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The Philadelphia ffinqvirer is *mit*
to publish a letter front Charleston, of
date November 22d, to a lady nine
delphis. The statements made therein
may be relied upon as an accurate descrip
tion of affairs in that city at the present
We quote the following portion:—
Disguise the truth ae we may, all think
..ing *ten herehel their position peeuliasly
goo ; aied tbilse who are surrounded by
female relatives, have their anxiety in
arressed a thousand fold. We do not fear
for the clash of contending armies, though
that is sufficiently terrible to excite much
apprehension; but even amid the carnage
of war, the veriest boor within the armies
would respect women ; though traitors try
to teach us that the Northern war cry is
"Beauty and Booty ;" but we do dread lest
at midnight the fharful sounds of servile
Insurrection shall salute our ears. You
know the negroes are far superior in num
ben to the whites, and now that so many
are absent in the army, their majority is
greatly increased. If they tin we are in
their power. Do you know what that
means? Remember the history of all ser
vile Insurrections, and recall the horrors
enacted by the race whom oppression has
helped to brutalize. Of course the mas
ters would fight desperately ; but how
could tize small number of male whites de
fend their helpless wives and daughters
• against a tonlbld force of maddened slaves,
whose strength and ferocity are well
known?
as I miss your society, and keenly
as I fed our long separation, I had rather
know you shared the humblest cottage in
the North in safety, than see you mistress
of a palace with such danger threatening
you. Do not think our apprehension is
expressed. When the difficulties began
we looked daily for some uprising among
the slaves. No general insurrection has
taken place, though several revolts have
been attempted; two quite recently, and
in these eases whole families were mur
dered before the slaves were subdued.—
Then same retaliation of the most fearful
character. At any time where servants
assail or murder white persons, speedy and
severe punishment is administered; but
pow they do not wait for the action of the
law; Lynch law prevails. In these re
voltsighick occurred in the interior of the
State, most- of the servants who partici
pated were either shot in the conflict or
as soon as captured, and two of them
were burned to death.
Staves Darned to Death.
To say they were burned to death seems a
simple sentence, devoid of any special
horror; bat the scene, as described to me
by a witness, was too dreadful for mortal
eyes. Imagine the poor wretches, red
with the blood of their masters, cowering
in the hands of those from whom they
maid not look for pity ; nor even for time
to repent of deeds which exclude them
from hope hereafter. They are dogged
and defiant towards their. captors, until
their doom is pronounced—a fate of which
they have g special horror. Dragged to
the place of execution, within sight of
their own houses, surrounded by their fel
low servants, who are compelled to wit
ness the sight, they are bound to strong
trees,. with great heaps of pine knots piled
close around their persons. Directly the
torch is applied, and the inflammable pine
bursts Into a vivid flame. When the
blase reaches the bodies, and the sensitive
'flesh peels and crackles, thtir cries are
toe-fearful to be heard by human ears.
Nor is the torment soon over. The
flames scorch the upper part of the bodies,
pr‘o'ducing exquisite agony, but .slowly
burn into the vitals, until the wretched
sufferers go to judgment, with all their
crimes upon their heads. Do you wonder
I am shocked? Suppose it had been Nelly,
or Andrew, er Hiram, to whom we are so
strongly attached ? Yet these tortured
criminals were favorite household servants
of unusual intelligence. I ought not to
tell you of those horrible things, but they
haunt my memory so I cannot refrain.—
Thank Heaven, you are safe! I under
took to say the apprehension of servile in
surrection lost its power when, as time
passed, all seemed peaceful ; so we easily
fell back into dreams of security until
these events aroused us to watchfulness.—
Vas news is suppressed as far as possible, and
kept entirely from the papers, for the negroes
hear what is published if they do not
read it, and such examples might produce
disastrous consequences.
A Unisex Sacrifice for the Union.
Poor ,F— is dead; before the fall of
Sumter he exerted all his influence, using
both pen and voice, against rebellion, un
til he was thrown into prison. At first he
was ireated as an ordinary criminal await
ing trial; but after the battle of Manassas
the confederates seemed drunk with tri
umph at their victory, and mad with rage
over the vast number of victims that fell
in their ranks. I wrote you with what
pomp this city mourned her dead; amid
it all, when the Confederate host seemed
like to win, F— was offered freedom and
promotion it he would espouse the Con
federate ausre. His military and scientific
attainments were considerable, which
made them anxious for his services.
" I have sworn allegiance to the Union,"
said,ba, "and am not one to break my
pledge." When tempted with promotion
if be could be prevailed upon to enlist be
neatkfikeir banner, he said, "you cannot
buy my loyalty. I love Carolina and the
South ; bat I love my country better."--
Finding him faithful to the flag he loved,
be was made to feel the power of his ene
mies. He - was cast into a miserable,
damp, ill-ventilated cell, and fed on coarse
fare ;.. half the time .weglected by his
&run* keeper. His property was con
*atilt end hie wife and children hog
fogetl. boor fellowl he amok beneath his
ilyanbles; and. was pees removed frees tha
sommipri rs t iwelow _
list _ seetetazy
before his death he !aid to his wife:— ard's to. 3r
"Mary, you are beggared because I would P - ..A.,•oo3rmllrer 6.—Phil
not prove 048100." adelplgh papers °,7cotettin extracts
“Gglid
lice ll folio fidelity I" htun documents accompanying the
wife. tithe bailie awn Aesident's Message, relating to our
t your
Wealth tied life, b could not stain your foreign affairs. In the course of Sec
honor, and our children shall hoist of an Vary Sewszd's instructions to Min
unspotted name. My husband rejoice in ister Adams he Baru "The President
neither looks for nor expects any
your truth." She returned to her friends actual and permanent dismember
after his death, openly declaring her went of the American Union, espe
proudest boast should be, her husband died I cbsilY by a line of latitude. The ihi
a a martyr to his patriotism. Who shall provement of our many channels of
say the day of heroism is passed? intercourse, and the perfection of our
The ladies are generally strong Seees- scheme of internal exchanges, and •
the incorporation of both of them
sionists. They are forming bands of into a great system of foreign coin
nurses, as the Northern ladies have done ; merce, concurr i ng with the gradual
they are also busy sewing for the army.— ' abatement of the force of the only
What are you doing, little patriot? Per- existing cause of alienation, have
sua,ding all your gentlemen friends to en- carried us already beyond the dan
list in the Union troops, I suppose. Well, ger of disunion in that form.
God speed them, and send us peace with "The so-called Confederate States,
little bloodshed; and then, unless you have therefore, in the opinion of the Presi
learned to despise our rebellious Palmetto dent, are attempting what will prove a
State, I shall welcome you to her luxuriant physicial impossibility. Necessarily,
they build the structure of their gov
plains. F. ernment upon the same principle by
which they seek to destroy the
Union, namely, the right of each in
dividual member of the Confederacy
to withdraw from it at pleasure and
in peace."
In another part the Secretary says:
"In short, all your arguments must
belong to one of three classes, name
ly :—First—Arguments drawn from
the principles of public law and nat
ural justice, which regulate the in
tercourse of equal States.
"Secondly—Arguments which con
cern equally the honor, welfare and
happiness of the discontented States,
and the honor, welfare and happi
ness of the whole Union.
"Thirdly—Arguments which are
equally conservative of the rights
and interests, and even sentiments
of the United States, and just in
their bearing upon the rights, inter
ests and sentiments of Great Britian
and all other natiOnS."
Secretary Seward says again :
"The President would regard it as
inconsistent with his habitually high
consideration for the Government
and the people of Great Britian to
allow me to dwell longer on the
merely commercial aspects of the
question under discussion. Indeed,
he will not, for a moment, believe
that, upon the consideration of mere
ly financial gain, that the govern
ment would be induced to lend its
aid to a revolution desip . ;ned to over
throw the institutions of this country,
and involving ultimately the des
truction of the liberties of the Amer
ican people.
"The President will not dwell on
the pleasing recollection that Great
Britian, not a year ago, manifested,
by a marked attention to the United
States, her desire for a cordial re
unio.i, which, all ancient prejudices
and passions being buried, shall be a
pledge of mutual interest and sympa
thy tbrever thereafter. The Union
States are not indifferent to the cir
cumstances of a common descent.
language, customs, sentiments, and
religion, which reecommend a closer
sympathy between themselves and
Great Britian than either might ex
pect in its intercourse with any oth
er nation.
"The United States are one of
many nations which have sprung
from Great Britian herself. Other
such nations aro using up various
parts of the globe. It has been
thought by many who have studied
the philosophy of modern history
profoundly, that the success of the
nations thus deriving their descent
from Great Britian, might, through
many ages, reflect. back upon that
Kingdom the proper glories of its
own great career.
"The government and people of
Great Britain may mistake their
commercial interests, but they can
not become either unnatural or in
different to the impulse of an undy
ing ambition to be distinguished as
the leaders of the nations in the ways
of civilization and humanity."
Threatened Famine in Ireland.
The latest accounts of the progress
of the second famine in Ireland—
caused by the potato rot, short crops
of cereals and a general want of em
ployment—are gloomy enough. In
the provinces of Connaught, Munster
and Leinster the yield of potatoes, it
is stated, will not come up to one
half the usual supply, and of this a
very large portion are unfit for hu
man food. A man had been already
found starved to death in the high
way in Clare; the peasantry of Mayo,
Galway and Sligo suffer from want
both of food and fuel, while the great
er bulk of weavers of Antrim are
out of employment. We have only
room for the subjoined extracts from
the latest papers :
The Dublin Freeman of the 14th
ult. says: The potato crop is now dug
out, and the result had been anticipa
ted. More than one-half is gone,
and whether the remainder will stand
in close pits, excluding the slightest
approach of air, remains to be seen.
In the provincial papers we find that
some localities had been visited less
severely than others, and our country
friends draw general conclusions
about "things being much better than
they had been represented." We
wish we could join in the encourage
ment arid hold out a hope of improve
ment. But we cannot. The staple
food of the country has been alteady
reduced one-half, an estimate in which
farmers, boards of guardians and
landed proprietors concur, while in
some districts it woti!d not be ex
travagant to assert that so far from a
portion of the cilp being available for
food, the people will not have sufficient
for seed ! It is useless to disguise the
fact, and the government should take
instant steps, in concert with pro
prietors, to give employment during
the ensuing year.
The Dublin correspondent of the
London Herald says : There is a good
deal of misery pending the laboring
classes this winter, and farmers will
greatly suffer from deficiency in their
crops. If a fair amount of employ
ment could be obtained for the labor
ing classes, it would be a great if not
an effectual means of keeping the
workhouse empty. The guardians
of the Skull and Skibbereen Unions
have made an application to the Gov
ernment for a loan of £70,000. for
the purpose of commencing the West
Cork railway.
Prioes in Charleston, B. O.
Fr9m an intercepted. letter, from
Charleston, addressed to Bordeaux,
France, we make the following ex
tract :
When shall pf ace, commerce, nav
igation and prosperity be re-estab
lished ? Our existence is already
snob here as to tire one of life I
Butter, 50 cents; refined sugar,
25; ordinary Rip coffee, 45; Java
coffee, 65; common tea, 50 ; beef
20 to 25 cents per pound.
No Irish potatoes ; no cheese; no
hams—the last one was sold at thirty
two-cents per pound ; ordinary can
dles ten cents apiece; lard thirty-five
cents per pound. Coal , welity dol
lars per ton. A small cart load of
fire-wood, one dollar and a half.—
Common calico, which before cost
six and twelve cents, now costs fifty
and seventy-five cents a yard; com
mon stuff, for lining ladies' dresses,
thirty-seven cents per yard. A pair
of bucksin shoes (which fall to pieces
the first time you put them on) three
dollars; one pair of boots nineteen
dollars.
To live, and to live, barely live,
one must spend his last penny—and
what next ? I beg you, my dear
Captain, as soon as there shall be a
vessel from Bordeaux bound to this
place, to send me all you can in the
way of articles of provisions, &c., &c.,
which you can select as well as I
can—that is to say, butter, lard, po
tatoes, hams, sausages, a small cask
of wine, one cask of brandy, one cask
of calla, (rum), &c., &c., and I will
remit you at once the amount of
your outlay. These are for my own
use."
We guess Uncle Sam, aided by the
Rat Hole squadron, will keep the
writer in want still longer.
Seoessicm Defunct on the Eastern Shore.
BALTIMORE, December sth.—The
Old Point boat has arrived, but brings
no news from the South, there hav
ing been no flag of truce to or from
Norfolk.
The steamer Spaulding had sailed
for Hatteras Inlet.
The detachment of the New York
Fifth regiment, whichhas been doing
duty on theleatern Shore of Virgin
ia, returned in the steamer Star, se
cessioniszabeing now entirely defunct
there.
Big Fight among the Chivalry.
The mate of the captured brig
Grenada, who has been held a prison
er at Charleston, has arrived at New
York, and published a statement,
containing the following : When we
were at Phoenix Island I could dis
tinctly bear the bombardment of
Port Royal and see the smoke. The
soldiers here are very much dis,?atis
fied—many of them wishing to be at
home. On November 12th the sol
diers at the fort on Otter. Island, as
well as those on Phoenix Island, re
moved all their traps, guns, ammu
nition, &c., on board the steamer
Planter, and blew up their forts—
knowing that they would be taken if
they remained. It is the intention of
the planters all along the coast, when
the Yankees arrive, to remove all the
stock they can—then burn tla rest,
with their houses.
When the news arrived of the - taking
of Port Royal the greatest excitement
prevailed. People could be seen run
ning in every direction to obtain the
news. A great many even went
down ih the cars, not believing or
not wishing to believe the bulletins,
to see for themselves; others out of
curiositA but certain it is the news
spread general consternation among
the people, who were for making im
mediate tracks into the country.
A meeting was held in Charleston
while I was there, as to the propriety
of surrendering or burning Charles
ton. The Mayor was in favor of a
surrender, and so were the people
generally, sooner than have their
property so recklessly destroyed ; but
the Governor said it must be burned.
The expected approach of the Yan
kees on Charleston has created con
siderable work for the soldiers in
fortifying the rear of the city. When
I left about three miles of intrench
ments had been completed.
mirThe reports that Col. Kerrigan
is sentenced to })e allot la utterly
groundless.
.He has not yat boon
tried by court mattial,
A 1 t
important Victory—Parson
Brownloir's triumph.
The most important newt' which
hag reactod as far some time comes'
bk way of Memphis. A. special dis
patch in the papers of that city, of
date 2d, give an account or a great
battle at Morristown, East Tennessee,
between the Federal forces under
Parson Brownlow, and the rebels,
fought December ISt, in whice the
Federals were victorious. A rebel
dispatch calls it the first Union victo
ry of the war: Brownlotct had 3,000
men. The rebel force is not ascer
tained. The rout of the rebels was
total. The Avalanche says : "A large
body of Unionists attacked the Con
federate forces at Morristown, East
Tennessee, yesterday, and killed a
large number, completely routing
them. Major-Gen. Crittenden has ar
rived at Knoxville to take command
of the Confederate forces."
If this news be true, and the Ten
n esseeans—being notoriously the most
mendacious of all the rebels, are not
too apt to tell the truth when facts
make against them—we may even
count upon the victory as far more
decisive than they are willing to con
fess. We do not find on the map the
exact locality named, but if Morris
burg be meant, it is near the great
Tennessee and Virginia Railroad,
which must fall into our possession.
Oh, that we had ten regiments of well
armed and equipped Ohio and Indi
ana troops among the Tennessee
mountains, to assist those noble but
poorly armed brethren.
Reports by a Rebel Deserter.
On Sunday evening, Private James
Welsh, First regiment Virginia Vol..
unteers, came within our lines. Two
months ago he was at Richmond.—
That city, he says, is converted into
a hospital. Thousands of soldiers
have been lying sick at that point.—
Beauregard was at Fairfax Court-
House last week, and promised that
the Secession troops should be in
Washington this winter. He repre
sents that the troops are but poorly
clad, and much dissatisfaction exists
among them. The facts of the cap
ture of Slidell and Mason, and the
capture of Beaufort, were news to
him. No newspapers are received
by Southern troops. They are kept
in perfect ignorance of the condition
of matters.
A Woman Burned t,o Death.
A sad occurrence transpired in Cleve
land on Thursday night last. A Mr. and
Mrs. Kipp were sitting up together, the
former reading a newspaper, and the latter
knitting. After some time Mr. K. lay
down on the lounge and fell asleep, and
the lamp getting dim, Mrs. K. procured
the oil can and proceeded to replenish it.
Holding it too near the flame the oil igni
ted, and a terrible explosion followed,
blowing the can into fragments and setting
fire to the poor woman's clothes, which
burned with frightful rapidity. The hus
band, awakened by the noise, sprang to
his feet, when an awful sightmet his eyes.
His wife was writhing in the agonies of
death—her hair was burned from her
head and her clothing entirely gone. He
attempted to rescue her, but it was too late,
as her injuries were fatal, and she died
from them almost immediately.
A Letter from Mr. Holt,
Mr. Joseph Holt, writes the Washing
ton correspondent of the N. Y. Post, is on
a visit to his home in Kentucky, and has
written a letter to Washington warmly
approving- the passage of resolutions in
the House of Representatives recommend
ing the President to place Messrs. Mason
and Slidell in precisely the sane situation
that. the rebels have placed Colonels Cor
coran and Wood. He says that the only
way of intimidating the rebels is to show
them that the legitimate government is in
earnest and will punish treason. He fur
ther writes that the loyal people of Ken
tucky are heart-sick waiting for an onward
movement of the Union troops in Ken
tucky. It is no secret that Mr. Holt also
asks for an advance here just as soon as
the General-in-command considers it pru
dent to move onward. The political inter
ests of the country, Mr. Holt writes, de
mand more active work by the govern
ment troops. This is the story told by al
most all Kentucky and Tennessee men
now in Washington. They assert that it
will be impossible to keep up the public
sentiment in either of those States to the
r ight pitch in favor of the government un
less sOme advance be made.
President Lincoln most fully sympa
thises with this ciew of the subject. Mr.
Holt's letter, alluded to above, was com
municated to him, and he avowed his
opinion freely that Mr. Holt was right.—
He also stated that he had frequently Vt.-
pressed this opinion to General McClellan.
It is well known in government circles
here that the President and Secretary Cam
eron favor an early advance of our troops.
General McClellan admits the propriety of
such a movement, and only asks thut he
may select his own time for it, as he will
be guided solely by a desire to save life
and make victory nearly certain.
Senator Johnson, of Tennessee, is here,
and spent several hours with McClellan
on Saturday, urging upon him the pro
priety of pushing on the federal column
of troops down into East Tennessee, to the
relief of loyal people there. He is to
have another interview upon the same
subject. The heartiest sympathy is felt
for the loyal men: of Tennessee, but the
reasons which prevent immediate advance
upon Nashville are purely military.—
These reasons will probably not exist two
months hence—they certainly will not in
the spring.
*Correspondence from Missouri
gives the gratifying assurance that
the army in that State is well cloth
ed, and in good condition. General
Halleck is bringing order out of
chaos at St. 'Joule. It is to be hoped
"Quit he wig be ready very soon for
*Mt greet forward gummed*
r . Capture of s Rebel Battery.
I The chief stewart of the Vander
; Hit states that a few days before the
steamer • left Fort ' Ri7al, Cskiptain
Fatlkiter, With a neoutmg party of
fifteen men, proceeded seven miles
beyond 3eaufbrt, where they discOV
i ered a rebel fort on Ladies' Island.
I The party opened a brisk fire for the
purpose of discovering if the strong
' hold was garrisoned, and the number
of troops ready to defend it. A
rapid reply was soon received, .in
the shape of a large Shell which
I burst near the party, and goon after
the troops in the fort were discover
ed' retreating.
There were about three hundred
soldiers, including artillerists, in the
Fort, and its evacuation created
some surprise from Captain Faulkner
and his command; but it soon ap
peared that the rebels had believed
that the scouts were but the advance
guard of a large force, and the evac
uation was thus accounted for. Cap
tain Faulkner then cautiously took
possession of thet, but subse
silently considerilthat there was
no military necessity to hold it, with
drew with his el - emend, after hav
ing spiked the guns. Captain Faulk
ner returned in the Vanderbilt to re
cruit his health.. The Seventy-ninth
Highlanders are now located at Fort
Beauregard.
The negroes are represented to be
in a most demoralized condition.,
On St. Helena Island—one of the nu
merous group near Port Royal—
there are two large plantations,
which recently belonged to Mr. Jen
kins and Mr. Coffin, formerly of Sa
vannah. On those plantations are
about two thousand negroes, who re
fuse to work, and claim that as their
masters had left, the property be
longed to them. They have taken
possession of all the sheep, poultry,
and other edibles, which were abun
dant on the island, and now sell them
to the troops. So many have been
their sales already, that, in about a
month hence, it is considered that
there will be nothing left on the
Island but the cotton.
Important from Port Royal--The Whole
Coast now Deserted
PHILADELPHIA, December 7.—The
substance of the news from Port
Royal by the Vanderbilt, at New
York, is as follows:
General Viele's expedition had not
yet sailed, but was expected to leave
immediately upon the arrival of an
expected accession of troops.
Beaufort still remained unoccupied
but was visited daily by officers of
the army and navy, and the two gun
boats kept watch and ward over her
fortunes.
During the few days which prece
ded the sailing of the Vanderbilt,
stables bad been constructed on Hil
ton Head Island for eleven thousand
horses; numerous ordnance store
houses had. been erected, and the en
trenchments across the Island had
been completed and the guns moun
ted.
In addition to all this, several im
portant reconnoissances had been
made, which had resulted in estab
lishing the fact that the whole sea
board from Ty bee island. to Charles
ton is virtually in the hands of
the National forces, it having been
entirely deserted by the white in
habitants.
On the other point of the island,
at the northern extremity of St. He
lena Sound, a field work was found
which had mounted four or five guns,
hut it was entirely abandoned, as
was also a battery on the Ashepoo
and one on the Coosaw rivers.
The greatest distance reached in
land was twelve miles, and the re
connoitering party approached with
in thirty-two miles of Charleston.
The blacks everywhere seem to
have remained behind when their
masters fled, and welcomed our men
with rejoicing.
In some instances the cotton hous
es were set on fire on the approach
of the Union troops, but this incen
diary movement was by no means so
general as the Charleston papers
would have us suppose.
Immense quantities - tsf: the staple
are all ready for transportation, and
under the regulations recently issued
by Secretary Chase will soon be feed
ing the looms of the North.
A Battle Expected on the Potomac—But
ler's Expedition.
FORTRESS MoNlioE, December 9.
Baltimore.—A flag of truce went
to Norfolk this morning, carryin
thirty-two prisoners discharged on
parole. A rebel flag of truce met
our boat and transferred thereto some
ladies coming from Richmond. From
ila-day's Norfolk Day Book we learn
that a battle is immediately expected
on the Potomac, as the sutlers are
removing their stores from the camps.
The war rumors nd war fever are
very high.
A telegraph dispatch, dated Savan
nah, December 7th, states that Gen.
Butler's expedition arrived on that
day at Port Royal. Nothing is said
about Parson Brownlow's victory in
East Tennessee, or ofthe Fort Pickens
affair.
Distressing Suicide.
One day last week, David Devore,
of Elizabeth, committed suicide while
laboring under mental aberration,
produced by intemperance. The
deceased, it appears, succeeded in
procuring a quantity of arsenic, which
he swallowed, and from the effects
of which he was soon in a state of
great agony. Dr. King, of.lliononga
hela City, was called on to attend
him, and administered the proper
antodotes ; but it was too late.—
The poison had entered the unfortu
nate man's system, and he expired
during the day, and the victim to
the inordinate use of stimulating
drinks.
WILKES SHOT. - George Wilkes, of
Wilkes' 4roirit of the limes, was accidental
ly shot in the thigh on Sunday, by a pieta
which he was handling. The wound, al
though riot a dangerous one, will 004139
bill' roogil fOr !Pm Wilikat
1101 BIBLE AFFAIR.
tits BioWnsville Times says that about
nine o'elock on Sunday morning la,st,
small fitir hctiise, one mile east of Browns
ville, was diAcovered to be on fire. It was
occupied by an old colored woman about
one hundred years of age. She was in
the house alone at the time, and was burn
ed to death, the body being found after
wards, almost consumed by the fire. The
house and contents were destroyed. It is
not known how the fire originated.
FIRE 11l BROWNSVILLE.
On Tuesday morning a fire broke out in
the grocery store of Mr. T. B. Murphy, on
Market street. It was discovered before it
had much headway, and extinguished
before it reached the roof. Most of the
stock in the store was destroyed, and the
building considerably damaged. The fire
originated in the inside, but it is not
known from what cause.
S6r•lt is a good rule always to
back your friends and face your ene
mies.
and gri5,0175.
THE WILL OF AN A BOLITIONIST.--••
Francis Jackson, of Boston, who died
recently, left $lOO each to Stephen
S. Foster, Charles C. Burleigh, Parker
Pillsbury, Lucy Stone, Lydia Maria
Child, Oliver Johnson, Charles Len
nox Remond, Charles K. Whipple
and Robert F. Walleott, for their "de
votion to the cause of human liber
ty." He gives $5,000 to Wm. Loyd
Garrison for a like reason; $5,000
is placed in the hands of Wendell
Phillips, Lucy Stone and Susan R.
Anthony to be expended in getting
laws passed giving women the right
to vote; $2OOO to assist fugitive slaves
to escape. He devotes a fund to the
creation of a public sentiment in
favor of putting down negro slavery.
The income of two-thirds of his
estate goes to this purpose.
THE SECESSION COURT.—Although
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has not as yet
been able to hold her promised recep
tion at the White House, Mrs. John
C. Breckinridge is said to be at Balti
more, receiving the homage of the
fair yet treasonable Secessionists of
that nearly humbled city. Some of
the few female traitors at Washing
ton went over, a few days since, to
attend a party given in honor of the
wife of the recreant Kentuckian, at
which all the ladies wore neck-bows
of red and white ribbon, and the cake
was frosted with those revolutionary
colors. Some of the gentlemen prob
ably looked " blue" enough to supply
the missing shade of the Union tri
color.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. - A terrible
tragedy transpired at Maple Ridge,
Pennsylvania, a few days ago. Two
brothers—William and Alonzo Lat
tin—became engaged in a quarrel,
when Alonzo struck William a furi
ous blow with an axe, cutting open
his head through the forehead and
nose. The injured man was alive at
last accounts, but there was hardly
any hope of his recovery.
SHOCKING DEATH. Samuel C.
Bayne.tailor, residin gat Zanesville,O.,
was run over and cut to pieces, on
Tuesday night last, by a train of
freight cars. It is presumed he was
in a state of intoxication, and had fall
en to sleep on the track. The de
ceased was from Belfast, Ireland, was
a single man, and was about twenty
seven years of age. He had no con
nections in this country.
A NOBLE ANstvEa.—When COI.
Corcoran was told that he was to be
hung if one of Ihe privateers were se
lected, he saki`:—'Well, sir. I am
ready; when:l engaged in this war
I made up my mind to sacrifice my
life, if necessary, in defence of that
flag under which I have lived and
gained an honorable position."
SLETTING SEINITOJES.—`rhe high mili
tary crime of sleeping oa post in front
of the enemy has brought another of
ficer into peril of his life by a court
martial. Lieut. Hare, of the New-
York 31st, was brought to Washing
ton on Friday, and placed in close
confinement, charged with this offence
while on picket duty.
DIPTHEatA.—Two children of Mr.
Hans Hamilton, of Kottingham
township, 'Washington county. a short
time since, were taken with the
above disease and died within the
space of three days. The eldest was
aged about four years, and the other
fifteen months.
DEATH BY ANGER.—A man named
Christian Buchanan died suddenly at
St. Louis on Saturday last, and the
jury, after a post mortem examina
tion, brought in a verdict that his
death was caused by a rupture of the
heart, produced by a violent fit of
anger.
BURST IN HIS HEAD.--The follow
ing despatch was sent by a Milesian
gentleman, announcing an incident
which had occurred to one of our
seamen :--"Sir : Your brother was
slightly wounded this afternoon by
the bursting of a shell in his head."
MONTICELLO ESTATE.—Commodore
Levy, the owner of the Monticello
estate in Virginia, who remains loyal,
has prepared his will, in which he
leaves the Jefferson homestead, and
$lOO,OOO to keep it in repair, a leg
acy to the United States Govern.
ment.
JOHN BROWN RAM—Fred. Doug
lass, the negro abolition lecturer,
made a speech in Boston, on Tuesday
night, in which he acknowledged
some previous knowledge and partici
pation in the John Brown raid.
GEN. PATTERSON.—Gen. Patterson
has called for a Court of Inquiry in
to his conduct in the campaign• of last
spring and summer.
sir Garibaldi has been elected
Grand Kota! qf the Italian Free.
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MANASSAS, Deo. 5—P.
reported thar a large body of the
enemy crossed the Long Bridge last
night. The design ie, doubtless, .to
make a feint, while more active
movements are ticing place in the
vicinity of Evansport. A gentleman
who was in Alexandria on Tuesday ,
night, passed through the lines of
the Federalists, and via Anandale
came to onr camps. He reports that
there were on Wednesday only two
or three brigades at the latter place,
and he saw no indications of an im
mediate advance. At that time his
estimate of the Federal force on this
side of the Potomac was forty-five'
thousand men. The commanding
generals of the Confederate army en
tertain the belief that an advance
will be made, and that an important.
battle will yet take place before the'
fall campaign is closed. The north
ern sentiment is pressing McClellan'
to do something at once, and frOm
the tone of the journals it is growing',
in strength with every day. Within:
the last three days a remarkable
change is observable in the weather,
which highly favors any contempla
ted movement which the Yankee Gen
eral has in view. The roads, hither
to soft and yielding, have become
comparatively hard, and should it
continue, the objection urged against
the use of field artillery will be com
pletely obviated.
Siar•A man wounded in both legs, on the
battle field of Belmont, and unable to
walk, was found in the woods, singing the
"Star Spangled Banner," but for which
circumstance our surgeons say they would
not have discovered him. He was brought
off; and his wounds properly dressed.
C 1 ICO IV Eh "CT Ma .W" a'r x C:I MC&
DR. J. H. SCHENCK,
Will be at the
BBIIE 110.1 llYin.
NO. 140 WOOD STREET,
On Monday and Tuesday, December 2d
and 3d, and January 6th and 7th.
DR SCHENCK DESIRES ALL HIS OLD PA
TIENTS TO COME AND SEE HIM WHEN
DE VISITS PITTSRURCII. HE MAKES NO
CHARGE FOR CASES THAT HE HAS EXAMIN
ED ONCE ALREADY. HE ONLY CHASSES IN
NEW CASES WHEN LIE MAKES AN EXAMINA
TION WITH THE "RESPIROMETER." FOR
SUCH AN EXAMINATION HIS CHARGE IS IN
VARIABLY THREE DOLLARS.
TOE MANDRAKE PILLS.
=MCI
CURE FOR DISEASED WEE.
ITEIZI3
MANY DANGEROUS MALADIES wawa /Alt
CAUSED BY A MORBID CONDITION
OF THAT ORGAN
To give the public a clear understanding of the
'node in which SCHENCK'S :MANDRAKE PILLS
produce those wonderful effects which are attested by
thousands of reliable witnesses, we present a brief
DESCRIPTION OF THE HUMAN LIVER
and its functions, which will make the operation of
this popular medicine perceptible to every inan's nu
derstanding.
The Liver is supplied with blood-vessels, nerves and
absorbents. One of its obvious uses is to secrete and
prepare the bile. It likewise filters the blood and sep
arates that fluid from all its impurities. How indis
pensably necessary to health is the proper performance
of this function! If the liver is diseased it cannot
purity the blood, and if that is sent back through the
lungs. brain and other parts in a morbid condition, it
must cause jaundice, biliousness, obstruction of too
kidneys, gravel and litany other complaints, more or
less painful and dangerous, but the least of them quits
enough to make a man sick and uncomfortable, and
unfit for the performance of any of the duties of life.
This unhealthy - state of the system very often ends in.
pulmonary consumption.
The circulation of the blood is conducted in this.
manner: The heart sends the vital current down thror
the arteries, it passes thro ugh the flesh, taking up all
impurities iti its progress, then the stream of blood
Rows backward through the veins and passes to the
liver to be purified. It is impm.sible to cure consult,
Lion, scrofula, scarcely any oilier kind of ulceration„
while that Lominant organ, the Liver, is diseased. IS
is fpr that reason that regular physicians rarely cure
consumption. They, usually begin their treatment
with the use of some cough medicine, the base of
which is morphia or opium in some shape, which locks
up the liver, instead of relaxing the secretions, giving e
tons to the stomach, at d producing a healthy EMI Or
bile.
DR. BC'IIENCK'S PULMONIC SYRUP.
Seaweed Tonic and MandrakP Phi,
will strengthen the system, purify the blood ; and ripen
and heal ulcers on the lungs.
In tu nertm I ous consumption, where the: stomach and
liver is genet al!y in a tolerably healthy condition, the
Pulmonie Syrup alone will root out all impurities et
the blood, atol restore the patient to health, if Om
cavities in the limp are not too deep. But where con
sumption originates, as two-third:= of the cases do is
this section of the country, sympathising from a torpid
liver or disordered stoninch, it requires the Seaweed
Tonic and Mandrake Pills, in connection, to bring
them in action—then the Pulmonic Syrup scents to go
or dissolve into the blood, and thus throw out all im
purities; then consumption and scrofulous diseases
must yield to those medicines if properly taken. They
have cored thousands, and other thousands are now
being cured by them. SCHENCK'S' MANDRAKE
'ILLS are doing more to regulate the stomach and
Itvcc than any other medicine invented. Thousands
are IF:ing them now, in this city and elsewhere, and
every one is astonished at their good effects. When
the diseased state of any part of the body requires:
purgatives. these Pills always reach the seat of tho•
di,r ease . They are as harmless as bread, but far mote
powerful than alomel or any other mineral poison in.
their curative effects. Almost every day some person,
who has been cured by them, comes to Dr. Schenck's
office and relates the wonders they have perform
Frani EOM , per,mtie they have expelled large worWs,
front mhers morbid matter, and from others again,.
clear bile
WONDERFUL CURES.
In certain cases, persons who had been ill for a loan
time with diseased liver—skin shallow, tongue coats 4..
bowels costive, breath offensive, Jac., were regions:Li&
health and the perfect enjoyment of lite, by the use of'
this medicine. Some who were thus relieved had be
come so dull, drowsy, or lethargic that they scarcely
bad energy enough to move hand or foot,
In such cases, the ailment is often caused by worms.
By using SCHENCK'S MANDRAKE PILLS, the
stale bile and corrupt matter which constitute what
are called tte "worms' beds" are worked off, and the.
worms themselves pass off with tbem• Some weeks
ago a lady told Dr. Schenck that she had taken the.
Pills for liver complaint, but to her surprise, the medi
cine brought away several worms, each about tea
inches in length.
An old gentleman, of Baltimore, who had been in •
wretched condition for a long time took the SEA
WEED TONIC and MANDRAKE PILLS, after which
h i : l , l re e d thousands of small worms ( ascarides,) and be
i w perfectiy well.
•
lady came to Dr. Schanck at the Marlborough Ho
eel, Boston; she was supposed by her physicians to be.
afflicted with tape worm. She had severe pains mu 4.
sensation of something moving and twisting insidsof
her. These feelings, at times, almost threw her Mts.
convulsions. It would creep up into her throat and:
appear to bite; the only way to quiet it was to drink,
milk, when it would settle down and go to sleep. Skis
would have to take a quart to bed with her every night
for that purpose. She was very costive, skin yellow,
and dhed up to a mere shadow. Dr. Schenck dare
her four MANDRAKE PILLS every night fora week.
and the SEA-WEED TONIC accprding to the dime-,
Hons. which only moved the bowels slightly once a
day, and which in ordinary persons would have phy
ticked severely; but it sickened the animal, and
she found she did not crave any more milk. At
the end of a week Dr. S. gave her a double dose, Si,
eight or ten Mandrake Pills, and woe alder she 101•11.4
a large quantity of mucus and slime, in which warns.
bedded a large lizard. From this time she hem to
recover. and is now perfectly well. This shrhteasrbab
can be done with proper medicine and proper Ira* ,
meat. Any person that imagines that they hams ge
tape-worm, or any other kind of worm, if they will
take sufficient Mandrake Pills every day foe a nook Or
ten days to relax the secretion, hut not to purge, then
take a dose large enough to physic severely, it willcar
ry off all morbid matter in the system, and if nothing ,
of the kind should be there, rig will eminent* system.
and leave the patient in a healthy condition.
A volume would be required to give a brief aircE
of the remarkable eases performed by DO lit
SCHENCK'S MEDICINES; via: PULMONIC •
UP, SEA-WEED T.ONICand MANDRAKEPILLS.-
all of which are accompanied by full directions for Ibis
use of them. Dr. ScIEEPICE. has quainsof rooms is
each of the large cities *here he his an estensive prac
tice. All poteens ho Irish to consult with him, will
meet with hi nOve treatment. He wakes
no charge
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