ""Now I lay me down to sleep," seemed to do a very little thing. He wrote four lines for his little child. His name has not come down to us ; but he has done more for the good of his race than if he had com manded the.victorious army at Water loo. The little fires which the good man kindles here and there on the shores of time never go out, but ever and anon they flame up and throw light on the pilgrim's path. There is hardly any thing so fearful, to my mind, as the mind reaching down to the coming age, and writing itself for evil upon the minds of unborn generations. g. Some wag tells a story of an old gentleman whose eight or ten clerks bored him continually with conun drums. Going home one evening, he was stopped in front of a closed store, by a countryman, who asked : " Can you tell me, my friend, why this store is closed ?" Go to blazes," cried he, "with your conundrums, I'ye been bored to death with 'em these three weeks." From the N. Y. Express A ROMANCE TAKEN FROM A "JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION." " New England ! centre of religion and intellect!. ruler of the destinies of America!" Such were the heart felt sentiments which filled the breasts of Mysic Greenwood, Ellie Boopis, Nellie Sinclair, Pettie Tam mus and Katie Gre tiel, as they witnessed the departure of the noble nine thousand regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers for Rich mond, Va. The bevy of beautiful girls, their womanhood just beginning to show beneath the glances that their eyes cast upon the gallant New Eng landers, stood upon a slope in Boston Common, a Park more beautiful and more central than any park in any other State. Amid the ranks the beautiful New England girls could catch a glimpse of the forms of Paul Edwards, Rufas Tarbuckle, Edward Mountjoy, Ediqn Barlon and Zebulon Esty. As the four of their lovers passed on to Richmond, the young girls blushed slightly and turned away in silent sor row to go home to meditate upon the life of the patriot Butler by Parton. " Water water! lam fainting!" The young New England girl rose from her embroidery and laved the brow of the wounded soldier with New England rum—and water. She was young, perhaps not over twenty, but one could already observe the marks of intellect in the puckered lips and eye corners which New England girls alone possess. " Mysie," he said, as he slowly came back to consciousness, " Mysie, do you remember your promise to be mine when this cruel war is over?" The young girl blushed slightly, and said "hush," with her hands. The ward of the hospital in which she was tending her wounded lover, was tenanted by others engaged in the same sweet duty. " Hush, Zebulon,—Ellie, Nattie, Pat tie, and Katie are within earshot, and 1 row I don't want 'cm to twick me about being first to say " yes." " Then you do love me," exclaimed the Zebulon of her choice. Mysie bent over him again, awl " kissed him for his mother,"—at least so she declared. " Who will care for mother nOw moaned a Zouave, (a New York rowdy, fit only for powder.) An Irish nurse crossed to his bed, and gave him an opiate. He had lost both legs. Poor fellow, it was hard to think that he had not been born in New Eng land. He had been heard to curse when the name of that saintly man, Beecher, was mentioned. Heaven had punished him, as it al ways does those who despise its minis ters—and New England. Near the Zouave.lay the form of many wounded men attended by young New England girls, in white muslin and pink ties, which was the hospital regulation uniform. Between these and Mysie, a look of intelligence often passed. They were the same that we had seen on Boston Common. Yes, the same Ellie, Nellie, Pattie, Katie, each tend ing-their wounded lovers ; each kissing them for their mothers, as Mysie had done. "Do they think of me at home ?" again asked the Zouave, disturbed by the giggling in which the young girls indulged liberally—as they caught each other blushing. "Be quiet, ye baste," said the Irish nurse, "as if the. like of him ever had a home." "Where are ye fled, homes of New England? Where are you." " Brother's fainting at the door," mur mured the Zouave, interrupting Mysie's pious words. "Bad cess to ye, be quiet," said the nurse, "would you be talkie' whin the craytar's saying her prayers "—and the nursed crossed herself Catholic that she was, as she saw the Zouave suddenly grow stiff, and his eyes-close forever. The bells are ringing in the New England village. The sun which shines only in New England is irradiating the dusty road and forgotten cornfields. A troop of girls pass on to the village meetinghouse, singing "John Brown," and the memory of that sainted martyr hallows even the day that heaven has sent us. Hand in hand our lovers pass into the meeting house. The bells cease, and the organ, neatly as large as the one in Boston, begins the wedding march. Now let us leave our noble soldiers and their chosen New England ones—each blushing slightly as the minister asks the question, the answer to which will seal, in Massachu setts at least, their destiny for life. ffr.."' The only practical joke in which It. Harris Barehani, better known as Thomas I ngoldsby, ever personally en gaged was enacted when he was a boy at Canterbury. In company with a school-fellow, he entered a Quaker meeting house, when, looking around at the grave assembly, the latter held up a penny tart, and said solemnly, " who ever speaks first shall have this pie." " Go thy way boy," said a drab colored gentleman, rising, "go thy way, and—" " The pie's yours, sir !" placing it before the astonished speaker, and hastily ef fecting his escape. ties Not far from Central New Jersey lived two young lawyers, .Arch I3rown and Thomas Jones. Both were fond of dropping into Mr. Smith's parlor and spending an hour or two with his only daughter, Mary. One evening, when Brown and Mary had discussed almost every topic s Brown suddenly, in his sweetest tones, struck out as follows: '• Do you think, Mary, you could leave father and'mother, this pleasant home, with all its ease and comforts, and go to the far West with a young lawyer, who had but little besides his profession to depend upon, and with him search out a new home, which it should be your joint duty to beautify, and make de lightful and happy like this ?" Drop ping her head softly on his shoulders, she whispered—" I think I could, Archy." "Well," said he, "there's Tom Jones, who's:q going West, and wants to get a wife, I'll mention it to him." ger During the consulship, Josephine was engaged to dinner at the house of an army contractor of immense wealth. Napoleon said to her, "I have no ob jection to your dining with bankers,. they are money Merchants ; but do not -- wish you to dine with army con tractors; they are money robbers," LANCASTER, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1864. The Indian War. [Front the Junetipn City Union, August 20.] The war of the _lndians upon the whites suffers no abatement either in atrocity or success. Thus far the savages had it all their own way, and have murdered, plundered and burned 'with scarcely a check. Under the present plans, so far as we have seen them carried out, they will continue to do sountil cold weather puts a stop to their operations. Our troops may chase the small parties that are scattered all over the plains for a year without meeting a single success. Mounted on the fleetest of horses, they fly from our advance only to hover again -In the rear and renew their depreda tions. A successful war can only be waged against them by organizing an expedition that will penetrate their country and find their women and chil dren. Then will they stand and fight armed men, and not before. Last Tuesday, the 16th inst., six men of Co. H, 7th lowa, bearing despatches from Salina to Fort Ellsworth, were at tacked at Elma Creek by from 100 to 300, Indians. A severe running fight ensued. Four of the soldiers were kill ed. A squad sent out discovered the bodies of three of the soldiers all scalp ed. The Indians were still in sight, but moving off rapidly. The soldiere were on foot, having had all their stock stam peded the week before, and no pursuit could be attempted. The settlers on the Solomon and Sa line are leaving their homes and falling Lack The four hunters killed on the Saline on the 6th were two brothers •mused Moilit, one named Ferguson, and an other, Hunter. These memwereoutafter a lwflitlo for meat. When three. fourths of a mile from their ranehe the Indians were discovered. Driven to a ledge of a rock, the men taught desperately. Where the Indians stood the ground was dark with blood. Three of the whites were scalped. 'l' he horses were shot, probably- by the hunters. The savages afterwards Halved to the rancho, in which was an old man and woman. The man tired, wounding all Indian, when the savages left. 'Phe people of Salina held a meeting afterwards to devise measures for de fense. 4. _Reports state that Co. A, Ist Colorado cavalry, stationed at Cimeron Crossing on the Santa Fe road, lost all their stock by Indians , stampeding. (;eorg,e Ben nett lost 139 mules at the same time. Settlers have all fled from Republic, Shirley, and part of Clay counties, and axe limy encamped near Alt. A untress, on the Republican. Cleueral Blunt has armed the militia company under Captain Schouley, with Enfield rifles, and ordered Lieutenant Booth, company L, lith Kansas eaval -ry, with a smllll force, to the neighbor hood of ('lay Centre. Messengers have been sent to Forts Zariah, Teamed, Ellsworth and Lyon, directing vigilant scouting in the direc tion supposed to be taken by the Indi cts, of whom-Captain 'Thompson is in pursuit. The following figures will show the population of the various Indian tribes at war upon our western and northern borders. It is estimated that 4,000 of this number are warriors : Upper Platte Agency—Sioux.....7,S7s Arapahoes 1,800 Cheyennes 725 10,:505 Upper Arkans Agency—Arapa hoes 1,555 Cheyennes 1,605 Cantanches 1,555 Kiowas 1,550 - Apaches 550 7,21)(1 (; uul Total A Romantic Affair In the northern part of Hancock co., Ohio, there resided a good looking, in telligent young widow, whose husband died in ISO. Now this husband, who was very considerably the senior of his wife, on his death lied, had extracted a promise from her that she would never marry again, and after his death his relatives managed to gobble up his en tire estate, leaving her not only a widow but very poor. • The aforesaid promise to her husband she regretted in less than a year, for lo! a young officer in the gallant fist from the neighboring county of Wood, who had loved her be fore her marriage, renewed his suit. She would have married him but for the fatal promise, and but for a remark ably tender conscience which rebuked her whenever she thought of the mat ter. So the matter stood until the battle of Chickamauga. The young officer was badly wounded and brought home to die. He made till his preparations, set ting his house in order for his eventful history. He sent for the widow and told her be desired hut one thing, and that was to provide for her. He knew She was poor, and he had no property to leave her, only one thing he could do. His widow would receive a pension of thirty dollars a month front the Government—lie would make her his widow. She thought of the matter several hours, find finally concluded to do it.— True, she violated the letter of her promise, but not its, spirit, and when she thought of the good the pension would do her, her scruples vanished, and they were married. Singular as it may seem, this mar riage had a beneficial effect upon our wounded hero. He showed signs of improvement immediately; in fact, so rapid was his recovery, that the ex widow began to think in the course of three or four days, that the hope of his pension was growing faint, and well she might, for in a week he was walk ing about, and last Wednesday he start ed for his regiment, leaving a wife be hind him who Wept bitterly at his parting. Some say that the gallant officer was not wounded at all—that the whole affair was deception, and advised the woman to sue for a divorce, but she thought not. She did not believe that there was any deception. She had done justice to the memory of her deceased husband—he only proposed to marry her to benefit her—in his recovery she recognized the hand of Providence and was disposed to submit thereto. Alas! in strong natures, if resistance to temptation is of granite, so the pas sions they admit are of fire. "I woul d have you know that lam a man of quality," said a marquis finan cier. " And I," replied the financier, " am a man of quantity." Truth is the only real lasting founda tion for friendship; and in everything but truth there is a principle of decay and dissimulation. SIB-An Irishman complained to his physician, that he stuffed him so much with drugs, that he was sick a long time after he got well. News from the South. The Kirke-Jaques Visit .to Richmond— Rebel Account of the Affair—Statement of Secretary Benjamin. [From the Richmond Examiner, August M . ] THE SO-CALLED' "PEACE MISSION" TO RICIIMOND--THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE' AFFAIR. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, RICHMOND, August :25, 1864. SIR: Numerous publications which have recently appeared in the journals of the United States, on the subject of informal overtures for peace between the two ft derations of States now at war on this continent, render it desirable that you should be fully adVised of the views and policy of this Government on a matter of such paramount importance. It is likewise proper that you should be accurately informed of what has occur red on the several occasions mentioned in the published statements. You have heretofore been furnished with copies of the manifesto issued by the Congress of the Confederate States, with the approval of the President, on the 14th of June last, and have doubt less acted in conformity with the reso lution which requested that copies of this manifesto should be laid before foreign Governments. "The principal sentiments and purposes by which these States have been and are still actuated," are set forth in that paper with all the authority due to the solemn declaration of the Legislative and Executive De partments of this Government, and with a clearness which leaves- no room for comment or explanation. In a few sen tences it is pointed out that all we ask is Finmunity from interference with our internal peace and prosperity, " and to be left in the undisturbed enjoyment of those inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of 'happiness which our common .ancestors declared to be the equal heritage of all parties to the social compact. Let them forbear aggressions upon us, and the war is at an end. If there bequestions which require adjust ment by negotiation, we have ever been willing, and are still willing, to enter into communication with our adver saries in a spirit of equity anti Manly fra111:11,, , 5." 'rho manilesto olosed with the declaration that " we commit Our cause to the enlightened judgment of the world, to the sober reflection of our adversaries themselves, and to the solemn and righteous arbitration if }leaven." Within a very few weeks after the publication of this manifesto, it seemed to have met with a re-ponse from Pre sident Lincoln. In the early part of last month a letter was received by Gen. Lee front Lieutenant General Grant, in 14 following words: I iiitiigtiAliTEßs, A rt n les or• THE U. S., 1 Ciry POINT Va., July ti, I iouerul P. E. LEE, Commanding ronfede rate Plrf•l'S near l'elersburg., EN EltAl.--1 would request that Colonel F. Jaques, Seventy-third Illinois \ - oltinieor Infantr,v, and J. It. Gilmore, Eqq. he allowed to meet Colimel Itol.mrt l'ommissioner for the I•achnnßc of Prisoners, at such place het Nveen the lines of tII, I \vii artnirs ns con may designate.— 'Fla. ()Meet or t iii_ is Mgiiiitiam with the duties (,1* (Jultl, as t'ontinis sioner. If not , InSiStellt Mr you to grant the re quest here asked, I would Iwg that this be referred to President Davis, for his action. Requesting as early answer to this com munication as you may find it convenient to make, 1 subscribe myself, very respect fully, your obedient servant, S. l_ilt.VN"L', Li, , utemint (4eneral V. S. A On the reference of this letter to the President lie authorized Colonel Ould to meet . the persons named in General Grant's letter, and Colonel Quid, after seeing them, returned to Itichnumd and reported to the President, in the pres ence of the Secretary of War and my self, that Messrs. Jaques and Gilmore had not said anything to him about his duties as Commissioner for exchange of prisoners, but that they asked permis sion to come to Richmond to see the President; that they came with the knowledge and approval of President Lincoln, and under his pass; that they were informal messengers sent with a view of paving the way for a meeting of formal commissioners authorized to ne gotiate for peace, and desired to com municate to President Davis the views of Mr. Linculn, and to obtain the Pres ident's views in return, so as to arrange for a meeting of commissioners. Colo nel Ould stated that he had told them repeatedly that it was useless to come to Richmond to talk of peace on any terms than the recognised independence of the confederacy, to which they said they were aware of that, and that they were nevertheless confident that their inter view would result in peace. The Presi dent, on this report of Colonel Ould, de termined to permit them to come to Richmond under his charge. On the evening of the Pith of July, Colonel Ould conducted these gentle men to a hotel in Richmond, where a room was provided for them, in which they were to remain under surveillance during their stay here, and the next morning I received the following let ter— SPOVI'S WOO D 1101'14:I, RICH:SION 0, Vu., July 17, 11-414. Hon.:T. I'. BENJAMIN, Secretary of State, Confederate States of America:— DEAR SlR—The 111111lTSignVi. Jones F. or Illinois, and .Jamies 11. Gilmore, of Mitssaelinsetts. most respect fully solicit all interview with President Davis. They visit Richmond as private eitizens, and have no ()Mein' character or authority ; hut they are fully possessed 01'110 , vi, , ws of Ow Uni ted States governilleFit rehltiVe to an zilljtlSJ -1110111 Of the differences now existing be tween North and South, lind have little doubt that a free interchange of views be tween President Davis and themselves would open the Way t() such official negoti ations as would ultimate in restoring -in tILC two seetiOnS or our distracted COLIII They therefore ask an interview with the President, and awaiting your reply, aro, most truly and respectfully, your ohetlient JAS. F. JAQUE.:;, J..\,%;. .H.(111,.)101{1 ‘llll , , The word " official " is underscored, and the word '• peace" doubly under scored in. the on final. After perusing the letter, I invited Colonel Ould to conduct the writers to my office, and on their arrival stated to them that they must he conscious they could not be admitted to an interview with the President without informing the more fully of the object of their mis sion, and satisfy me that they came by request of Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Gilmore informed me that they came unofficially, but with the knowledge and at the de sire of Mr. Lincoln ; that they thought the war had gone far enough ; that it could never end except by some sort of agreement; that the agreement might as well be.made now as after still fur ther bloodshed ; that they knew by the recent address of the Confederate Con gress that we were willing to make peace; that they admitted that proposals ought to come from the North, and that they were prepared to make those pro posals by Mr. Lincoln's authority ; that it was necessary to have a sort of in formal understanding in advance of reg ular negotiations, for if commissioners were appointed without some such un derstanding, they would meet, quarrel, and separate, leaving the parties more bitter against each other than before; that, they knew Mr. Lincoln's- views, and would state them, if pressed by the President to do so, and desired to learn his in return. I again insisted on some evidence that they came from Mr. Lincoln, and in or der to satisfy me Mr. Gilmore referred to the fact that permission for their coming through the lines had been asked officially by General Grant in a letter to General Lee, and that General Grant in that letter had asked that this request should be referred to President Davis. Mr. Gilmore then showed me a card, written and signed by Mr. Lin coln, requesting General Grant to aid Mr. Gilmore and friend in passing through the lines into the confederacy. Colonel Jaques then said that his name was not put on the card for the reason that it was earnestly desired that their visit should be kept secret ; -that he -had come into the confederacy a year ago, and lad visited Petersburg 'on a similar errand,. and that it was feared that if his name should become known that some of those who had formerly met him in Petersburg would conjecture the pur• pose for which he now came. He said that the terms of peace which they wohid offer to the President would be honorable to the confederacy ; that they did not desire that the confederacysheuld accept any other terms, but would be glad to have my promise, as I had theirs, that their visit should be kept a pro found secret if it failed to result in peace ;. that it would not be just that either party should seek any advantage by di vulging the fact of their overture for peace if unsuccessful. I assented to this request, and then rising said : " Do I un derstand you to state distinctly that you come as messengers from Mr. Lincoln for the purpose of agreeing with the Presi dent as to the proper mode of inaugu rating a formal negotiation for peace, charged by Mr. Lincoln with authority for stating his own views and receiving those of President Davis ?" Both an swered in the affirmative, and I then said that the President would see them at my office the same evening, at 9p. m. ; that, at least, I presumed he would, but if he objected after hearing my report they should be informed. They were then recommitted to the charge of Colonel Ould, with the understanding that they were to he conducted to my office at the appointed hour, unless otherwise or dered. This interview, connected with the report previously made by Colonel Ould, left on my mind the decided impression that Mr. Lincoln was averse to sending formal commissioners to open negotia tions, lest he might be thereby deemed to have recognized the independence of the confederacy, and that he was anxi ous to learn whether the conditions on which alone he would be willing to take such a step would be yielded by the confederacy ; that with this view lie had placed his messengers in a con dition to satisfy us that they really came fiiun him, without committing himself to anything in the event of a disagree ment as to such conditions as he con sidered to he indispensable. On in forming the President thereof and of my conclusion he determined i that no ques tion or n>no of etiquette should be an obstacle to his receiving any overtures that promised, however remotely, to result in putting an end to the carnage Which marked the continuance of hos tilities. The President came to lily office at nine o'clock in the evening-, and Col. Gold came a few moments later, with Messrs. .Jacques and Gilmore. The President said to them that he had heard from me that they came as Ines scagers of peace from Mr. Lincoln; that as such they were welcome ; that the Confederacy had never concealed its desire for peace, and that he was ready to hear what they had to offer on the So hi ect. Mr. (;-ilmore thin addressed the Presi dent, and in a few minutes had convey ed the information that those two gen tlemen had come to Richmond hnpress cd kith the idea that this government NVolliti accept a peace on thW‘ basis of a reconstruction of the Union, the aboli tion of slavery, and the grant of an anillesty to the people of the States as repentant criminals. In order to ac complish the abolition of slavery,it was proposed that there should be a general vote of the people of both confedera tions, and the majority of the vote thus taken was to dytermine that as all other disputed questions. These were stated to he Mr. Linc'oln's views. The Presi dent answered that as these proposals had been prefaced by the remark that the people of the North were a major ity, and that a majority ought to govern, the oftbr was in effect a proposal that the Confederate States should surrender at discretion, admit that they had been wrong from the beginning of the con test, submit to the mercy of their ene mies, and avow themselves to be in need of pardon for crimes; that exter mination was preferable to such dis honor. He stated that if they were them selves so unacquainted with the form of their own government as to make such propositions, Mr. Lincoln ought to have known when giving them his views that it was out of the power of the Confederate government to act on the subject of the donlestic institutions of the several States, each State having exclusive jurisdiction On that point, still less to eommit the decision of such a question to the vote of a foreign peo ple; that the separation of the States was all accomplished fact ; that he had no authority to receive proposals for negotiation except by virtue of his office as President of an independent Con federacy, and on this basis alone must proposals he made to him. At one period of the conversation Mr. Gilmore made use of some language re ferring to these States as "rebels" while rendering an account of MT. bin volt's views, and apologized for the word. The President desired him to proeeed, that no offence was taken, and that he wished Mr. Lincoln's lan guage to be repeated to him as exactly as possible. Some further conversation took place, substantially to the same efibet as the foregoing, when the Presi denl rose to indicate that the interview was at an cud. The two gentlemen were then recommitted to the charge of cutout!' Ould, atql left Richmond the next day. The account of the visit of Messrs. (;ilmore and Jaques to Richmond has been rendered necessary by publiea t it made by onepr both of them since their return to (hi:. United States, notwith standing the agreement that their visit was to be kept sectet. They have, per haps, concluded that, as the promise of secrecy was made at their request, it was permissahle to disregard it. We had no reason for desiring to conceal what occurred, and have, theretbre, no complaint to make of the publicity given to the fact of the visit. The ex treme inaccuracy of Mr. Qihnore's nar rative will be apparent to you from the foregoing statement. You have no doultt seen in the North ern papers an account of another con:. Terence on the subject of peace, which took place in Canada, at about the stone date, between Messrs C. C. Clay and S. P. Holcombe, Confederate citizens of the highest character and position, and Mr. Horace Greeley, of New York, act ing with authority of President Lincoln. It is deemed not improper to inform you that Messrs. Clay and Holcombe, although enjoying in an eminent degree the confidence and esteem of the Presi dent, were strictly accurate in their statement that they were without any authority from this government to treat with that of the United States on any subject whatever. We had no knowl edge of their conference with Mr. Greeley, nor of their proposed visit to Washington, till we saW the newspaper publications. A significant confirma tion of the truth of the statement of Messrs. Gilmoreeind Jacques that they came as messengers from Mr. Lincoln is to be found in the fact that the views of Mr. Lincoln, as stated by them to the President, are in exact conformity with the offensive paper addressed to " whom it may concern," which was sent by Mr. Lincoln'to Messrs. Clay and Hol combe by the hands of his Private Sec retary, Mr. Hay, and which was proper ly regarded by thosegentlemen as an intimation that Mr. Lincoln was un willing that this war should cease while in his power to continue hostilities. I am very respectfully, your obedient servant, a J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of State. Hon. JAMES M. MASON, Commis sioner to the Continent, &c., Paris. General Hinks tells a good story re specting the proximity of his sable sol diers to the rebels in a recent engage ment. The negroes made their way through the branches of the felled trees and thick shrubbery and stumps, drag gin,, themselves along on their hands and knees, encumbered with guns, blan kets, haversacks. Some of the poor fel lows found the task before them too diflicult, and were glad to get out of the death-trap as quick as they could. One of these discomfited was met by General Hinks, who inquired : " Well, my man, did you get up near enough for the rebels 'to see the whites of your eyes ?" "I 'dunno 'bout dat, sah," said the per spiring hero," showing his_ ivory, " but cloy smelt us, I rockot)," NUMBER 35 A Woman's Desert. The following illustrative idea of what constitutes a desert in a female mind, is taken from a novel entitled ' Marriage ' Douglas saw the storm gathering on the brow of his capricious wife, and, clasping her to his arms, he said ' Are you, indeed, so changed, my Julia, that you have forgotten the time when you used to declare you would prefer a desert with your Henry to throne with another?' 'No, certainly, not changed ; did not know What a desert was ; or at the least I had formed rather Et d Pfferent idea of it.' - What was your idea of a desert? Do tell me, love.' Oh! I imagined it a beautiful place, full of roses and myrtle, and smooth green turf and murmuring rivulets, and though very retired, not absolutely out of the world, where one could occasion ally see one's friends and give parties, and be free from the cares of crying babies.' The Crops of Maryland From the best informed and most re liable agriculturists in this State, the following statistics as to the quantity and quality of the crops in 'Maryland have been gathered : Wheat—On the Eastern shore the crop of wheat is considerably below an average, and less than last year by one third. The western counties on the bay shore had a very good crop, much bet ter than for several years. Last rear the fly was very destructive . to wheat after it was harvested, but thus far this season the insect has not made its ap pearance to any extent. In the counties north and west of Baltimore, the crop is heavier than for many years, but still not an average one. The quality of the wheat, however, as a general rule, is very superior, averaging, it is believed, t'rom two to live pounds more than usual, and all will be lit l'or use, having been secured very dry. Last year a portion of the erop was much damaged by wet weather after being cut. Oats.—The crop of oats is better than for two years, both in quality and quan tity. Corn.—La4 years' crop of corn was considerably below an average, and the growing crop has suffered much from the want of rain, and is expected to fall short of previous seasons one-half. Rye and Ilarley.—Very little rye or barley is raised in this State. Tobacco.—The crop of this year will he a very small one, the estimates rang ing from eight to tel thousand hogs heads, with a moderately favorable season hereafter.—Bottimopc A airrioml. kt , , , ..j" A little semi-pagan.; who lin. first time was receiving some religious instruction from a funtale friend whom he was visiting, found some dilliculty in understandi nw that our Sunday had anything remarkable in it over any other day. At 'Oast, by dint of " line upon line and precept upon precept," he was made to comprehend somewhat of the sanctity of thy Sabbath. Unfor tunately, however, soon after he began to understand things, roming from church one Sunday, lie noticed the apothecary shops open. His newly-ae quired moral sense received a terrible shock, and he entered into a very ortho dox denunciation of the unconscious compounders of simples. " But," he was told, " the druggist must keep open on Sundays, so that the sick people can get medicine." "Why, do people get sick on Sunday ?" " Yes, just as much as any other day." "Nell, good people don't die on Sunday, do they ?" "Certainly." "How can that be?— Does Heaven keep open on Sun day ?" It is needless to say that all further conversation on the subject was impossible. writing machine has at length been discovered. This is a curious in strument - which has been invented by a French artizan named Bryois. It is for the purpose of taking short-hand notes with more than the usual rapidi ty. It consists of a series of levers worked by keys like a piano, and act ing on a set of types which impress themselves on a strip of paper that is gradually unrolled. - Working only with one finger an ordinary reporter can work as quick as the best short-hand reporter, but by using the two hands the rapidity is increased immensely. .13eSt — Major-General Dana has arrested a majority of the Treasury agents at Vicksburg for smuggling, and conniving at the contraband trade in the rebellious districts. In one transaction the mili tary order permitted a man named llurbridge, to take six barrels of whis key up the Yazoo river. In passing through the "Treasury regulations" the "six barrels" were changed to "sixty barrels," which were bartered at $l2 a gallon fur cotton at 40 cents the pound—the single operation yielding the parties concerned a net profit of $lOO,OOO. kier-A good bit of wit transpired some years ago in the Louisiana Legislature, which, perhaps, has not yet appeared in print. "Sir," said a member from Assumption, " I am here the proud representative of my constituents ; lam here from the parish of Assumption, and while I stand on this.floor, I and Assumption are of a piece) , " Yes," said an honorable member opposite; " and you are the greatest piece of As sumption that was ever heard of." Queen Victoria has received an offer of marriage. The eccentric Em peror of Abyssinia, says a Paris paper, is an aspirant to the hand of the Royal lady. We are told that lie made his offer through Mr. Cameron, the English consul, and had that gentleman put in chains when some time had passed without the arrival of a reply to his suit. When her Majesty heard of Mr. Cameron's imprisonment, it is stated that she wrote to the king by post, politely declining his offer, and begging that her representative might be re leased. ge- A good joke, says the Syracuse Standard, is related of Miss G., a laugh ter-loving, good-natured lass, who was spending the afternoon with a neigh bor, and during supper, the conversa tion turned on liens, eggs, &c., during which Miss G. observed "that their hens did not lay scarcely any eggs, and she could not tell the reason." " Why," observed Mr. P., "my hens lay very well ; I go out among them almost every day, and get eggs." " My gracious !" was the instant rejoiner ; " I wish you would come over and run with our hens a spell. I'm sure father would pay you well for your trouble." LUXURY OF ONE LEG.-A traveller was boasting of the luxury of arriving at night after a hard day's journey, to partake of the enjoyment of a well-cut ham, and the left leg of a goose. " Pray, sir, what is the peculiar luxury of a left leg?" " Sir, to conceive its luxury, you must find that'll is the only leg that is left." (and that you have no right toit,) - - ' ----• B VSERMS ADYKRTINXIS2I4 $l2. year tier square of tdn'llnespteii per.cent. inmiase for fractions of a year. REAL Earerz,:paguitoNAL PRORRETY4IIIII.faNN REAL ADVERTISER % 7 cents a line, for the first; and 4' cents - for 'eabh Sub - Sequent' inser tion. - - - PATENT MEDICINES and other silver's by the One column, I year,— Half column, 1 6O Third column, 1 year,.... 40 Quarter column,— go BUSINESS CARDS, of ten lines or less, one year 10 Business Cards, five lines or less, one year, • 5 LEGAL AND OTHER NOTICES— _ Executors' notices... 2.00 Administrators' noiices ... . . 200 . Assignees' notices 2.00 Auditors' notices 1.50 Other "Notices," ten lines, or less, three times 1.50 The Reign of Tetror in Kentucky. To the Editor of the Chicago Times. URBANA, ILLINOIS, August 23 •In your issue of this date I have observed an article headed "A Rein of Terror in Kentucky." Not being an oftiw-holder, of tire-seeker, or one of the people who seeks notoriety, 1, notwithtstanding, may dis charge a duty to my fellow-countrymen of Illinois by advising them, as fir as in my power, of the real status of Lincoln's mil itary despotism in lientuel42,* True, as you state, the local press in Kentucky lives and exists only with a muzzle. To-day three weeks I left my home, with a child at the point of death, and have been on the wing ever since. I have been resid ing in the city of Loujsville twelve years, am a native of Indiana, and, when the Ad ministration Vampires and harpies forced tae to decide between the copperheads aml , and woolly heads, I have chosen the for mer. I have never been guilty of such trea sonable acts as dealing in precious human flesh, either white or black. I never owned a negro, but am a Democrat, and that is the extent of my crimes. I have never failed to vote until the last election, when I de termined that cannon and bayonets had played the huller-Islx out, and Made no ef fort to vote. When 1 left home, three weeks since, 111 pursuance of an ler of Ileneral Iturbridge, sixty-live old, quiet, peaceable, and inof fensive citizens have been secretly torn from the embraces of their families, ;mil incar cerated In the filthy Ilastile , erected by the latter-day patriots. This was only the be ginning of the list of 41 1 U in the oily' and _- in each county throughout the Stale, who were to be shut tap iu some dungeon. last lethir I. received hunt home informed not that L•VerV per.Soll who can ha Ve is doing so, The poliey ielopted iY tile pc evcc7lo4ce, sell - righteous, L'urdanitial saints is the most tiffeetual recruiting inciasuro which email have been adopted kir Jell. Davis' army. The Administration have a nutattl'actory 5) here they I Urn OW guerrillas to order; i. e., they are foreing the people to lake up nests against the l;overlinlent..' 'Fle negroes have been stolen, and arms placed ill their la u ds in violation et . the slue lute, and then invited II) murder their masters. Our horses have * been stolen by the hundred, houses confiscated under cvery sort 11l flimsy pretext, and, last, the Ihnly of Iho hither, brother, and frequently the Mother ;111,1 sister, lire seized and east into prison,. \\ 'hat better mode than this could driv,, desperation to acute? I I itherto lentlleky hats h)Ved her v,llllltrV Lc, do I,er own light ing, :mil not to employ the ilcnii-savage race to do her lig,lll,ing. She hits never yet fought. by proxy; she scorns 511, - 11 cowardive ; hut now she is reaping the reward for her fidel ity by having her fair fields laid waste, and her sons, who have committed no offense, thrown into a felon's cell. There arc three other inailleineit with nun here in lily position, without money and among strangers, rrolll our rantilikris. _May I tod deliver us all ! Tours truly, 0.11. SinATTAN. Ilon. Ceorge S. Hilliard 'l'h,• tip or yesterday says : Some days since, the Prc.,, of this city, said that "Hon. leorge S. )(titian!, a Democrat, N% 110 voted against \l t•. Linvolti in 1501, intends to vote lii him in ISttl. - Without any very recent, knowledge of Mr. llillard, we ventured, upon our high estimate of his character, to pronounce this * statement utterly without lbundation. We added, so perfect was our confidence in the man, that "he has nobly resisted the examples of Everett and the crowd of facile prostitutes of which Boston is so prolific. Mr. il iltifeN ion would be a greater loss to the cause ,if virtue than any one of them, and the most conclusive proof the absolute degradation of New Eng land morals and intellect yet exhibited. We do not believe one word of it." Mr. 'Hillard justifies our confidence in his conservatism :Intl sound principles, as may be seen by the following , note to the editor or the Boston Past: You are substant Tally correct in your co m menu upon the paragraph from the Phila delphia Press of August 17, which I never heard of till I saw it in your columns of this morning. As *pm say, I never was a Denwerat, and never voted for llemocratic electors of President in my life. But the political issues on which par ties were I,trtnerly divided have become ob solete. We are living In a period or revolu tion. The Old questions have passetlaway, and though the O1(1 names survive, they are 1110110,4 merely and no longer• symbols. I voted against Mr. Lincoln in 1,41 in; so fiu• the Philadelphia Press is right. I thought his election would be ;t great utistin•tune to the country, and I hai i•ertuiuly Sl2Oll 110 reason to 01111112;1 . that 01 1 1111011. Th,n Pres., is wrong in saying that I in tend to vote for Mr. Lincoin in as 1 think his re-eltiviiini would Ice an irrepara ble misfortune to the country. I was iuvited to speak :it filo recent Mc- Clellan meeting in New York, anti I am told that I was advertised :IS one or the speakers. I did not "make my appear ance on the stand," but my absence was not bemuse of want of interest in the object for which the nieeting was called, Ibr, as you conjecture, I intend to act heartily with the Democratic party in striviiez to elect Gen. .NlcClellan (supposing that he will be the nominee of the Chicago Convention; to suc ceed Mr. Lincoln. I never could have made to "a friend the remark which the Philadelphia Them puts into my mouth. Never having been :L Democrat, l could not-bas 6 ' :•laitned " to he one still; hind never having Mr a mu- Intint thought of voting for Mr. Lincoln, F could not have expressed :my such purpose HILLIARD. 7' 'll to Richmond Lh'sp'N,•h (ultra seePs- EDER] " If ~ vv could coininand a million of cotes in should conlrnand I hem a 11.,, 'file secession leaders understand who ale their allies here. Muggins was one day with a friend when he observed a poor dog that had been killed lying in the gutter. Muggins paused and gazed intently at„ the animal, and at last said : " Here is another shipwreck." " Shipwreck ! where ..' "There, a bark that's lost forever." His companion growled and passed air A maiden lady, whose age is not a proper subject for discussion, warns young men that the stamp tax on matches is to ho en fore(ql on and after the first of September, and that it would ho a saving of money to finish up en gagements before that date. At a recent railroad dinner, in compliment to the legal fraternity, the toast was given : "An honest lawyer, the noblest work of God ;" but an old farmer in the back part of the hall rather spoiled the effect by adding, in a loud voice, " And about the scarcest." k4D. , Moliere was asked the reason why, in certain countries, the king may assume the crown at fourteen years of age, and cannot marry before eighteen ? " It is," answered Moliere, " because it is more difficult to rule a wife than a kingdom." •fr , -A little boy of Hartford was re cently heard upon his "first going to church." In reply to a question by his paternal parent as to what he did in church, he replied : " I . went into a cupboard and took a seat on a shelf!" That boy will be a Presidential joker when he grows up—if he is not cared for in time. A Saratoga fashion gossipper says: " Girls, none too young to be in the nursery, make their three or four toi= lettes a, day." To which the Boston Post adds : " The 'little babies change oftener." rED. A little girl was told to spell ferment,' and give its meaning with a sentence in which it was used. The following was literally her answer.: " a verb, signifying, to work : I love to fetment in the garden!!' Many who " east their bread upon the waters" expect it will return to them after ma ny days—kuttered, -
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