gaugutalittomptutt
-NvE4'igi 3 P_4 4 t7 , .!Tf) lll l4rt - B;iim , i:
- - The printing presses shall be free to every
person 'who undertakes to
any examine th
bran e-pre-:
ceedings, of the legislature, or
_ell' Zit
government; and no - law shalt ever. be made
to restrain the right thereof. -- TM free =man=
ideation'f thought and opinions is one of the
invaluable rights of men:, and every citizen
may freely speak, write and prin abusesny sub-
Ject ; being responsible for .Ulse of that
liberty. prosecutions for the publication of
papers investigating the officialconduct of offi
cers, or men in public - capacities, or where the
matter pdbUshed le proper for public informa
tion, the . truth thereof - may be given in evi
dence."
LANCASTER INT.ILLLIGENCER OFFICE.
November 6th, .1865.
JAME... 4 F. DOWITEY is authorized to re
ceive money and subscriptions, and to con
tract for advertising and job work for us.
- ' " COOPER, SANDERSON t CO.
Wont for the State Central Committee
It is evident that the Democratic party
was beaten at the recent election in
this State because it was not properly
organized. An energetic campaign,.
conducted with all the energy for
which the Democracy have always,
been distinguished, might have sup
plied the lack of organization and have
given us the victory, That, together
with a proper organization, would.have
rendered our. success sure beyond a per
adventure. The campaign of next fall
will be a most important one. We must
elect a Democratic Onvernor and secure
as many Congressmen as we possibly
can. The campaign will be a vigorous
one, and every inch of ground will be
hotly contested. This will bring out a
large vote. But what we want, and
what we must have is such perfect or
ganization of the Democratic party as
will ensure the polling of its entire vote.
If we can insure the doing of that we
shall most assinedly triumph.
Can that be accomplished? We are
convinced that itcan. Our present sys
tem of organization is exceedingly loose
and imperfect; so much so.asscarcely to
be worthy of. the name. It leaves all
the work of the party to be done by
such men as are willing to do it volun
tarily, imposirg no specified duties on
any one, except it be the members of
the different County Committees. These
local organizations have been inefficient
in the past for many reasons. They
have not always been composed of the
right material, _have had no specified
and well defined duties to perform, and
have been left to do what work was set
before them in an indefinite and ineffi
cient manner, because they were un
guided and unassisted in their etibrts.
Zeal, without properly regulated meth
od, will necessarily expend its ener
gies without producing proportionate
results.
We need and must have such an or
ganization of the Democratic party as
will give to its movement all the stead
iness and precision of a well drilled
army. This can be attained without a
resort to the objectionable plan of or
ganizing secret political associations.
All the movements of this great party
will, we hope, continue to be as open
and undisguised in the future as they
have been in the past. But, it must,
and, unless we are mistaken, it will
avail itself of the interval between this
time and the opening of the next cam
paign to perfect an organization which
shall be vastly more efficient than the
present loose system. It must not be
left to waste one-half its great energies
in the coining campaign for Governor
and Congressmen for theAvan tof proper
'organization and intelligent guidance.
This work must not be left to the
mere voluntary efforts of individual
members of the party, as has been the
usage of the past. A system of organi
zation must be perfected by the State
Central Committee ; and steps taken to
put it in operation throughout the State
at the earliest possible period. It can be
done, and. we expect to see the good
work begun at the meeting of the Com
mittee on the 21st inst. If it is not
called together for some such purpo-e
we can see no use in its assembling at
the present time. A thorough compact
organization of the party is what is
needed. That is the work for the Com
mittee. Let it see that it is well done,
and done as quickly as possible.
The Cholent
The cholera has reached our shores
sooner than it was expected. Stealing
on board an emigrant ship at Havre,
and lurking in the system of some one
of the steerage passengers until the
vessel was well on its way to the New
Wbrld, showed its horrid visage and
rioted hi its work of death while making
its voyage across the Atlantic. It was
hoped we might escape a visitation from
the terrible plague at this time. But
when once it starts from its home in the
East on a journey Westward and North
ward no obstacles seem to be sufficient
to stop its still but deadly advance. It
leaps mountain ranges and walks across
seas, appearing unexpectedly and sud
denly at places when least expected.
Its movements are mysteriously un
certain, and its presence strikes terror
to the hearts of all who dwell in crowd
ed cities or populous towns. Nor does
it always confine itself to these. It not
unfrequently stalks abroad through the
country, visiting villages and sending
up a despairing wail from quiet ham
lets.
Usually its ravages are greatest in
summer when the air is most sultry,
and when diseases of a somewhat simi
lar character prevail. Yet it has raged
with great violence even in cold climates
during the depths of an almost arctic
winter. So it once visited the Capital
of Russia, and reveled in St. Petersburg,
striking down its thousands of victims
and causing the most terrible consterna
tion among the people. It refused to be
repulsed by the fierce winds that swept
over the wintry seas, and heeded
neither the falling snow nor the icy
hail. It 'plied its death-dealing voca
tion until the souls of the Muscovites
- living in the brilliant Capital of the
Russians had grown clothed with con
- tagion, and horror had become pestilen
tial.
Whether the precautions taken to
prevent its spread from on board the
ship in which it made its passage from
Havre to New York will prove effective
remains to be seen. Whether it will ap
pear .in a mild or a severe form when
once it gains a foothold on our side, also
remains to be seen. Heretofore this
city has escaped its visitation, even
when it raged in the neighboring town
of Columbia. It is to be hoped we may
be as lucky in the future as we have
been in the past; but we should see to
it that all superinducing causes are re
moved at once.
THE RETURN JUDGES of Adams coun-
iy met again on Friday last, to count
the soldiers, votes. The Compiler says
- these amounted, to just two. After
counting them and adding up the
votes. for the various candidates,
it was found that C. M. Duncan, of
-- Chamberslaurg, the Democratic candi_
date for State Senator, had eightyLnine
majority over his Republican competi
tor, David McConaughy. It is said but
''five soldier votes were received in Frank
lin: We believe Mr. Duncan is elected
by a clear and unquestionable majority
of twenty-seven. Mr, McConaughy ran
behind his ticket in Adams. He was
' one of the busiest "treason smelters" in
.Gettysburg, and the people of his own
county and district have rewarded him
" • :aceording 'to his deserts. Thaddeus
Stevens went over and made a speech
'for bimilmt even abet failed to save
close op gie
The hour of defeat is riot the time for
'despondency, at leastsofarasthe DeznO7
C - ia,t,ie party is concerned. A (party ,
- *hose foundiknth rests on Ike pritzeiples
of eternal truth, manfor at ine , thiroiigh
the treachery of professed friends
the falsehoods and machination" of opaii
enemies, be defeated, but it Othmot.be
annihilated - or hopelessly'variquislied.
The Democratic party is indestructible,
and, sooner or later, it will re-assert its
sway over the entire limits of the Re
public, and again place the wheels of
Government on the well-beaten track
laid down by Jefferson and Jackson.
But to secure the reins of power at
an'early day, it is absolutely necessary
for the Democratic party to'close up its
somewhat broken and - demoralized
ranks as quickly as possible. Thtre
, should not be a day lost, although an
other trial of strength at the ballot-box
is somewhat remote. In time of peace
prepare for war, is a well-known max
im based on sound philosophical prin
ciples. And what is true of a conflict
with bullets is equally so with ballots.
There must be a completeand thorough
organization of all the conservative vo
ters of every township, ward, and pre
cinct of every county in the State, and
this ought by all means to be accom
plished during the ensuing winter. It
is a work for the present—not for the
future; a work to be done now. - -not a
few days or weeks before the election.
The party should keep up an active,
living, working organization all the time
from year to year, so that the terms
apathy and lukewarmness shall not be
known in our political vocabulary.
• We therefore urge upon the several
ward and township committees to com
mence at once the work of organization.
The ranks should be closed up without
delay. We must go into the next grand
battle, if we would win, as a disciplined
body of regulars; not as raw and inex
perienced militia. Had we done so in
the last campaign, we should not now
have to regret the loss of our noble old
Commonwealth to the Democracy. The
time was in the history of Pennsylvania
when we could afford to stand with
folded arms and laugh at the puny
efforts of the opposition to win a victory
over us; but that time hasgone by, and
we must work, and work hard if we
would be successful. We have a des
perate and unscrupulous enemy to con
tend with, and it is incumbent on us to
use all the energy and all the means in
our power if we hope to accomplish his
overthrow.
We throw out these general reflections
for the purpose of stimulating our friends
to action. It is not our province to sug
gest the details of a plan for organiza
tion. We prefer leaving that to the
intelligence and discretion of the com
mittees above mentioned, and other
leading and influential Democrats'in the
several election districts. They know
best what plans suit their respective lo
calities. What we do insist upon is,
pronipt and immediate action in the
premises. With it we shall succeed at
the next election. Without it we are
destined to remain for years longer in a
helpless and hopeless minority.
Negro Insurrection
The English, who have had so much
sympathy to bestow on the negroes in
the United States, have now on hand
some very serious work with their own
" freedmen " in the Island of Jamaica.
The steamship Eagle, which arrived at
New York on Wednesday, brings intel
ligence confirming the news previously
received of a negro insurrection in Ja
maica. It appears that the negroes are
rising en masse against the whites in
every section of the island, massacreing
indiscriminately not only the white
men, but the women and children who
are so unfortunate as to fall into their
bloody clutches. The number of revolt
ing murders committed by the blacks
is increasing daily, and the utmost ter
ror prevails among the white popula
tion. The efforts of the handfull of
military that are scattered throughout
the island to restore order prove una
vailing against the fearful odds against
them, and the arrival of troops from
Halifax, and other near-by British naval
stations, was anxiously looked for by
the whites. Although the British Con
sul at New York has as yet received no
official intelligence from the British
Consul in Jamaica relative to the num
4'bers of the insurrectionists or the ex
tent of their ravages, he has received
two private letters from Nassau, N. P.,
where the British steamship - Wolverine
had arrived _from Jamaica before they
were written, in which it is stated that
several white persons of prominence on
the island had been murdered under
circumstances of the greatest atrocity,
being literally hacked to pieces. By
another source it is reported that a white
magistrate, whom the blacks had seized,
was tortured in every mode of cruelty
that the spirit of vengeance could sug
gest to the demoniacal negroes. His
fingers and toes were cut off while he
was still living, and after life had be
come extinct—anegro woman ripped
open his bowels i=tt h. a knife.
The departure oJAdmiral Hope from
Halifax, with the lith Regiment, is
officially announced.
Tile PORTLAND Price Current asserts
that "the development of the domestic
wool interests during the civil war has
to no inconsiderable degree compen
sated for the losses on the cotton crops."
This assertion is Yankee all over. It
depreciates a Southern and magnifies a
Northern staple, and steers far away
from the truth in order to do this.
We imported thirty-three million
pounds of Wool in 1860 and produced
sixty millions. In 1364 we imported
seventy-five million pounds and pro
duced ninety millions. The production
of 1864 exceeded that of 1860 by thirty
million pounds, whilst the importation
of 1864 exceeded that of 1860 by forty
two millions.
We have gained in production thirty
million pounds, or about one-tenth the
value of what we have lost in Cotton!
This, we think, is a very "inconsidera
ble degree of compensation." But this
is not the worst. We have lost in im
portation more than we have gained in
production ; for whilst our production
has increased thirty million pounds,
our importation has increased forty-two
millions.
Putting the best face on it that we
think it can justly be made to wear, we
must acknowledge a loss (instead of
a gain) equal to the difference between
the increased production and the in
creased Importation This loss would
amount to twelve million pounds. In
deed we think we should reckon our loss
at forty-two million pounds, the full
amount of increased importation, be
cause we have had these forty-two mil
lion pounds to pay for in gold.
The Yankees are great at ciphering
in a general way, but it is no use for
them to try to cipher doivn the value of
cotton, or to cipher up wool and flax.—
The cotton exported annually before the
war, Co say nothing about what we con
sumed ourselves, was worth twice or
three times as much as all the wool we
produced combined with all that we
imported in 1864 !
The sooner we admit Southern Rep
resentatives to Congress and get the
southern people to settle down quietly
end resume the culture of cotton, the
better it will be for the whole country.
The more wool we import to take the
place of the cotton we formerly pro.
duced and. conentned, the poorer we
steal grow. .
""Itillthl - Vorruption.
So long as Courts of Justice continue
to be entirely impartial tribunals theirs
is hope for any people. An incorruilti
ble643iditAary* a batrAwhich
evita* 'citeck.,„tha'o4 - de bf, pan - s
ar4coriiiptioi cause lawkto
be.#spOtited and:: nheAd. Xtdt, wtntni
courts lead thernielves*injnatice, and,
judges becometalant toc lwln the hands
of designing demagognes r the strongest
barriers against tyranny are, swept
away, and the people hold their liber
ties by a tenure which is most insecure.
An elective judiciary.: isniore liable to.
becomecorrnpt than any other. Bad ,
men Will have the "audacity
aspire to wearing the judicial ermine,
and weak and incompetent men,- who
are favorites with' their party, will be
eleVated to a seat in the halls of justice.
Then, when party strife runs high, and
the strongest prejudices of the human
heart are all excited, it is not strange
that bad and'weak men should be found
registering the decrees of their party
instead of impartially construing the
laws. Sad as such a spectacle is, it
is one which the people of this
country have had to look upon
frequently within the past Ibur
years. There is scarcely a State in the
Union in which justice has not been
denied or delayed by Judges who have
regarded party more than their solemn
oath of office. Courts have in too many
instances ceased to be impartial tri
bunals, and the laws have been strained
or disregarded, in order that political
friends might be shielded from merited
punishment, or political enemies pun
ished. It is no little thing for any in
dividual citizen in a State to feel that
any of his rights are rendered insecure
by the corruption, the prejudice or the
subservience to party interests of those
whose duty it is to dispense impartial
justice. To deny justice to the hum
blest citizen in a State is to deny it to
all, and the whole body of citizens are
I ' alike individually interested in pro
tecting the rights of each one. The
corrupt Judge who would allow him
self to be biased by passion or swayed
by party prejudice, would be found as
ready to deny justice to a majority of
the citizens of a State as to an individ
ual. And this has been proven to be
true in a very recent instance.
In the Border States the people have
been divided more distinctly than else
where, and there has been greater bit
terness between the contending parties.
Maryland and Missouri have been
racked by intestinal feuds, which 'have
been bitter and uncompromising. In
each of these States a minority have
succeded in obtaining power, and their
acts have been distinguished by intoler
ance and disregard of law. In Missouri
the most fearful deeds of violence have
been enacted, first by one party and
then in retaliation by the other. The
courts of justice were closed, and the
old law of an eye for an eye and a tooth
for a tooth, life for life was the only law
known. In Maryland that extreme
was not reached. In both States, how
ever, a convention was held to revise
the State Constitution, and in each the
result was just what might have been
expected. An intolerant faction com
posed of the most radical men of the
State took good care to adopt such mea.s
urea as they hoped would provesufficient
to keep them in power by dis
franchising all who did not agree with
them in political sentiment. The Mary
land Convention we know was com
posed of obscure men. In vain did any
one look for the names of the old and
well known citizens of the State. The
body was principally made up of a set
of ignorant and unscrupulous fanatics,
who had no reputation to lose, and
who seemed to have neither regard for
law nor decency. They showed them
selves to be ready to go to any lengths
to secure a continuance of power to the
party whom they represented. Elected
by force and fraud, they knew that their
tenure of power would necessarily be of
very short duration if the ballot were
left free. To secure to themselves a con
tinuance of misrule they boldly re
solved to disfranchise a majority of the
people of the State. This they pro
ceeded to do in a manner utterly in de
fiance of the Constitution of the United
States and of all known and recognized
principles of justice and right. Never
was there a more flagrant, unlawful and
unrighteous enactment than the Reg
istration Law of Maryland. It is not
only plainly in violation of every con
stitutional right of the citizen, but is so
flagrantly outrageous in its provisions
that the more respectable members of
the Republican party in the State, such
men for instance as Montgomery Blair,
W. H. Purnell, formerly Comptroller
of the Treasury, and now Postmaster of
Baltimore, and others, have felt bound
in honor to denounce and repudiate it.
A few days since this outrageous and
unconstitutional enactment was by due
process of law brought before the Court
of Appeals, the highest judicial tribunal
of Maryland, for their decision. The
day has been in that State when the
opinion of that tribunal would have
been regarded as of unquestioned au
thority, and its decision received as
final; hut, now it is composed of men
elected for partisan purposes, and they
neither regard the sanctity of their
high position nor the solemnity of their
oath of office. By their decision, which
declares the infamous Registration
Law constitutional, they have
shown themselves to be the
mere willing tools of the baser and
more unscrupulous men of the party
by whom, through traud and violence,
they were elected to fill the seats which
they have taken the opportunity to dis
grace. Such :in exhibition of judicial
baseness is enough to disgust every man
of sense. A few more examples of the
kind will lead all honest and right
thinking men to conclude that it was a
verygreat blunder to make the judiciary
of the States elective. 'lf it should lead
to a return to the old system of appoint
ments for life, or during'good behavior,
we are not sure but that it would be
productive of great and lasting good.
OUR FRIEND Wm. S. Stenger, Esq.,
of Chambersburg, had a close shave for
the District Altorneyship of Franklin
county, but he got through by a majority
of three. Considering that all the bal
ance of the Democratic ticket was de
feated by majorities ranging from eight
up to one hundred and seventy-seven,
this is a great triumph for Stenger.
Wm. McLellan, Esq., Democratic
candidate for the Legislature, fell eight
votes behind Colonel Stumbaugh, his
opponent in Franklin county, but ran
eighty-three ahead of his Perry county
competitor. The latter, however, is
elected by the vote of Perry.
The Case or %Virg.
Mr. Lewis Schade, counsel of Captain
Wirz, called upon the President as4.ing
for an interview in' - behalf of his client
before the findings of the military com
mission shall he finally acted upon by
him. There being a crowd of persons
in the room, and the President conse
quently busy, he informed Mr. Schade
that he would see him on Wednesday
upon that subject.
DRY ions.—Our readers will be glad
to learn that Dry Goods are falling in
price.. The New York correspondent
of this. warning's Ledger says:
The pry. Creeds market closes up quietly;
ull plusses et 4ornetiOps sre lower,
hut the greatest falling 'off is in 'prints:
Qualities "Which sold :the other xlayattSla
age ; are; TiOW 011454, happy 0.27..0PP•
The death of the British Prime Minis
t*Lotilkl'almerston, which was briefly
, .
Wounipad a few days o, was born on
tlfl.2oliir !ber,l d w4lldhlere
JilPieted 'eighty- "I'yeat hOitid
11.„ved two days ; : lone*. Tkoughi' . an
Foxiglisliniaan by,, blood and by birth; he
was an Irish pee*, andtlierefore not en
ta'a seat in the Bildt* House of
Lords. He nas sat in the House of Com
mons for nearly fifty-eight years. His
first candidacry was in 1806, when he was
defeated as the candidate of the Tory
party 'in the,-Unlynfaity of Cambridge:
At this tibie, he was not quite twenty
tati - years of age'.. The next year he sue- -
ceeded in obtaining a seat as one of the
representatives of the borough of New
port, having for his colleague Sir Arthur
Wellesley, since known to all the world
as the Duke of Wellington. He sat for
this borough about four years; subse
quently represented Cambridge Univer
sity twenty years; then represented one
or two other districts for a few years ;
and finally was elected for Tiverton in
1835, and continued, we believe, to re
present that borough down to the close
of his life.
Lord Palmerston has at several dif
ferent times been a member of the
British Cabinet, and is said to have
held office longer than any other British
statesman of the last or the present
century. He was Secretary of War
from 1809 to 1828, when he left the
Ministry. He re-entered it in 1830 as
Foreign Secretary; went out again in
1841 and resumed his place in 1846, and
contiuned in it till 1851, when Queen
Victoria dismissed him for writing to
the British Minister at Paris, without
first consulting her Majesty, a warm ap
proval of Louis Napoleon's violent over
throw of the French Republic. The very
next year he took a seat in the Cabinet
as Home Secretary ; and in 1855, when
seventy-one years old, he became Prime
Minister. This he resigned in 1858, on
sustaining a defeat in the House of
Commons ; but the ministry which
succeeded him was able to hold on only
till 1859, when Lord Palmerston was
recalled to the Prime Ministry, which
he thenceforth held till the 18th of Oc
tober just passed, when he departed
this life, full of yehrs and of all the
honors this world could confer upon
him.
Curious Effects or Epidemics.
The visit of the cholera to Europe
seems to be as fatal to birds and beasts
as to man. We hear of wild birds as
well as domestic beasts dying in large
numbers. In England, sheep, cows,
and horses are visited as with a plague.
In Belgium poultry is attacked the
same way. In Paris, the dread of the
cattle diseases is such, according to a
correspondent of the London Times,
that all dogs running at large are to be
killed, lest they become agents for the
transmission of the contagion. A com
mon impression is that these various
forms of disease among the lower ani
mals, also the abundance of insects, are
a precursor of cliolera, and originate in
a vitiated atmosphere. The ,frequent
shocks of earthquakes denote that the
magnetic and electric currents which
course through nature, are producing
great internal disturbance of the globe,
and the facts may be related to each
other as cause and effect.
Mexican Emigration
By an Imperial decree Lieutenant M.
F. Maury, now an adopted citizen of
Mexico, has been nominated Honorary
Counsellor of State, with the office of
Chief of the Bureau of Colonization.—
By another decree he is authorized to
appoint seven agents of colonization,
who are to establish themselves in the
States of Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Texas, Missouri, California,
and the cities of New Orleans,
and Mobile, respectively. Each agent
is to receive as compensation for
his services the sum of twelve
hundred dollars per annum and the fur
ther sum of three hundred dollars for
necessary expenses. A third decree es
tablishes a Land Office of Colonization,
with Major General John B. Magruder
as its presiding officer, and, for the pur
pose of imparting to the people of the
United States all the necessary infor
mation on this important subject, ex-
Governor Allen has commenced the
publication of an American newspaper
in the city of Mexico, entitled The
American Times, which is supported by
a subvention from the Mexican Treasu
ry. One band of colonists, consisting
of from thirty to forty families from the
United States, have already settled at
Cordova, upon lands granted by the
Mexican Government for this purpose
to Emilio Longuemare, formerly, we
believe, of Missouri, but at present the
recognized agent at Cordova of the Bu
reau of Colonization.
Wendell Phillips on Prestient Johnson's
Polley.
Mr. L. H. Baker furnishes to the
Manchester (Eng.) Examiner a letter of
Wendell Phillips, addressed to himself,
accompanied by the following note:
From letters recently received from
the United States, I believe that William
Lloyd Garrison will visit England next
spring, accompanied by his devoted
friend and our esteemed countryman,
Mr. George Thompson, when I am sure
that the people of Manchester will give
to these great champions of freedom a
most cordial and befitting reception.
Wendell Phillips' letter is its under:
BOSTON, Mass., U. S. A., Sept. 25, 1863.
DEAR SIR: The Manchester Examiner
and Times shows me how kindly you have
watched over my good name, and seen jus
tice done me in the matter of alleged argu
ing for repudiation. Accept my thanks. I
judge you see our American papers. If so,
you will observe that our best guides—both
journals and public functionaries—are now
directing thy public attention to the very
point, my arguing which, during the last
year or two, has got me so much censure—
mean the point that national credit in
pecuniary matters is one and the sante
question with justice to the negro. Let
him vote, our public debts, State and
national, will be paid, Shut him out from
the franchise, and give back the unconvert
ed Southern white race their old power,
and there's great danger we shallrepudiate.
I mail with this the Anti-Slavery Stizndard,
September 23. Please notice. Thaddeus
Stevens' speech on this point. of course
you will see Sumner's speech, and will
have observed Chief Justice Chase's obser
vations. Our journals are just printing an
excellent letter of your noble Stuart Mill,
which covers the whole ground. I hope
we shall be wise in time, but I do not ex
pect that we shall. I fear that Johnson will
deliver us, bound hand and foot, into the
hands of the old tyrant white race of the
South. WENDELL PHILLIPS.
Large Barn
For the edification of our numerous
agricultural readers,
we publish the fol
lowing description, by a contributor of
the "Country Gentleman," of a barn re
cently erected on the farm of Lyman
B. Lyon, at Lyon's Falls, Lewis county,
N. Y.: " The barn is 221 feet long, by
48 feet broad. It sits upon a wall 20 feet
high, which contains a thousand yards
of masonry. The drive way is 30 feet
above the bottom, and 21 wagons can
be unloaded at once from the barn floor.
The mows on either side of the drive
floor have capacity for holding 850 tons
of hay before you get above the level of
the barn floor, and it is proposed to have
machinery driven by water power for
catching up the whole load and dump
ing it into the bays at once.
The stables in the basement
wil hold 200 head of cattle, and near by
is an immense muck bed where any
amount of this material may be readily
had for mingling with the manures or
using in the stables to absorb the li
quid manures. There are 13 ventilators
funning tram the stable to the top of
the building, the height of which to the
peak is.Bo . feet. In the basement it is
proposed to haven root cellar anti
ma
phinefy for doing all, the work of thresh.
1118 , ,,cuttIng roots ari4 feed,parried . on by
Wafer "lifter which is conveniently
• nein' This cost lirthe neighborhood 4f
$12,000, and wheel complated,:aitto pup.-
•fflikt4eM WRIWbOIX[Pp_ the, meet pterestyl bar 4 strivoure tioo
• The:Cincinnati Commercial, one the
4arrit prominent and ably conducted
mtpktr i .in the country, contains the foi
-1 lowing:ln regard to the•airs,,trit *try
111r.' - • - lifePherson, in referemle
Arourii he will pursue on the admi.ssion'
of Southern members :
Ykrehdel.l.Phillips, some menthe ag9i‘
made.his proclamation that "the fate of
the nation.-was in the hands of the Clerk
of the-last - House o f Representatives, who
by law, holds over till the new Congress
elects a Speaker, and whose duty it is
.to prepare an official list of members.
Mr. -Phillips - avowed thatin the firm
ness : of the cierk, 41 excluding from the
roll the names of members - from recon
structed States, -was vested the only
hope of National salvation. This was
the rock or sandstone upon which we
reposed, and he expressed a melancholy
apprehension that the Clerk might not
be a man of solidity.
Mr. Edward McPherson, the Clerk of
the House, would have been a singular
person if he had manifested any consid
erable, opposition to this and kindred
efforts to magnify his office, but he
would have commended himself to the
judicious, if he had been careful not to
show a disposition to assist in the pro
cess ;:of the exaggeration of his conse
quence. We find in the New York
Evening. Post, a Washington letter da
ted October 23, containing the follow
ing :
The Clerk of the last Congress. by
law holds over till the new Congress
elects a Speaker, and it is his duty to
procure an official list of members. He
calls the roll when the House meets,
and when the election of Speaker takes
place he uses this roll. Great power is
conferred upon the Clerk, but it could
not be otherwise. Mr. McPherson has
informed his friends, without reserva
tion, that he will not place upon the of
ficial list of members any person claim
ing to be elected from a State that has
been in rebellion against the Govern
ment. To be differently would be to
decide, himself, one of the most impor
tant questions before Congress; for to let
in eighty Southern members at the out
set to vote upon the subject of their own
recognition, would end the controversy
in their favor at once."
That members of Congress elected in
States that were involved in the rebel
lion will present themselves in the Hall
of the House of Representatives, on the
first Monday of December next, is cer
tain. "Knocking at the door," is a
figure of speech. There is no military
or other guard at the door to inspeetthe
passes of members, and pronounce upon
their validity. Horace Maynard cud
Colonel Stokes, of Tennessee, will not
encounter any more difficulty in walk
ing into the hall than the Hon. Benja
min Eggleston and General R. B. Hayes,
of Ohio.
Tennessee, we suppose, may be count
ed a State that has been in rebellion
against the Govern ment. Mr. McPher
son has—if the Post's correspondent is
well informed, and we have no doubt
lie is—told his friends without reserva
tion, that he will not place the names
of Maynard, Stokes, and others of the
Tennessee delegation (the application
of this example to all the reconstructed
States is clear) upon his official roll.
Perhaps a motion will be made direct
ing that he shall call all the States and
the names of their Representatives; and
perhaps he will refuse to do so. Can he
imagine that the decision of this mo
mentous question rests with him alone?
An instructive precedent will readily
be cited by readers of Congressional
history. On the 2d of December, 1839,
at the opening of the twenty-sixth
Congress, Hugh Garland, Clerk of the
twenty-fifth Congress, refused to call
the names of the members from New
Jersey,
because the seats of all the mem
bers of that State were contested. For
three days there was an excited and
wild debate, the House being both un
organized and disorderly. Ou the fourth
day, the clerk was directed to call the
roll again, and commencing with Maine
had proceeded according to the geo
graphical situation of the States, as far
as New Jersey, and was about to say.
that he would not call the names of
members of that State, ; when John
Quincy Adams, who had not had any
thing to say about the controversy up
to that moment, suddenly took the
floor and said : " I rise to interrupt the
Clerk."
Instantly there was profound silence
in the Hall, and Mr. Adams said:
We degrade and disgrace our consti
tuents, and the country, because the
Clerk of the house, the mere Clerk
whom we employ, and whose existence
depends upon our will, usurps the throne
and sets us, the Represeutativesand
vicegerents of the whole American peo
ple at defiance, and holds us in contempt.
And what is this Clerk of yours? Is he
to suspend by his mere negative, the
functions of Government, and raft an
end to this Congress? He refuses to call
the roll? It is in your power to compel
him to call it, if he will not do it volun
tarily. (Here Mr. Adams was interupt
ed by a member, who said he was au
thorized to say, that compulsion could
not reach the Clerk, who had avowed
that he would resign rather than call the
State of New Jersey.) Well, sir, let
him resign, continued Mr. Adams, and
we may possibly discover some way by
which we can get along without the aid
of his powerful talent, learning and gen
ius.
Mr. Adams submitted a motion to re
quire of the Clerk to call the roll for the
State of New Jersey, and there was a
general outcry of "how shall the ques
tion be putt" All knew the Clerk
would not put it. Mr. Adams said: "I
intend to put the question myself."
That solved the difficulty. Richard
Barnwell Ellett, of South Carolina,
sprang upon a desk, and moved that
the Hon. John Quincy Adams, of Mas
sachusetts, take the chair as presiding
officer, and officiate until the house be
organized by the election of its consti
tutional officers. The motion was put
and carried. Mr. Adams was escorted
to the chair. New Jersey was called
and the House organized. - If Edward
McPherson, "the mere clerk," "usurps
the throne," and attempts to play the
role of Hugh Garland, it will not be
difficult to rind one who can follow the
Adams precedent in bringing order out
of chaos. It was easy for the Courtiers
of Ferdinand to make an egg stand on
end after Columbus had shown them
how so remarkable a feat might be ac
complished.
Payne, the Conspirator.
EASTON, Pa., Nov. 2, 1865
To the Editor of the New York Herald:
I send you the enclosed copy of a let
ter just received frofn the man Payne's
father, which is the first that has ever
been heard of his family. It you think
it sufficiently interesting to the public
you way publish it. It shows at least
he told the truth. Very truly,
W. E. DOSTER
TUE SATIIER'S 14ETTER
LIVE OAK, East Florida, Sept. 30, 1865,
DEAR SIR: On my return home some
days since, I found your very welcome let
ter, which brought me some interesting
items in reference to my unfortunate and
lamented son Be assured, sir, that your
kindness, both to him and myself are high
ly appreciated. At the time your first let
ter reached me I was confined to my bed,
and it was received only before the execu
tion. I did not answer'it, for I intended
coming to Washington as soon as possible,
and started as soon as I could travel. At.
Jackpuville I met the sad Intelligence of
his execution and returned home in sor
row, such as is not common for human
hearts to bear.
As to his early history, he was born in
the State of Alabama, April 22, 1814, (I see
by a statement of his that he was mistaken
by one year in his age.) In the twelfth year
of his age he made a profession of religion,
and from that time he lived a pious lite up
to the time of his enlistment. He was soon
ordered to Virginia. From that time for
ward I know nothing of him only by letter.
He was always kind and tender-hearted,
yet determined in all his undertakings. He
was much esteemed by all who knew him,
and bid fair for usefulness in Church and
State. Please accept the warmest thanks
of myself and family for the services ren
dered the unfortunate youth.
Very truly and aincerely
GEOEGI) C, POWELL.
"The Negro Bears of the Palm."
When the white soldiers came home,
General John Walker Jackson, Rev.
Robinson and his clique, had no word
for the brave boys. There was no ban
quet given them, and the battle-scarred
veterans scarcely received a hurrah.
Now these free suffrage men propose to
greet the blacks with a banquet, an ora
tion, religious'exercises, and an address
of welcome from the Governor of faun
sylvania. , Why was not as rough done
for the braye white boys. Was it be
cause the "negrci bore off the palm"
during the war, ()Y. what ?L -Harrisburg
•
The Omura of State h§nk notes now
nifenlatien is $60,000,000.
The Philadelphia Lutheran and His
aionaryofthe 27th of July, 885, eon
talijed,tin article entitled the Southern
Vitiv . ,:efitiChurch,'!:by the 101 r... E. W.
Eimer. Amgng olher falseborids, Mr
Hiitter;Omilid thitev Dr. Bachman
of Boutl,i Carollna,4ith having refused
teltdadnister the cotnmUnlon to atnion
soldier, and also 'With having gloated
over the " barbarities" inflicted on
Federal prisoners. Dr. Bachman has
replied to these accusations in an article
which appeared in the Lutheran and
Alissionary of October the 26th. We
are onlyable to,make-room for the_fol
lowing extracts. We thought, that we
had formed an adequate idea of the
horrors of war, but as we, from day to
day, learn more and more of the story
of the late conflict, we are staggered in
the effort to realize that the incidents
of which Dr. Bachman was an eye
witness could possibly have transpired
in a civilized land, or that the demons
of whom he speaks were begotten by
Christian men. Such revelations as
these sadly shake the faith of those who
believe that mania by nature something
more than the highest order of ani
mals:
Up to this day I have never refused
to visit any United States soldiers, etc.,
and am still engaged in administering
the instructions and comforts of relig
ion to all who send for me. 'Tis true I
cannot discharge these duties as quickly
an I with as much comfort to myself as
I once did. I am compelled to travel
miles on foot to visit the hospitals; all
my means of conveyance have been
taken from me. In my large congrega
tion all thecarriages and horses, includ
ing those of the aged widow and non
combatant, were seized by the Govern
ment; there is but one left, which was
saved by being claimed as British prop
erty; it has no horses, and therefore is
of no service. President Lincoln, by
his proclamation, tendered free pardon,
with restcratiou of the right of property,
except that of slaves, to all who would
take the oath to support the United
States Government. That oath has
been taken by all of us. But what has
been the result? We were told to
identify our property. My carriage,
buggy, and the barouche of a benevo
lent widow, were, •by an order from
General Hatch, taken from my premises,
which were occupied by an English
family with the protection of the Con
sul, and were not, in any sense of the
word, what could be construed as
abandoned property. When I inquired
about the buggy, which I needed most,
I was sent from one office to another—
from post to pillar—fora fev, , days, until
time was afforded to send them to Hil
ton Head. I wrote to Hilton Head, but
was informed that it was shipped to
New York. My carriage I found in a
depot in the city ; but when the men
placed as guard ascertained that it was
mine, they ordered me away and lock
ed the door, That night they removed
the pole, the cushions and wheels ; and
by these manoeuvres, I am left without
any conveyance. Pictures, bedding, a
clock, etc., were taken from my house
by Rev. Mr. French, who had specula
ted largely and profitably among the
poor negroes, in urging them to be mar
ried over again, at only a dollar and two
candles a pair. Many had no objection
to the change, and, in the state of utter
demoralizatim of the negro, have been,
married several times since, enjoying
their freedom ad libitum. I was sent
from one office to another. Whilst thus
amused, my articles, which I had de
tected in my neighborhood in the
house of the United States officers,
were removed to the Pavilion Ho
tel. I followed them there, and was
told to write to the Treasury Depart
ment and my goods would be restored.
I wrote accordingly, but received no
answer until a month had elapsed. I
therrwent for the articles, but was re
fused even to enter the room where they
were stoied. The women of the officers
had selected what they wanted; the re
mainder, which was of but little value,
was sold at auction. What became of
the proceeds, let the heads of the Gov
ernment inquire, Certain it is, that of
the ten thousands of persons deprived
of their property in Charleston, not a
thousandth part has been discovered.
We are in the situation of a certain man
in the gospel, who fell into strange
company. (Luke ii, 30). When these
officials, and the ladies under their pro
tection, return to their homes in the
North, (God speed them on their way,)
they will be much richer than when
they came here, and, alas! the poor will
be poorer still. Watches, ladies' orna
ments, silver spoons, and all manner of
household furniture, etc., must, by this
time, be at a discount in the North.
The Rev. Mr. French, who made a
clean sweep from the houses in my
neighborhood, must by this time be a
man of wealth, and Gen. Hatch and
another officer cannot be fat behind.
The elegant carriage of Miss Annaly
could not be retained here, but was sent
to the North to accommodate Mrs. Mar
tel. *
I have been the pastor of the same
church and people for nearly fifty-one
years. During that long period, when
five generations have been under my
ministry, the harmony that existed
among us has been disturbed by no dis
cordant sounds. When the handful of
persons with which I began had in
creased into three large congregations,
I was under the hope that I had not
been a useless laborer in advancing the
interests of the Church in the South,
and strove to unite discordant material
which composed the old General Synod
in the Northern and Middle States. I
certainly did not expect that the voice
of slander would reach me in the ad
vanced period of my life, being in the
70th year of my age. Here I have lived
and labored, and here I expect my re
mains to rest with those that loved and
cherished and clung around me from
youth to age.
I defy you and your contemptible in
former to produce a single case of my
inhumanity—and when you publish to
the world " that no man in Charleston
gloated so openly over the barbarities
inflicted on our prisoners as this same
Dr. Bachman," you certainly do not
place yourself in the position of a meek
and lowly servant of Christ. You do
not regard the command which enjoins
us not:to bear false witness; yon drop
the lamb and assume the attitude, the
growl and the malignity of the tiger.
I appeal to every virtuous citizen of
Charleston, if I have not devoted my
life to mitigate the evils of yellow fever,
cholera and civil war. * * * *
During the war, I will venture to say,
I have visited, succored and attended
at the bedside of more United States
prisoners than you have done to the sick
and wounded, including both armies.
Allow me here to give you a few speci
mens of my "gloating over the barbar
ities inflicted" on your prisoners. You
will be able to judge what were the
causes of my resentment, and how I
sought revenge when it was in my
power.
When Sherman's army came sweep
ing through Carolina, leaving a broad
track of desolation for hundreds of
miles, whose steps were accompanied
with fire, and sword, and blood, remind
ing us of the tender mercies of the
Duke of Alva, happened to be at
Cash's depot, six miles from Cheraw.—
The owner was a widow, Mrs. Ellerbe,
seventy-one years of age. Her son,
Colonel Cash, was absent. I witnessed
the barbarities inflicted on the aged, the
widow, and young delicate females.—
Officers, high in command, were en
gaged tearing from the ladies their ear
and wedding rings, the daguerreotypes
of those they loved and cherished. A la
dy of delicacy and refinement, a perso
nal friend, was compelled to strip before
them, that they might find concealed
watches and other valuables under her
dress. A system of torture was practic
ed toward the weak, unarmed and de
fenceless, which, as far as I know and
believe, was universal throughout the
whole course of that Invading army.
Before they arrived at a plantation, they
inquired the names of the most faithful
and trust-worthy family servants these
were immediately seized, pistols present
ed at their heads; with the most terrific
curses they were threatened to be shot
if they did not assist them in finding
buried treasures. If .this did not suc
ceed, they were tied up and cruelly
beaten. Several poorcreatures died un •
der the infliction. The•last resort was
that of hanging, and the officers and
men of the Wulff phew army of General
Sherman were engaged in erecting gal
lows, and hanging, up these faithful and
'devoted servants. They were strung:up
'until life wits tearly extinct; wilen'they
'were let down; suffered . to rest awhile,
then threate4eAand talPg .
again,ilt
is not serpris4Pg that, some should have
e n '041'4414 so lone thA thq were
4inddell
ately these hardened men proceeded on
their way, as if they had perpetrated no
crime, and as if the God. of Heaven
would not pursue them- with His
veng. eance. ,But was not alone the poor
'blacks (to *bout they professed to come
as llherators) that were' thus subjected
to texture and. . , death: 'Gentlemen of
high charaeter; pure and honorable, and
gray-headed, unconnected with the
military; were dragged frointheir fields,
or their beds,'aml subjected to this pro
cess of threats, beating and hanging.
Along the whole track of Sherman's
army traces remain of the cruelty and
inhumanity practiced on the aged and
defenceless. borne _ of those who were
hung up died under the rope, - while
their. cruel .murderers have not only
been left unreproached and unhung,
but have been hailed as heroes and pa
triots. The list of those martyrs, whom
the cupidity of the officers and men of
Sterman's army sacrificed to their
thirst for gold and silver, is large and
most revolting. If the editors of this
paper will give their consent to publish
it, I will give it in full, attested by the
names of the purest and best men and
women of our Southern land.
I, who have been a witness to these
acts of barbarity that are revolting to
every feeling of humanity and mercy,
was doomed to feel in my own person
the effects of the avarice, cruelty and
despotism which characterized the men
of that army. I was the only male
guardian of the refined and delicate fe
males who had fled there for shelter
and protection. I soon ascertained the
plan that was adopted in this wholesale
system of plunder, insult, blasphemy
and brutality. The first party that
came was headed by officers, from a
Colonel to a Lieutenant, whoacted with
seeming politeness, and told me that
they only came to secure our firearms,
and when these were delivered up,
nothing in the house should be touched.
Out of the house, they said they were
authorized to press forage for their large
army. I told them that along the whole
line of march of Sherman's army, from
Columbia to Cheraw, it had been ascer
tained that ladies had been robbed and
personally insulted. I asked for a guard
to protect the females. They said that
there was no necessity for this, as the
men dare not act contrary to or
ders. If any did not treat the
ladies with proper respect, I might
blow their brains out. ' But," said 1,
"you have taken away our arms, and
we are defenceless." They did not
blush much, and made no reply. Short
ly after this came the secondparty, be
fore the first had left. They demanded
the keys of the ladies' drawers—took
away such articles as they wanted, then
locked the drawers and put the keys in
their pockets. In the meantime, they
gathered up the spoons, knives, forks,
towels, table-cloths, &c. As they were
carrying them off I appealed to the offi
cers of the first party—they ordered the
men to put back the things; the officer
of the second party said he would see
them d—d first; and without further
ado packed them up and glanced at each
other and smiled. The elegant carriage
and all the vehicles on the premises
were seized and filled with bacon
and other plunder. The smoke
houses were emptied of their contents
and carried off'. Every head of poultry
was seized and flung over their mules,
and they presented the hideous picture
in some of the scenes in the forty
thieves. Every article of harness they
did not wish was cut in pieces. By this
time the first and second parties had
left, and a third appeared on the field ;
they demanded the keysof the drawers,
and on being informed that they had
been carried off, coolly and deliberately
proceeded to break open the locks, took
what they wanted, and when we uttered
words of complaint were cursed. Every
horse, mule and carriage, even to the
carts, were taken away, and for hun
dreds of miles the last animal that cul
tivated the widow's corn field, and the
vehicles that once bore them to the
house of worship, were carried off or
broken in pieces and burned.
The first party that came promised to
leave ten days provisions, the rest they
carried off. An hour afterwards other
hordes of marauders from the same ar
my came and demanded the last pound
of bacon and the last quart of meal.—
On Sunday the negroes were dressed in
their best suits, they were kicked, and
knocked down and robbed of all their
clothing, and they came to us in their
shirt sleeves, having lost their hats,
clothes and shoes. Most of our own
clothes had been hid in the woods ; the
negroes who had assisted in removing
them were beaten and threatened with
death, and compelled to show them
where they were concealed. They cut
open the trunks, threw my manuscripts
and devotional booys into a mud-hole,
stole the ladies' jewelry, hair orna
ments, etc.; tore many of the garments
into tatters, gave the rest to the negro
women to bribe them into criminal in
tercourse. These women afterwards
returned to us these articles, that, after
the mutilations., were scarcely worth
preserving. The plantation, of one
hundred
_and sixty negroes, was some
distance from the house, and to this
place successive parties of fifty at a
time resorted for three long days and
nights, the husbands and fathers being
fired at and compelled to fly to the
woods.
Now commenced scenes of Jicentious
ness, brutality, and ravishment, that
have scarcely had an equal in the ages
of heathen barbarity. 1 conversed with
aged men and women, who were wit
nesses of these infamous acts of Sher
man's unbridled soldiery, and several
of them, from the cruel treatment they
had received, were confined to their
beds for weeks afterwards. The time
will come when the judgment of Hea
ven will await these libidinous, beastly
barbarians. During this time the fourth
party, who, I was informed by others,
we had the most reason to dread, had
made their apperance. They came, as
they said, in the name of the great Gen.
Sherman, who was next to God Al
mighty. They came to burn and lay
in ashes all that was left. They had
burned bridges and depots, cotton-gins,
mills, barns and stables. They swore
they would make the d—d Rebel wom
en pound their corn with rocks, and eat
their raw meal without cooking; they
succeeded in thousands of instances. I
walked out at night, and the innumer
able fires that were burning as far as
the eye could reach, in hundreds of pla
ces, illuminated the whole heavens, and
testified to the vindictive barbarity of
the foe. * * * * * *
I was now doomed to experience in
person the effects of avarice and bar
barous cruelty. These robbers had been
informed in the neighborhood that the
family which I was protecting had
buried $lOO,OOO in gold and silver. They
first demanded my watch, which I had
effectually secured from their grasp.
They then asked me where the money
had been hid. I told them I knew no
thing about it, and did not believe that
there was a thousand dollars worth in
all—and what there was had been car
ried off by the owner, Colonel Cash. All
this was literally true. They then con
cluded to try an experiment on me
which had proved so successful in hvn
dreds of other instances. Cooly and de
liberately they prepared to inflict tor
ture on a defenceless, gray-headed old
man. They carried me behind a stable,
and once again demanded where the
money was buried, or "I should be sent
to hell in five minutes." They cocked
their pistols and held them to my head.
I told them to fire away. One of them,
a square- b u ilt, broad-faced,large-mout li
ed, clumsy Lieutenant, who had the
face of a demon, and who did not utter
five words without an awful blasphemy.
now kicked me in the stomach, until I
fell breathless and prostrate. As soon
as I was able I rose again. He once
more asked me where the silver was. I
answered, as before, " I do not know."
With his heavy, elephant foot, he now
kicked me on my back until I fell again.
Once more I arose, and he 'put the same
question to me. I was nearly breath
less, but answered as before. Thus was I
either kicked or knocked down seven
or eight times. I then told him it was
perfectly useless for him to continue his
threats or his blows. He might shoot
me if he chose. I was ready and would
not budge an inch—but requested him
not to bruise and batter an unarmed,
defenceless old man. " Now," said he,
" I will try a new. plan. How would
you like to have both arms cut off ?"
He did notwait fofan answer, but, with
his heavy sheathed sword, struck me on
my left arm, near theshoulder. I beard
it crack ; it hung powerless by my side,
and I supposed it was broken. , He
then repeated' the blow on the
other arm. The pain was excruciat
ing, and .it was several days before I
.coubloarvti my food or take• my arm
out of a sling—and it was black and
blue for weeks. (Irefer to Dr. Kollock,
of Cheraw.)-At that moment the ladles,
headed by my daughter, who had .otiiy
then-been made aware of the tirutality
"being ‘ practiced upon me, rushed frem •
the honer), and came flyingtoniyi*ne.
-,4-Y ottAlamtitflftardercraylitthennl a ,
my child,, be, has been minister x ixt
the satins 'chtirch - for 'fifty Year*, and'
Gud has always proteCted, and will pro
tect hilt:" "Do you believe in a God,
Miss?" -said one Of the brutal wretchettP
"I don't believe in a God, a heaven nor
a hell." "Carry me," said I, "to your
General." I did not intend to go to
General Sherman, who was at Cheraw,
from whom I was informed no redress
could be obtained, but to a General in
the neighborhood, said to be a religious
man. Our horses and carriages had all
been taken away, and I was too much
bruised to be able to walk: ' The other
young officers came crowding around,
me, very officiously, telling me that
they would represent the case to the
General, and that they would have him
shot by ten o'clock the next morning:
I saw the winks and glances that were
interchanged between them. Every
one gavea different name to the officers.
The brute remained unpunished, as I
saw him on the following morning, as
insolent and as profane as he had been
ou the preceding day.
As yet no punishment had fallen on
the brutal hyena, and I strove to nurse
my bruised body and heal my wounds,
and forget the insults and injuries of
the past. A few weeks after this I was
sent to perform a parochial duty, at
Mars Bluff; some twenty miles distant.
Arriving at Florence, in the vicinity, I
was met by a crowd of young men con
nected with the militia. They were
excited to the highest pitch of rage, and
thirsted for revenge. They believed
that among the prisoners that had Just
arrived on the railroad car, on their
way to Sumter, were the very men who
had committed such horrible outrages
in the neighborhood. Many of their
houses had been laid in ashes. They
had been robbed of every means of sup
port. Their horses had been seized ;
their cattle and hogs bayoneted; their
mothers and sisters had been insuited,
and robbed of their watches, ear and
wedding rings. Some of their parents
had been murdered in cold blood. The
aged pastor, to whose voice they had so
often listened, had been kicked and
knocked down by repeated blows, and
his hoary head had been dragged abtmt
in the semi. They entreated me to ex
amine the prisoners and see whether
I could identify the men that had
inflicted such barbarities upon me. I
told them I would do so, provided they
would remain where they were and not
follow me. The prisoners saw me at a
distance—held down their guilty heads,
and trembled like aspen leaves. All
cruel men are cowards. One of my arms
was still in a sling. With the other I
raised some of their hats. They all beg
ged for mercy. I said to them, "the
other day you were tigers—you are sheep
now." But a hideous object soon ar
rested my attention. There satiny
MI enemy —the vulgar, swaggering Li eut
who had ridden up to the steps of the
house, insulted. the ladies anti beaten
me most., unmercifully. I approach-.
ed him slowly, and in a whisper asked
him, " Do you know Inc sir—the old
man whose pockets you first seached, to
see whether he might not have a pen- .
knife to defend himself, and then kick- •
ed and knocked him down with your
fist and heavy scabbard." He present
ed the picture of an arrant coward, ands
in a trembling voice implored me to,
have mercy. " Don't let me be shot;.
have pity ! Old man beg forme!
won't do it again! For God's sake,
save me! Oh, God, help inert'--
" Did you not tell my daughter
there was no God ? May call on
him now ?" " Oh, I have changed
my mind ; I believe in a God now."—
I turned and saw the impatient,
Hushed and indignant crowd approach
ing. " What are they going to do with
me?" said he. "Do you hear that
sound, click ?" " Yes," said he, "they
are cocking their pistols." "True,"
said I, "and if I raise a finger you will
have a dozen bullets through your
brain." "Then I will go to hell ; don't
let them kill me. Oh, Lord, have Mer
cy!" "Speak low," said I, "and don't
open your lips." The men advanced.
Already one had pulled me by the coat.
" Show us the men." I gave no clue by
which the guilty could be identified I
walked slowly through the car, sprang
into the waiting carriage, and drove oft
Rev. E. W. Hutter, this is the way in
which I have " gloated over the Barba
, rities inflicted on the prisoners." This
is the man whom you have wantonly
and cruelly traduced. * * * *
It is scarcely necessary to add that I
have not sought this controversy, anti
only defend myself when grossly and•
unprovokedly traduced. It should be
remembered that we are here writing
under surveillance, and are at the ten
der mercies of a Provost Marshal. The
time may come when men can speak
freely. Under present circumstances,
it is but a contemptible, cowardly act to
drag men into a discussion where the.
freedom of the pen is restricted to one
party, and given with unbridled license
to another. Yours, &c.,
JOHN BACHMAN.
CHARLESTON, September 14, 1865,
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PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,. Nov. 3.
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goods marked the only change fox the week.
Desirable styles of woolens and dress goods
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American 28 Spring % alley 17
Conestoga ?7 , ' L ondon & A dant c
Gloucester 9 71 ' 4, 4 Mourning 28
Continental ' 3 7 A muskeag oti , ,',
Lancaster '', York 'g
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Manchester 35 l All Vool 41460
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Glasgow...
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SHIRTING STRIPES
251 Logan._
TICKS.
Penn's Grove
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3, Ipswich
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34
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W.sttington
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CAMBRIC:4.
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26
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Washington
Portland
4-4
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" do. r ....... 31 t.c.
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" Pataseo, A 335, " Waltham, F,401n40
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Pepperell P
7 8 ao. 0 35
Flo lc 32.4
34 In. Washlngt'n 8.32 1 ,4
" Park Mit% '3132
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CANTON F
Hamilton Tinb'd....52.1
" X.F." ......50
Conestoga 45
American A 22h:
B 16
Russia, Fine .30
Coarse 15
COTTONS.
BLEACHE
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" York Mills 50
" Masonvllle 50
" limns 50
Wamsutta 50
" Willamsville 41%
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" James Mill 40
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" Auburn H • 3E
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9-4 i• " -.110
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5.4 Sell it Repent._ 10,
9.4 " 120
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" Pepperell 81'd...125
" ...115
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White • 35@75
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