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11 Private biseasea. Weakness of the Rack
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tiins thnn tho song of Syrens to the Ma
ysses, blighting their most brilliant hopes
tions, rendering marriage, Ac, itnpossi-
who hnve become tho victims of Sclitsry
dreadful and destructive habit which
?cep to nn untimely gravo Ihotisnmls of
i of lha most exalted talents and hrillinnt
ho might otherwise have entranced listen
with tho thunders of eloquence or waked
tho living lyre, may call with full con-
MARKIACJE.
Persons, or Young Men contemplating
jcing aware of physienl weakness, orgauio
!tonuilies. Ac, speedily cured,
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utly rely upon his skill as a Physician.
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ly Cured, nnd Full Vigor P.ostorcd.
i;re.sing Affection which rentiers Lifo
iuiI marriage impossible is the penalty
X io'.ilnB oi improper indulgences. Young
c too apt. to c'lmmit excesses from not
e of the dreadful consequences that may
w, who tlnit understands the subject will
deny that the power of procreation is lost
hone fulling into improper habits thnu by
t ' Resides being deprived the pleasures
offspring the most serious mid destructive
to both body and mind arise. The system
ernnged, the Physienl and Mental Fuue
ened. Loss of Proerealivc Power, Nervous
, Dyspepsss. Palpitation of the Heart,
i. Constitutional Debility, a Wasting of
. Cough, Consumption, Decay anil Death,
o. 9 Wo ii tli B'r-I'i-i-U fatreel
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from one of tho most vniinent Colleges in
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ipont in tho hospitals of London, Paris,
jiti and elsewhere, has effected soma of
.-tonishiug cures that were ever known ;
.tided with ringing in the head nnd enrs
tep, great nervousness, being nliirmed at
mds. bnshfulnnss, with freiiieut blushing,
i one I i lues with derangement of mind, wcro
ltdintelv.
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ddresses all those who have Injured lliem
iinproper indulgence nnd solitnry hnhits,
i both body and mind, unfitting thcui for
iness, study, society or marriage,
are some of the s:id and melancholy effects
l.y early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of
mid l.iiiilis. Pains in the Head. 1'iinnees of
;s of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the
spi psy. Nervous Irritability, Deriu genient
;estive Functions, tiui.cral Debility, Sviup-
nsumption. Ac.
i.lv. The fearful effects on the mind ore
e dreaded Loss of Memory, Confusion of
lircnnun of Spirits. Kvil-Forebodings. Aver
ociety, Self-Distrust, Love of. Kulhude,
Ac lire some of the evils produced.
,xns of persons of ullages can now jitdgo
ic cause of their declining health, losing
or. becoming weak, pule, nervous and
1, having a singular appearance about the
'h and symptoms of consumption.
VOI .Xs JIE.M
3 ii'jured themselves by a certain practice
in w lieu alone, a habit freijueiitly learned
companions, or at school, the effects of
: nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not
ndi rs marriage impossible, and destroys
1 and body, should apply immediately.
. pity tlnit a young man. the hope of his
he darling ot'his parents, should he snatched
prospects and enjoyments of life, by the.
ncc of deviuttng Iron) the path of nature
simrii! a certain, secret hubit. Such persons
foro contemplating
viae: teller..
iat a sound mind and body are the most
requisites to prouioti connubial bapiiiucs.
.itbout these, the ioi.ruey through life be-
iilgnmage ; I tie prospeci uouriy
MISCELLANEOUS.
A LETTER 1'ROM THE I'HESI
DEA'T. HE DISCUSSES RECONSTRUCTION.
PEACE TO BE MADE "BT WAB.
The Olorlous) Couditlon oftlio Kc
public.
WHAT 18 TUB DUTY OF LOYAL MEN.
Chicago, Sept. 2.
Tho following is President Lincoln's let
ter to tho Springfield Mass Meeting :
E.'.kcutive Mansion,
Vabiiincton, August 20, 1803.
lion Jamc C. Conkling My Dear Sin.
Your letter inviting mo to attend a mass
meeting of unconditional Union men, to be
held tit the capital of Illinois, on the 3rd day
of September, has been received.
It would' be very agreeable to me thus to
meet my old friends at my own home, but I
cannot just now bo absent from this city so
1 ng as a visit there would require. The
meeting is to be of all those who maintain
unconditional devotion to the Union, nti.i I
am sure that my old political friends will
thank me for tendering, as I t'.o, the nation's
gratitude to those other noble meu whom
no pnrtiun malice or partisan hope can
make false to the nation's life.
There arc those who are dissatisfied with
me. To such I w ould say, "You desire pence
and you blame nie that we don't have it.
Hut iiow can we attuin it ? There are but
three conceivable ways : I'irst. To suppress
the rebellion by force of arms.- This lam
tning to do. Are you for it I If you are,
so far we tire agreed. A second way is to
give up the Union. I am against this. If
you ate not for forte, nor yet for dissolution
there only remains some imaginary compro
mise. I do not believe that any compro
mise embracing the mninttntitice of the
Union is now possible. All that I learn
leads to a directly opposite belief. The
strength of the rebellion is its military its
army. That army dominates all the coun
try ar.d all the people within its range.
Any olVcr of terms made by tiny man or
met: within that range, in opposition to that
urmy, is simply nothing for the present, be
cause such man or men have no .pow er what
ever to enforce their side of a compromise,
if on were mude with them. To illustrate
suppose a refugee from the South and the
peace nu n ot the Mirth get together in con
vention, and frame and proclaim a compro
mise embracing a restoration of the Union,
in what way can that compromise be used
to keep (ten. Lee's army out of Pennsyl
vania J Hen, Meade's army can keep Gen.
Lee's ar.ny out of Pennsylvania, and I think
can ultimately drive it out of existence; but
no paper compromise, to which the control
lers of (Jen. Lee's army arc not agreed, can
at all ellcot that army. In an effort at such
compromise we would waste the time which
the enemy would improve to our disadvan
tage, and that would be all.
A compromise, to be eiTcctive, must be
made either w ith those w ho control the rebel
army, or with the people, first liberated from
the domination, ot that army by the success
of our army.
"Now allow mo to assure you that no
wotd or intimation from the rebel army or
from any of the men controlling it, in rela
tion to any peace compromise has ever came
to my knowledge or belief. All charges
and intimation to the contrary are deceptive
and uroiindless. and I promise vou, that if
any such proposition shall hereafter come,
it shall not be rejected and kept secrol from
you." I freely acknow ledge myself to ue the
servant of the people, according to the bond
of mtv ice, the United Stales Constitution,
and that as such I am responsible to shem.
But. to be ultuu. you arc UsssatisticU with
me about the nr-gro. Quite likely there is a
(lltlerence bt opinion between you Ittul my
self upon that subject. 1 certainly wish
that all men could be free, while you, I sup
pose, do not. letl nave neuiier auopieti
for vou ; but no matterfight you, then ex
clusively, to save tho Union.
I issued the ploslatnation on purpose to
nid you in saving tho Union. Whenever
you shall have conquered all resistance to
tho Union, if I shall urge you to. continue
fighting, it will bo an opt time then for you
to declare that you will not fight to free
negroes. I thought that, in your struggle
for the Union, to whatever extent the ne
groes should cease helping the enemy, to
tuut extent it weakened the enemy in his
resistance to you. Do you think different
ly t I thought that whatever negroes can
be got to do as soldiers, leaves just so much
less for white soldiers to do iu saving tho
Uniom Does it appear otherwise to you ?
liut negroes, like other people, act upon
motives. Why should they do anything for
us, if we will do nothing for them t "If
they stake their lives for us they must bo
prompted by the strongest motives even
the promise" of freedom; nnd the promise,
being made, must be kept."
The signs look better. The Father of
Waters trpuin goes unvexed to the sea J
thanks to the great Northwest for it ; nor
yet wholly to them. Three hundred miles
up they met New England, the Empire, the
Keystone, and New Jersey, hewing their
way right and left. Tiie sunny South, too,
in more colors than one, also lent a band, on
the spot ; tlieir part of the history was jot
ted down in black and w hile. The job w as
"I was too proud, said he, with a tear
glistening in his eye, "to think of deserting
even a bad cause after I had onco engaged
in it. Put the fall of Vicksburg crushed
my pride, and then I had no motive for
continuing tho contest. Why should we
fight miy longer ? Sinro I came into your
lines, I heard nn idea advanced which
appeals so strongly to my own common
sen so, that I accepted it at once as tho exact
truth."
"And what is that ?" I asked.
t'Why," rejoined he, "it is this ! the rebel
leaders have themselves no longerany hopes
of success, and now they only desire to use
our bodies to shield them as long as possible
from tho righteous wrath of tho Govern
ment." "Arc there many Mississippians in tho
army w ho entertain your sentiments ?''
"I don't know how it may bo w ith others,"
said he, "but in my regiment there are not
a score of men who would not gladly throw
down their arms to-day, nnd agree to spend
the rest of their lives in wondering how
they could hnve been such fools as ever to
ttike them up."
"Hut," I suggested, "they would lose
their rights in the Territories."
At tltis he burst into a hearty laugh.
"You need only repeat some such phrase as
that to us," said he, "to mako the depth of
our folly open like a gulf before us."
Uy tins tune I had become, deeply inter
a great national one ; and let none bo bann- Rested in this sensible and candid young
ed who bore an honorable part in it, while nnm, nnd I resolved to learn, if possible, a
loose who uave ciearea u.e great river may iiitle nitiro 0f his private history.
well be proud.
Even that is not all. It is hard to snv
that anything has been more bravely and
better done than at Antietnm, Murl'reesboro, I
Gettysburg, and on may fields of less note. I
Nor must Uncle Sum's web feet be forgotten, j
At all the water's margins they have been j
present, not only on the deep sea, the broad
bay and tho rapid river, but also up the liar- '
row, muddy buyou. and wherever the ground
was a little damp they have been and made ;
their tracks. Thanks' to all ! For the great '
Hcmthlic for the principles lv which it
lives and keeps alive
thank s to all :
"I do not w ish to flatter vou," I remarked
to him, "but you seem to bt: much more
intelligent than men of your class usually
are. Arc you n native of Mississippi t"
"Yes sir," he answered, "I was born and
raised near 1 lolly Springs."
"Win-re were you educated ?"
".My only education," said he, "was ob
tained ut a common school in my neighbor
hood. It was taught for three years by a
man from Cleveland, Ohio, by the name of
Zanders, nnd a most excellent teacher ana
estimable irentlemnn he was. Some of the
for man's vast future rich fainiles in our vicinity preferred to send
their children to him, rather than employ
... n." .!.. it. .,;.,li heuomes shadowed ; nor proposed any measure which is not con
I air and filled with the im loncholy rcflcc- sistelit with even your views, provided you
the happiness uf another becomes blgtitea ut e for the Union. I suggested compensat
iiV nil'KMII'X'l'' t'toancipation i tn which you replied that
I -ii . . . , . ,. , ' vou wished not to lie taxed to uy negroes.
'.b.," SSf' Z tirl t'ir , -I But I had not asked you to be taxed to buy
lis'eusc. it too often liauneus that an ill-timed I ntirroes. except in such U way as to save you
shiime, or drend of discovory, deters him . from greater taxation to stive the Union ex
ptving to thoso who, from education and cll)sivi.iy ,v tber means. You dislike the
IZZM emanation proclamation, and perhaps you
wiiiii to uuvu u reu wiie-u. nm dot i w
Peace does not appear so di.-tant as it did. ! private tutors: anil so. with what he got
I hope ii will come soon, and come to stay, ' jrum them, and what was obtained from
and so come as to be worth the keeping in , the State, he made handsome wages."
all future time. It will then have bteu "May I ask how it came," stud I, "that
proved that among freemen there can ho no ! you. w ith so much better abilities, both
successful appeal from the ballot to the bul- natural and acquired, that the mass of
let, and that they who take such appeal are . soldiers in the rebel army, failed to obtain
sure to lose their case and pay tho costs ; j ollice amongst them ?"
and then there will be some black meu who H,. smiled nt this. "Mv parents were
can remember that, with silent tongue, and poor," :iid he, "and of ull the offices in our
clenched teeth, and steady eve, and well . rcifimi nt I cannot think of one that has
poUed bayonet, they have helped mankind cvir been held by 8 poor man's son."
on to this gnttt consummation, while I fear j "Were your parents slaveholders?"
that there will be some white men unable "Xt ut all. They owned and cultivated
to forget that, w ith malignant heart und ! B little patch of ground some miles from
deceitful speech, they have striven to hiuder j the city, the value of which was (scarcely
it. Still, let us not be over nanguine of a ! of,., to that of a single slave."
speedy final triumph. Let us be quite sober. I y,(u would doubtless lmvo obtained
Let us diligently apply tho means, nerved 'promot'.in ut last?" 1 suggested,
doubting that a just God, in his own good i "So' ,n he bitterly repliud' "
time, will give us the rightful result. riVA t,trtl,ohhr or rich ulanhuk
Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN.
The ICt-bcI Tired oftlic War.
com'Eshons o? A Mississirri DKsEUTEit. i were poor men
"until every
Icr sun r
my romiHiwj hud been jirotnoUtl Injure me."
"Did your company contain many such
as yourself?"
"Yes," said he, "three-fourths of them
"" "i 'e CT.S ;" " cmpv haversacks, living on green corn and
i "that s it ami tvrxd be the mm u!ki Uruijiji.it I - 1 ,. . V. i .....
And in vottr army it is the business of
Concfxonili'iiee of the Cineiinati O'autU. the poor to obey and not to command (
Stkai-.nhon, Ala., Aug. 23. It is a well
known fact that of the three or four thou
sand prisoners taken by General Rosecraiis
during the march from Murlrcesboro' to
Decherd, tine half were persons who hud
lagged behind the retreating rebel army for
tho very purpose c.f giving themselves up.
All of thee, without exception, declared
that thousands of their comrades were ready
ut the lirst opportunity to follow their j since. -
..v.m.ni.. ;,... t.f r.1in-t tlm Knirit nfl "W hat are your plans for
the once formidable host under the leader- j
gave it as his candid opinion that two to
three hundred ran away from Bragg daily,
and that there wero secret organization
among the men for assisting each other to
escape.
Put the subject expands under my hands.
I shall take it up again.
Au Iniportiint Itclrvl letter.
From the 2'ululo Mule.
Pelow we give a letter picked up hi the
streets ofBramlon, Miss., by Captain Dknnih,
of the Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infan
try. We have the original in onr possession.
It is written in unusually fair penmanship,
and, as the reader will see, in good style of
composition. Its writer is evidently an in
telligent man, and in a position to speak
correctly of that whereof lie "H'rites.
The letter is as follows:
"Piiandon, July 10. 1803. I wrote to you
very hurriedly yesterday, and, this morning,
learn that General Johnson has ordered this
army to be inarched across to Knterptise, one
hundred miles further. It will take a week
longer. No provision has been made along
tho route, and the men are already much
tlissutisfled with the vacillating policy and
hollow promises by which they have been
duped so long. Of the thirty thousand pa
roled at Vicksburg, only one-half are now
together, and ere wo reach Enterprise, this
number will be reduced to tivo thousand;
they, of tho Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee
troops, who also will leave witlvor without
furloughs so soon as they learn the alternative
of going into camp of parole. The Army of
the Mississippi is completely lost.
"Meantime, General Johnston holds Jack
son ; we hear the guns constantly. The
enemy are making gradual approaches, and
after a week longer will have that place.
Wilhit falls Mobile. This entire section is flee
ing eastward. Georgia will have a population
of live millions to teed this year Kuin, utter
nnd entire ruin, has swept over this State.
Tho negro emancipation policy, ut which
we so long hooted, is tho most potent lever
of our overthrow. It steals upon us una
wares; und ere we can do anything the plan
tations are deserted, futilities without men
and children in want und misery. In short,
the disadvantages to us now, arising from
the negroes, are ten-fold greater than have
been ull tho advantages derived from them
earlier in the war.
"It is useless to discuss the errors of tho
past ; possibly there aro none that could
have been avoided ; but certainly we are a
defeated and ruined people ; shorn of our
strength, powerless for a success solution
of the problem undertaken, or rather ours
w as erroneous. The solution hus beeu shown
us by a more favored people.
"1 have been staying with my friend Max
i.ove, who bought a residence hero some
tiuio ago, and moved his family from Vicks-
biir. Mrs. Mani.ovk is to start with, tier
A Curloiin i:xirriniriit.
To Editors of tho N. Y. Tost.
Will somo of your scientific readers en
deavor to explain a curious phenomenon,
which has lieen witnessed by many, but to
account for which I have, been unable to
elicit any satisfactory theory :
Fill a common w ine-glass with water, so
that it will bo difficult to add more with
out overflowing, or, except with a very
steady hand, to raise it to your lips without
spilling.
If usked ltow many pins could be dropped
into this glass thus tilled without causing
tho water to overflow, some periiaps would
answer, half a dozen or a dozen, others
might say possibly twenty or thirty; many
would affirm the impossibility of putting iu
a single pin ; none who had never seen the
experiment tried would believe it possibly
that eight hundred or nine hundred pins
could bo placed in the glass without the
overflowing of n drop of water. Yet such
is tho fact," as any one can satisfy himself by
careful experiment. It is only necessary to
drop the pins in, points downward, gently
and cautiously, one, two cr three at a time,
nnd you can continue it till the glass is pretty
closely packed with the pins, and they are
piled half an inch or nn inch above the sur
face. I havo frequently seen more than eight
hundred pins of fully average size, and in
one instance more than nine hundred, weigh
ing three ounces, put in a common tapering
sherry glass, which had been fairly tilled
with water, to tho satisfaction of several
persons present, who were previously skep
tical as to the possibility of tho perform
ance. It may be said that the water must, of
course, rise above tho edge ot tho glass to
an extent exactly equal to tho bulk of tho
pins j but this does not appear to be tho
case tho rise of tho water being compara
tively small. The fact that eight or nine
hundred pins, weighing three ounces, und
filling a wine-glass, can bo submerged in a
wine glass full of water, without increasing
tho volume of the latter in a corresponding
degree, is sufficiently curious and interesting
to make it worthy of scietititic investiga
tion. E. W. S.
New Y'ork, 21th August, 1803.
Wo print our correspondent's letter but
do not vouch for his assertions. Franklin
is said to have puzzled some French uncunU
with similar statements, but lie took care
not to commit himself to them. Eds.
m m
Xbe naaugcr's lat laick.
It has long been our firm conviction that
Mr. Jeff. Davis und his confederates were
destined to live in History as tho greutest
practicul Abolitionists that the world has
ever known. We do not undervalue tho
services of Messrs. Wendell Phillips, Lloyd
children and the only two servants left her, Garrison and others, to the cause of Eman
iv v.,1.11.. t.v.d.iv. ti.oiw., li rm..a further filiation : they have been faithful to their
" ' . . i i:..i.a
East with a purtv from Juckson, none know
where. Everything, save urticles absolutely ,
necessary, is sacrificed, and Mani.ove, from '
great wealth bus sunk to proverty. His ;
case is a type of ull. j
"Provisions cannot be bought here at any j
price. The enemy fed ouraruiy forten days, j
give them tivo days, rations of everything j
(including cofVee and tea) to make this march j
upon, rvow the men are going noout wiin
it!
the wur into thin imthol vur .'"
i "Do you know," taid I, "what became
! of Sunders ?"
"lie was warned by a 'N igilance Commit
' tee to leave the State before the w ar broke
lout. He did so; or at least left our neigh-
lairhood, and I have never heard from lum
ship of Bragg; seems to have utterly depart
ed. The Kenttickiatis and Tennesseeans
are in a state of forloru and hopeless dopnir
which can scarcely he ceneeived. Said one
of them who deserted a few davs iitro: "If I
were given my choice, nnd compelled to do ' present i"
one or the other, I should ralher (serve a j "No," h
the future?"
inquired.
"I have none," was the reply, "except
to take the oath of allegiance, and go some
place where, for a time ut least, 1 can enjoy
peace." . -
1 on don t want to go to ..Mississippi at
e said with earnestness, "although
heir appearance, such as ulceruted sore
tiscascd nose, nocturnal pains in the neaa
ui, dimness of siht, deafness, node on the
es aud arms, blotches on the head, face and
ies. progressing with frightful rapidity, till
ic public of the mouth or the bines of tho
I in. and the victim of this awful disease
a horrid nhjcclof commiseration, till death
eriod to his dreadful aufltvini;, by sending
that I'miiscovured Country fioui whence uu
r returns."
uirluHihoIy fart that thousands fall victims
Tiible disease, owing to the unskillfulness of
t pretenders, who, by tho use of that Jit mil y
. Mercury, ruin the constitution and make
lueuf life miserable.
not your lives, or health, to the cure of the
nleurned and Worthless i'retenders, destitute
vledjie, name or character, who copy Ir.
ii ' advertisements, or style themselves, iu
wspopers, regularly Educated Physicians,
le oi 'Curing, they keep you trifling month
outh taking their filthy and poisonus eoui
.or as lone: as the smallest foe csu be obtained.
despair, leuve you ith ruined health to sigh f
unconstitutional. 1 think differently. 1
think that the Constitution invests its Commander-in-Chief
w ith tho law of war in time
of war. The most that cun bo said, if so
much is, that slaves are property.
Is there, has there ever been, any question
that by the law of war the property, both of
enemies and friends, may be taken when
needed, and is it not ueecled whenever taken
it helps us or hurts the enemy ? Annies,
the world over, destroy enemies' property
when they cunuot use it, and even destroy
their own to keep it from the enemy. Civi
lized beligereuts do ull in tlieir power to
help themselves or hurt the enemy, ezeept a
few things regarded as burbarotis or cruel.
Among tho exceptions uro the massacre oi
vear in the penilenliarv. than three mouths
under Bragg." Said unother, "tho most
terrible punishment which can bo imposed
upon tiny man, is to make him a soldier in
tho Confederate nrmy." Said a third, "the
condition of the most abject negro slaves,
is preferulilo to the slavery we endure."
And still another, "two weeks since I wrote
to my parents, telling them thuliflwere
not soon killed in battle, I should either
desert or commit suicide."
Of late, the demoralization has not been
confined to the troops from Tennessee und
Kentucky. Amongst the deserters who
now each day flock to our lines, are men
from every State represented in Bragg's
uftny. The full of vicksburg and the de
struction of Jackson, crushed the last hopes
of the Mississippians, and they are as aux
iotts to return to their homes as the troops
from the border States. Recently I con
Versed with a very intelligent soldier from
Mississippi.
"Dave you seen much active cervicc, my
friend i"
"Yes " he replied, "I was at Shiloh, at
lYrryvillc, at Murl'reesboro' and in a score
of smaller combats. At Shiloh, I '.eceived
or galling uisappoiuuueni.
obustoo is tho only Physician advertising,
redential or diplomas always hung in his office,
remidies or treatement are uuknown to all
prepared from a life spout Iu tho great bos
f Europe, the first in the country and a more
ve Private 1'rartie than any other Physician
world,
iMixs'.iir.vr oftiir im:s
manv thousands cured at this Institution year
ear and the numerous important rWgical
urns performed by Pr'. Johnston, wilueswtd by
ljrtcrsot'the Jrun,-' Clipper," and many
.apeis. notices uf which bave appeared again
nil. before the nubile, bennies his standing a
lleuiau of character and responsibility, is a
nl guarantee to the afllialvd.
lit a ii!i: tNi'M Ki'r.KiHivv
i l iu:i.
-ens writing should be particular In directing
t ilers bbis Institution, Iu the following u.snir
JOtl 51. JOIIftTO, .11. !.,
be Ualtliimre Lock Hospital, Baltimore, MJ.
ruary 21, 1S031 y.
vr ik iiti:.
IS TIIKTIMKIO 'ILL YOni ALIHSsH.
u..i.e of the scarcity of change. I will sell
HUH- . ,.
Mil- ftrOa lllur,
ay tusil 1'usU.S pal4.
card- a.. ta, (..UUb.4 .4 -
Ibry ...bias all lb fruieiiaJ """"J'
Jy, P.-id...., ilfcteA
i.l,.gUllPt'Ue"'
?M rse.tt,lwU4l,ki
nou combuttiuts, male and female. But thej a severe wound in my thigh, nnd '.n one of
proctatr.tion, n law, is valid or not valid. 4 the minor fights in Kentucky, Host a linger,
If it is not vulid, it neetls no retraction ; if as you see," holding forth his left hund,
it is valid, it cannot 1 retracted any more j from which tho middle finger was gone.
"Aud that is not nil," he continued, "ono
of your bullets grazed my temple, ut Stone
river, and knocked me senseless upon tho
grouud, where I was run over by one of our
own cushions, and so badly bruised, that
for a time I nlmost despaired of recovery."
"And ditl you think, all this time, that
you were reully fighting and suffering for a
good cause ?"
"No." said ho. "I U-Meved the war on
our putt was uncalled for from the first ; but
than the dead can be brought to life. Some
of you profess to think that its retraction
. . 1 l. , I . .--.I... t .
wotito operate uvoruuiy lor mu mum.
Why U tter after the retraction than before
the issue t
There was more thuu a year and a half for
triul to suppress the rebellion before the
proclamation was issued ; the hist one hun
dred days of which passed under an explic
it notice thut it was coming unless averted
ny tn use iu revolt returning to their aile
glance. The war has certainly progressed the potent iullueuces thrown around ino,
sou a sort oi uiiihi cuinueiuaru suau
my judgmtut had nothing to do, carried
rue r.wsy."
"You w t re not conscripted then t" I In
quired. "So far from that," was the honest answer,
"I w as among ths very first to volunteer
from my county and town."
" "Then, of course, after you were In, you
wished the rebel cause to succeed 1"
"As long as my fiver of enthusiasm lasted
I did ; tut for l lift post year 1 have leen
convinced that ths success of Jeff. Davis
would actually te a calamity fur our coun
try, aud for mankind."
llow long siuue you detrrwluod to aban
don the ilwl survbea I"
"Uulv tinea 1 heurd of lha dreadful Hits.
fortune w Licit U.-IU1 our arms iu Mie.ia.ip-
as favorably for us since the issue of tho
proclamation as betore. I kuow as fully as
one ci'n know the opinions of others, thut
some of the eouimnudcrs of our armies in
the field w ho have given us our uiofet imor.
tant victories, Ulievo the emancipation
Hiliry ami the aid of colored troops consti
tute the heaviest blows yet dealt to the
rebellion ; "and that at least one of those
important successes could not have been
achieved when il was, but for the aid of
! black soldiers."
Amout) the commanders holding thfse
views ar some who have never had any
affinity with what la called AMiiiouleiu,
or with the ltipublican party politics, bul
who hold them purely as military opinions.
I submit their opinion as being entitled to
some wclilil agaiuai ue oujaciiuua vivvu
sud w
YU M
j;rjt.
.ru.ii ik.t oiiiaiiL-iiMsiioa and lb arnili'2 of, id."
lha black ara uuwtse a military measures, J "And why did you not take lb resolution
ire adopted aa such Iu uoi luitn. ( itior mat, ir, a )ou any, you cou-
Ihsl you will not flghi lo froa na ; viucd that lha aUllloa ou.bl not luu
.j. I t'jin ad;isj t rV;t c 1 i "
fruit. No commissary stores have been pro
vided for them bv General Joiikston. The
light, and have done a good work, though
we cannot humor tlieir disposition to claim
as their thunder everything that has been
done for the slave during tho last quarter
of a century. Mr. Gerrit Smith, too, has
done his part manfully ; so have Giddings,
Lovojoy, Jay, Sumner, and others, done
thtir). But thc Vulhotin Nullitiers, whereof
Yancey, Floyd, Barkstlale, Ac, have recent
ly gontita their account, and of whom Jeff.
Davis, V ise, Khitt, Uutlin, De Bow, &c,
are tho living heads, were tho boys to pull
down on their own reckless heuds the idol-
fact is, that the greatest mismanagement and , temple which they seemed so intent on ele
most ruinous neglect has been the reward, vating and strengthening. And Jt-as now
so far, of this urmv. Such confusion und .'" probab e they have just resolved on
arming the slaves in uixio lor a last despe
rate effort in behalf of Disunion, they huvo
brought tho end visibly, palpably near.
The statements of a correspondent in Wash-
dissatisfaction as is no w.p resented here, was
never before witnessed and unless the troops j
are moved out of town to-day, the citizens ,
!..... ...ill I, in-.. i,iiii.ir,inuf. to rno thr, ml. I
vent of "Glorious Armv of Vicksburg," than ington, which we publish in another column
thev have hud to fear the approach of "the j aro positive on this point, and us wo know
vandal hordes of Northern Lrburiuns." I ls ''rccs of mtormation are usually trust
If leave of absence is refused us, or limited ! worthywc can see no reasou to doubt them
to thirty days, 1 may not bo able to get to
vou until ordered iuto Georgia.
is no leave ut all.
Affectionately,
Thirty days
E.
mv parents und relatives tire there, if alive,
! I would not venture back into that State
before the war is over, for the finest planta
tion in Holly Springs."
"Would y'oti not be willing to assist in
restoring peace to the whole country, by
lighting in the Union iinnies?"
"Yes," said he, "after a while, but not
now not now. I urn, oh, so sick of war
now ! but let mo rest a while, uud then I
shall be ready to aid in bringing to justice
those scoundrelly leaders w ho have betrayed
und ruined the South."
".My friend," said I, "perhaps your frank
and cordial manner has encouraged me to
be too inquisitive, but 1 should like to ask
you one more question. What are your
Views upon the subject of Slavery ?"
Tho vehement earnestness of his reply
absolutely startled me :
1 urn uu Abolitionist nr. Abolitionist 1 1
know thut Slavero has been the cause of
our ruin, and, as God hears me. 1 shall, for
tho jet of mv life, tight against it 1 Ann
tiru-thirth of the nuihUre oj my rrjimeittccl
uliout itjutt ut I Jo .'"
I have recorded this conversation from
my memory, nnd the language used, both
by myself und thu young man, w as different
in manv respects from that here set down ;
bul 1 have, in every case, faithfully given
the siibxlunce of his remarks, and the reader
may rely upon this us an exact representa
tion of tho vliat presented by the MisMssip
piuu during tho half hour 1 was in his
com puny.
During tho pst week I have conversed
with various other deserters from Bragg's
army, sonio of them from Alabama uud
some from Louisiana.
Said an Alalmmiati: "Would to God the
war would close before it lias desoluted our
State as it ha Mississippi!'' Said another:
"I was tired of tho war long ago, ami often
told our fellers we'd Ust get out of it if we
could." Suid a third : "I didn't know what
uiadu tho war in the first pluce, and I dou't
know much about it now ; but I sped it
wasn't right on our side, or we'd git along
Utter'n we do."
1 asked this ta.t if there wero many
Alabaiuian in the army that thought aa he
did. . , , , ,
"O yest," said he, 'niot all of them think
there's something wrong, and want lo quit
mighty bad."
"Do all you AUbamlutu a ho desert come
to our lines I"
"O, bless you, no!" lie answered; "they
would if they could. They run auywlmr
tbry
w
not
laoin. time tluVs so wall 1 of Vltt loutlucr
they drive otf ih ruvalryV
On Loui.1 itiluii t d I of a company MoU
'dKertvd UJ:iy, vttw a J. JtBhr
iu this instance.
That the Confederates armed negroes at
tho outset of tlieir rebellion we have already
shown. They did so in Mobile, even before
the battle of Bull Huu. They did so in
T mit.it.,,., Iwl'iim nna ll.toTfl liml bopll nlloU
Tuk following beautiful and gentlemanly; , to mit' on tie uniform of the United
letter was received a few days since by Miss States, and black regiments had an honora-
Anim Price, which is worthy of perusal, I bio position in their graud parado in the
nnd shows how kindly our sick and wound- j Autumn of '01. They fT"
. r , . , , ., even before they hud openly seceded from
ed soldiers receive the favors bestowed upon ; t,i(j Unlon Tm,odore Viutbrop ttt Great
them by the ladies throughout tho coun- j itla-i was shot by a slave, armed for the
try ; . fray by tho master, and maddened by tho
i .i ei iuc.i Hebel falsehood that tho Yankees wero com-
.. .... i .cr -.i in" to steal a 1 the s uves aud sell them in
A tasty and beaut, tu pu.r o f 'll'"1' Cul Iu fact, the Kobels intended nnd
e name of 'Anv Pititt, 1 ittston, l a., 1 - . .. . m ,i, ,,,. to iiiukn nil
1U1JJ livvivtl sivsu vmvn.. " .
ould if they couW. lucy run euywimr
iry think they can hide ; up into hills, Into
.snip. Why, thu Tesa cavalry dou't do
thiu' v' sny mora but hunt 'uu up, anil
the
found some three weeks ago among a largo i
lot of slippers iu the store oi the Ninitary
Commission at Gettysburg, I'a. I was so
much pleased with the slippers, and theneut
inscription, that I concluded the fair donor
should kuow who the recipieut was, and
that with my own hands, they should be
given to some brave, sick nnd -sounded sol
dier. Iu a tent in w hich were ten heroic soldiers
lyiug, all budly wounded, I found two bro
thers lying side by side. John was suffering
very niuch with two or three bullet holes
through different paits of his body and
limbs , ho was so badly wounded thut he
could not hold his head up. Hi brother
Charlie was also badly hurt, being strucK
w ith a piece of shell on the left sido of the
lower jaw, tearing it almost entirely away ;
ho could not lie down, but there he sat suf
fering intensely. He had ou a pair ot urmy
shoes, both heavy and clumsy. I said to
him, "Charlie, tlon t your ices icei euro uuu
verv warm t" Ho nodilol Ins neaa. "tnur
.. . . i s ...... nti.u ii
lie, 1 tlon t SlippoSO JUU mioit ...v
"1 urn sure 1 tlo not, but she is a bruvo girl,
has a w orm heart, and is the Soulier s irieuu.
"See here Charlie, w hut she has sent to you.'
Wheu the boy saw the slippers, uis eye was
kindled; his hands were clasped, and a
beuutiful smilo came over lus lace. He
could not tulk, but with slippers iu hsuds,
sud eve tilled with tears, lie spoko wore
powerfully lhau word could, lit grati-
'"lt did me great good to be there by hi
side when he put thnu on, and 1 kuow you
would have IV It so happy loo, hud you been
there. 1 told him I would write to you, aud
a.ked bltu what message he bad for you.
He wrote down, "Give her a aoldar thauk
aud way God bit s hr."
1 bav ptrtoruied my proud and will
again h f.im in a few day. I shall be glad
to hear from you In reply lo lid, ami ll you
have any uif-K for "Charle lUnsvll," the
brave soldier w ho is to-day weartug your
comfortable lipwrs, 1 will deliver it lo him.
Aud let nie aasur you, you bav utadu al
leaal on heart bappy, aud way you live
lo wuk ou wor al Wast, equally aa bap-
llV
Kindly aud appreciating! In Urhalf of
Cbwlr Uaustll, o. v
, 801 M!tt rt. I'UU'a.
SquinnKi. Shin Siiok. The scarcity of
Lathi r in rcbeldoui is compelling the "su
perior race" to resort to some curious shifts.
The Wiiiij says: SqUirrel skins, tacked down
1 1 a board, tho hair next to tho board, with
hickory ashes sprinkled over them, for a
few days to fuc ilitnto tho removal of tho
hair, nnd then placed in a strong decoction
of red oak burk, will, nt the end of four
days, make excellent lettther, far stronger
nnd tougher than calf skin. Four skins w ill
make a pair of lady's shoes. We hear that
the ladies of some of the interior counties
are wearing these shoes, nnd find them
equal in soilness nnd superior iu durability
to any others. The longer the skins nie left
in the decoction lf bark the better for tho
leather. By this plan any body may have a
tan yard nnd muku their own leather, as tho
skins are easily and cheaply procured, nnd
any vessel holding a gallon will servo as a
vat. Our readers w ill do well to try it.
Immense Strawberky Crop, Tho Ko
chester (X. Y.) Democrat says t
"A single fact which has come to our
knowledge relatiug to the strawberry crop
of tho past season will doubtless astonish
many of our readers. A prominent fruit
grower of Western New York, from a single
putch of sixteen acres, sent to market thir
teen hundred bushels of strawberries of tho
Wilson Seedling and Triompho do Gand
varieties. The entire crop was sold nt an
average price Of one shilling per quart, re
alizing tho snug sum of five thousand two
hundred dollars, as the product of sixteen
acres of ground. Wo doubt whether any
other sixteen acres in Weitern New Yoik
have yielded the like sum as the lotult of a
single crop. This may bo taken as an in
stance of the profitableness of thoroughly
scientific fruit-grow ing."
Tub tied ok Oo was twenty-seven feet
lon and seven feet broad. Tho height of
Goliath was eleven feet ; his coat weighed
ono hundred und fifty, and his spear nine
teen pounds. The body of Orestes, son of
Agamemnon, leader of the Grecian expedi
tion against Troy, was eleven and a half feet
high. Muxiinus, a native of Spuin, tho Ho
maii F.mperor, was eight and a half feet
high ; his wife's bracelets served for finger
rings. Mons. Bhin. the Belgian giant, is
nearly eight feet high.
Freaks of Oil Wblls. On the Story
Farm, soma fifteen miles from this place,
there aro five wells, till within a space of
about five acres, viz : The Ladies' Well,
which formerly produced 3000 barrels per
day ; the Eicholtz, 850 ; Dalzcll & Ew ing,
5110 barrels; the Columbia Oil Go's well, aud
lUchie, Goc & Co.'s well. These two latter
arc new wells, nnd have never flowed much
oil. All these w ells are evidently connected
with each other, for upon pumping one, ull
tho rest will pump oil. Tho Columbia Co.'s
well nppenr to be the key to tho whole of
these. Upon removing the tubing from it,
all the rest wero stopped, and have beeu
for somo time past. Oil City JUyiater.
Tiif, Mui.f. Mania. Tho last quarter ra
tion of beef had been given out to the troops
on the 29th of June. On the first of July,
at tho request of many officers, a wounded
mule was killed and cut up for experiment
al eating. All thoso who partook of it spoke
highly of the dish. The flesh of mules is of
a darker color than beef, of a finer grain,
nnd quite tender and juicy, and has a flavor
something between that of beef and venisou
There was an immediate demand for this
kind of food, and the number of mules kill
ed by the commissariat daily increased.
Some horses were also slaughtered, and their
flesh w as found to very good eating, but not
equal to mule. Rats, of which there were
plenty about the deserted camps, were nlso
caught by many otlicers aud men, and were
found to be quite a luxury superior, iu tho
opinion of those who ate them, to spring
chicken , and if a philosopher of the Celes
tial Empire could have visited Port Hudson
at the time, he would have marveled at tho
progress of the barbarians there toward the
refinement of his own people. Jiieel Account
oj the kicye oj J'ui t JIhumi.
Gen. Grover, attached to tho army of Gen.
Banks, and one of the most efficient fighting
Generals of the nrmy, is now on a visit to
his home in Bethel, Me. He has been en
gaged in eighteen battle?.
possible use of slaves; it was only vur use
of them that they objected to. And their
suvage acts and orders directing that Blacks
captured while in arms tor the Uuiou should
bo enslaved or put to death, were all based
on tho assumption thut those negroes wcro
their ltiee, who hud "revolted" and were
in "insurrection" against their lawful rulers
and masters. Ami that, it seems, is a crime
which theso gentry regard with peculiar
horror.
But tho Confederates, it seems, huve sle
dded to make tho plunge. After breaking
up the Democratic party as uot sufficiently
Pro-Slavery, und theu essaying deajieiately
to break up the Uniou on the same pretext,
they huve at lust turned a short corner and
resolved to arm and free all their able-bodied
slaves 1 Hitherto, their arming has been
fitful, local, sporadic : henceforth, they arm
systematically, universally. And whereas
t'hey havo always hitherto boasted of the
devotion of tho negroes to their masters aud
their horror of Yaukees and Abolitiouists,
they now betray their perfect consciousness
of the utter lulsity oi theso pretenses, by
declaring that every slave they arm ahull
have his freedom.
It w ill be idle to seek to conceal, even
from the most stolid, that this is in effect au
edict of Universal Emancipation. Ono
Hundred Thousand meu much less 1 wo,
Three, Five Huudred Thousaud w ill uiver
lay tlowu their arms leaving their wives aud
childreu in iHiiidugo. "it is the first step
thut co.ts" und thut decides all that follow.
A Government thut recruits aud uiuintaius
a negro army from among the kluve subject
to its sway mu.t be pruaticully A uti Slavery,
no waiter what might be its choice. Th
Itebelliou, t ailing the slaves iu arms to Its
aid, is compelled to nacritU slavery.
"Paiut au Inch thick, t this coinplealou
must be corneal laat." AVk )wi 'irM.
Ail or Okk Ktt.-A "' f
Morgau's nun was pa.lug through Newatk
Ohio, ou of Ihem, aa lh t road aeuibld
to tea lh howe-lhieve aud wurdert ra, ak-t-d
if Iher wr any Vallaudighaiu Win
about! "Y. sir," ld a raw -bound hp.
"1 aut a Valleuditibaiu man." "AU light,'
said lh borHluef, "gel rikbl lu bra with
bt ; ar )l Vl'iidtghm wn."
RECIPES.
Tomatoes For Supper Few people
know how to prepare uncooked tomato in
tho way adopted lu my family, and incom
parably better than any mode I have ever
tasted. By this uiodo they are very desira
ble for supper or for breakfast. For a family
of half a dozen persons, take six eggs, boil
four of them hard, dissolve the yolks with
vinegar sufficient, add about three teaspoons
of mustard, and mash as smooth as possible;
then add the tworimuiuingeggs, (raw,))ollc
and white, stir well ; then add oil to mako
altogtthi r suttee sufficient to cover the toma
toes well; adil plenty of salt anil cayenne
pepper, and best thoroughly until it frosts.
Skin und cut the tomatoes a full fourth of au
inch thick, and pour the sauce over, and you
have a dish fit for a President. Herman
tuyrn tcUyrayh.
Taui.e Corn. In j reparing sweet corn for
table use, remove the husk and silk, put the
corn iuto the pot luiiliug water with aliout
a tublespooiifull of salt to a gallon of water ;
let the rorn boil fifteen to tweuty minutes ;
theu withasharp knife alit the rows of grains,
aud w ith the back of tho kuifu press out the
pulp, leaving the hull of the grain attached
to tho cob. Seasoned with with pcper,
salt and butter, it makes a superb dish that
the most delicate may partake of. Somu
people suffer iu. onvenieuce from eatiug a net
torn, but this way bv attributed lo eating
the knit of the grain, which Isasin.ligeatibl
us tho cob. The " Stow ell" sweet Coru Is IA
coru for table use. Il ha from twelve lo
twenty rows of g ruins ou the cou. Some add
a quarter of a leospooiifull of saleratus to
Ibu boiling water Itfor puttlujj ihecoru
in '
srraJ sltols'li.. (w" a rjsi"i.i u is ute
iiia.Ttiha .-twai. us.ku.. -
rji.i iu elMf U4 fcey mwL I '
ui w -. 'r
.a !. aul4rM4us Ummsm1 ism
law k swiuu. vt lu.i sau-se j iu, m
an sa.4 k. be .f lie b. ,- U U a4 t
t