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IiESPECTFULLY oars his services to the citizens of Waynesburg and vicinity, ati a Physician and tti:geou. Mice opposite the Republican office. lie bow* by a due appreciation of the laws of human life Ind health, so native medication, and strict late on to baldness, to merit a liberal share of public patro nage. Apfil 9, 1861. DRUGS M. A. HARVEY, Mania and kimethecary, and dealer In Paints and Oils, the most celebrated Patent Medicines, and Pure Liquors for medicinal purimeee. Sept. l 1,1861-Iy. 111DIROILA.TITS WM. A. PORTER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In Foreign and Domes As Pry Goods, Groceries, Notions, 6ce., Pain street. Pers. 11,1061-Iy. R. CLARK, Dealer ht Dry Goods. Groceries, Hardware, Queens- Ware and notions, In the Hatitikod House, *opposite the Court Rouse, Main street. Sept. 11, 18111-Iy. 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LEWIS DAY, ;, -Maw th School and MISCIIII9OOOUS Books, Station - -4rh.7aa, Illaipzines and Papers: One door east of Porter's Store, Main street. Sept. li , ISM Ir. mamma Juno. Riouni - se SAMUEL WALLISTER, siigia. Harness and Think Wake,. old Bank meet. lot 110061 —4.• ..s. - 111131141141100111W1T1L 7 . . ~'„:: „.„,HOOPER IL.HAGER, --,. ' ie s imamegier. ad whokaale and retail dealeugs . 141kiate.aal i illr,lietple Owe, rigor, (r.e., us,ilia sow. eLlatkVC'''hlr 4----- :r famtwit vorsVajmsg, noclumigi • aster: It ...st • - • illeilkiiii L IMA ft iTail a ti lt= tarr l le r " V '" • ...-.1" *so ••• 1 , .• s ,°' • L If ear: vase' sot 1 11* ipottst"4-: t • teq - t ~sr ) 4 .... .4 , feta..., . : VII, f giistsliantots. A striking trait of °outage in a la dy forms the subject of conversation at present in the French metropolis. Madame Aubry lived in a solitary chateau, not far from the town of —. The family consisted only of M. Aubry, his wife, a ehild about a year old, and one maid servant.—ln the little town, every light is out by ten o'clock, and of course the most per fect solitude reigns at that, hour in their house • which lies off the road and is com pletely hidden by trees. One night last winter, Madame An bry was sitting alone, reading. Her I ushered had loft her in the morning to visit a friend some six or eight mites off, and, as he expected to bring home a considerable sum of money, he had taken the usual pre caution of arming - himself with a pair of pistols. At about six o'clock the lady went up to barroom to put her child to bed. Her apartment was a large room on the first floor, filled up on one side by an old fash ioned chimney, and on the other by a deep and spacious aclove,. near which stood her infant's cradle.-- The night was a gloomy one, cold and dark, and every now and then a dash of rain beat against the Goth id windows. The trees in the gar den bowed to the wind, and their branches came sweeping against the casement ;• it was a night in which the solitude of the mansion was more complete and melancholy than was usual. Madame Aubry, sat down on a low chair near the fire, which, by its sudden flashes, cast an uncertain light over the vast apartment, throw ing Its antique carvings and mould ings by turns into brighter relief or deeper shade. She cast her eyes to wards the aclove, to see if the cra dle was ready to receive its little eupant, whose eyes were already closed. Just then, fire flashed up brightly, and threw a strongAight on the aclove, by which the lady dis tinguished a pair of feet cased in heavy nailed shoes, peeping out un der the curtain in front of the bed.-- A thyasand thoughts pawed through her 'mind in an instant. The per son bidden there was a thief, per haps an assassin—that *as clear enough. She had no protection at band. Her husband was not to re turn till eight at soonest, and it was now only half past six.- What was to be done P She dick not utter a sin g_le cry, nor even start on her scat. The servant girl probably would not have had such presence of mind. The robber probably meant to remain quiet until midnight, and seize the money her husband was to bring with him ; but if he should &ad .that ho was discovered, and that there was no one in the house but two women, he would not fail to lave his Ming place and secure their•silence by murdering them.-- Besides, might not the girl be the robber's,accomplice ? Several slight causes of suspicion entered her mind at once, and all these reflections passed through her mind in less time thai, we take to write them.— She decided at once what she would do, which was to send the girl out ' of the room. J. 1. HUUMAN "You know that itish .my husband likes," said she, without betraying her aTarm in *to least change in the tones of her voice; "I ought to have remembered to have it got ready for his supper. Go down stairs and see about it." "Does not madame require my help here, as she generally does 7" asked the servant. "No, I will attend to everything myse4f., I know my husband would be pleased, if he was to come home after his ride in such bad weather, and find a good supper ready." After some delay, which increased In the lady's jnind the suspicion she was forced to concqal, the girl loft the room.---Tbe noise of her stops on the stair; died away gradually, and Madame Aubry was left alone with her child, with those two feet, motionless at their post, still peep ing out under the curtain. She kept by the fire, with her child on her lap, continuing to caress it and sing -to it, almost mechanically. The child cried : it wanted to be put to bed, but its cradle was near the a1c0ve...4~ cove...4~ those dreadful feet, how coed she find nourage to go near them At last, sitimads a violent effort. "Conte, my child," said she, and got up. Mardly able to stand erect, she walked toward the adore, close to the soblitifF. She put the child in the cradle, singing it to sleep as usual. We may imagine how much inclination ebe had to sing. When the. child fell asleep, she left.it and resumed her seat by the fire. She did not dare to leave the room; it world arouse the suspi lions of tile iqpber, and of the girl, probably his accomplice. Besides, she could not bear the thought of leaving her child, even If it was to purchase her own safety. The clock pointad to seven. An hour yet, a *l4e hour, before her husband would come I Her eyes were fixed on those feet, wbii.sh threateuelther with death 2 4 44 ant, with a sort ot 44m ' e des** AllenottAme4 `FEMALE COURAGE. in the room. The infant slept quiet- We do not know whether even an Amazon, in her place, would have been bold enough to try a struggle with the robber. Madame Aubry bad no arms ; besides, she made no claims to valor, but only to that passive courage, fo.unded on reflec tion, wish his far the rarer of the two. Every few minutes she would hear a noise in the garden. In that noise a ray of hope shone on her for a moment—it was her husband. it was deliverance ! But nos—it was only the wind and rain, or the shut ters creaking. What an age every minute; seemed to be. 05, havens. ! Oh, heavens! his feet moved ! Does the thief mean to leave his hiding place ! No. It was only a slight, probably involuntary movement, to ease himself by changing his posi tion. The clock strikes—only once, it is the half hour only—and the clock is too fast, besides How much anguish, how many silent prayers in these trying minutes ! She took up a book of devotion and tried to read, but her eyes would wander from the page to fix on those heavy shoes.— All at once a thought. arose that chill ed her to the very heart. Suppose her husband should not come ! The weather is stormy, and ho has rela tives in the village he went to. Per haps they have persuaded him it was unsafe to travel at night with so large a sum of money about him ; perhaps they have forced him, tith friendly violence, to yield to thorir urgent in vitations to wait till morning. It is striking eight—and nobody comes.— The idea we have alluded to appears to her more -and more probable. Af ter two hours of such agony, the un happy lady, whose courage had been kept up by the hope of final rescue, feels her strength and hope fail her. Soon she hears a noise under the win dow, and listens. doubtfully. The heavy outer-door ereaks on its hin ges, and shuts with a clamor, a well known step is heard on the stairs, and a man enters—a tall, stout man. It is he, it is he ! At -that moment, if he had been the worst of all hus bands, he would have been - perfec tion in his wife's eyes. He had only taken off his wet cloak and put away his pistols, and delighted at again seeing what he loves most on earth, opens his arms to embrace his wife. She clasps hits convulsively, but in a moment, recovering her self-posses sion, puts her finger on his lips, and points to the two feet that were peep ing out under the curtain. If Mr. Aubry had been wanting in presence of mind he would not have deserved to-bc the hutband of such a woman. He made a slight gesture to show he understood her, and said aloud, "Excuse me, my dear, I loft the money down stairs. I'll be back in two minutes." Within that time he returned, pistol in viand. He leeks at the priming, walk's to the alcove, stoops, and while the forefinger of his right hand icon the trigger, with the other hand he seizes one of the feet, and ories in a voice of thunder, "Sur render, or you're a dead man I" He drags by the feet into the middle of the room a man of most ill-favored aspect, crouching low to avoid the pistol which is held within an inch of his head. Re is searched, and a sharp dagger is found on him. He confesses that the girl was his accom plice, and had told M. Aubry would bring a large sum home that night. Nothing remains now but to give them over to the authorities. Mad ame Aubry asked her husband to pardon them, but the voice of duty is louder than that, of pity. When M. Aubry heard from his wife all the had gone through, he could only say, "Who would have thought you so courageous I" but in spite other cour age, she was attacked that night with a violent nervous fever, and did not get over her heroism for several flays. Tell the Truth to Children. • A gentleman of nervous tempera went once called on Dr. Dwight, President of Yale College. One of the doctor's boys was rather boister ous and pestered the nervous gentle man somewhat —whereupon he said to him, "My boy. if you will keep quiet while I am talking to your father, 1 will give you a dollar."— Inalantlythe boy hushed down, gen- Mi l ls a sleeping lazabl At the close of the gentleman's rentarks,'lre at tempted to leave without giving the boy the dollar; bat Dr. Dwight was -too fast lor him. He put a dollar into the roan's hands, saying, "You prom ised my boy a dollar for good behav ior. Give him that as you promised. If, sir, we lie, our children will be liars." HosafuLz.—:Jared Phillips, a re, speble citizen of Leavenworth Helliaarks, w-hile on his way to Califor nia overland, a month or two since, was captured by the Indians, and put to death with the niost horrible tor tures, being unjointed limb by limb It is said that many. emigrants have been found murdered and scalped, at the instance, it is stated, of the Mor i/Mg. ga-An English writer says you can tell when you are surrounded by a dozen Americans by the follow ing unerring test: Three wilt be Rind wanking cigars, and "'Jae read lug WMPRIPPI. 11111 WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1863. I= THE NEW TERRITORY OF IDAHO. Away up in the Rocky Mountain region, North of Utah and Colorado, and West of Nebraska, lies the coun try named Shesbone on some of our maps, to be hereafter known as Ida ho, pronounced with the aceont on the first and last sylables. It em braces four degrees of latitude.— From forty-one to forty-five in the Eastern half and from forty-two to forty-six in the Western half—and thirteen degrees of longitude—frofn one Inindred and four'to one hand ' red and seventeen. The Pony Ex press route from * Missouri to Cali , fornia traverses the - Eastern half of it. The Rocky Mountains from a gigantic back bone, stretching_ up Northwesterly- from the South Pass, and innumerable rivers act, as the vents and arteries, carrying off the melted snow from those high lati tudes and sending their tribute to the Father of Waters. A few years ago no white man resided within its wide limits. To-day it contains an adventurous mining population.— Ten years more, and towns and cit ies and churches and school-houses, the arts and comforts of civilized life, will diffused over it. It is thus that the American people subdue the desert, and carry out their groat des tiny. Congress, at its last session, passed an act organizing a Territorial Gov ernment for Idaho, carving it out from Oregon, Vacotah, and Wash ington Territories, just as the Terri tory of Colorado has been carved out from Kansas. Secretary, three Judges and a Marshal. A Territor ial Legislature or Council is to be convened to adopt a code of laws for the New Territory, and tints, the usual machinery being put in motion, Idaho takes her place as one of the nascent States of the Union. Very little is known of the resour ces of the new Territory; but its principal attraction at this time is its supposed mineral wealth. In the Autumn of 1861 discoveries were made showing that gold actually ex isted in that mountainous region, and was to be found in paying quan tities. These mines were said to be located on the head of the Salmon river—a tributary of the Columbia. In the spring of 186'2 there was a rush from California, Salt Lake and Pike's Peak, and the country was pretty well prospected. As soon as navigation opened three or four hundred persons from St. Louit pass ed up the Missouri as far as Fort Benton, on the boats of the great American Fur Company. In the early part of the season, the miners were not very successful, but about the Ist of September last, rich placers were found, from which the miners are said to have realized from twenty to forty dollars a day. These discoveries were made on Grasshopper Creek, near the three forks of the Mississippi, in the vicin ity of Big Hole Prairie. Mines were also opened on Gold Creek and on Prickly Pear valley_ which yielded finely. The gold is of a very fine quality, known.among the minors as scale gold, and at the Mint would be worth $19.50 per ounce. The com pany above referred to have some magnificent specimen pieces in their office in St. Louis. . All the valleys on the head waters of the Missouri are exceedingly fer tile. Near Deer Lodge City is a settlement of half a dozen French families who have resided there sev oral years. With them is one Johiv; Grant, an old mountaineer. This individual has a herd of six hundred cattle, as fine as any that could be found in the States, and, though he has paid little attention to agricul ture, his fields of corn attest to the excellent qualities of the soil: It is thought that the whole region would prove well adapted for farming pur poses. They new gold. mines are one hun dred aid eighty miles from Fort Ben ton, four hundred and fifty miles from Fort Walla Walla and three hundred miles from Salt Lake City. There are known to exist over a belt of country a hundred miles tin length by about forty in width. The tact that gold has been found along the Rocky Mountains, wherever pro& petted, loads to the beliof that the why: Re region is auriferous. Bat a law years longer will be requirod to de velop the truth or falsity of this sup position. The new region, being easily ac cessible by steamboats, will attract much of the Western travel, and ere long we may expect to add another to our list of Territories. The Governor of Idaho is t ie Hon. W. H. Wallace, who served in the late Congress as delegate from Walsh ington Territory. The Secretary is taken from Oregon. His name is J. B. Daniels. The Hon. Sydney Ed gerton, member of the, last House of Representatives from bhio, is one of the Judges. His colleagues are M. Smith of Washirigton Territory, and Seiwnel Parks, of Illinois. ' triple .eatorney and Marshal ere both tame from Oregon , . The name of the blamer hiltiokard of the latter D S Payne • MirSelf-ew!if4it is the atterm‘h if ignorance, THE BOY WHO OONQUERED. Some few yoara ago, a lad who was left without father and mother, of good natural abilities, went to New York, alone and friendless, to get a situation in a store as errand; boy, or otherwise, until he could com mand a higher position ; but this boy had beer in bad company, and. had got in the habit of calling for his "bitters" occasionally, because he thought it looked manly. He smoked cheap cigars also. He had a pretty good education, and on looking over the morning pa pers, he noticed that a merchant in Pearl street wanted a lad of his age, and he called there and made his bu siness known. "Walk into the office, m 34 lad," said the merchant. "I'll attend to you soon." When ho had waited on his custo mer, he took a seat near the lad, and he espied a cigar in his hat. This was enough. "My boy," said he, "I want a emart, honest, faithful lad; but I see that you smoke cigars, and in my experience of many years, I have ever found cigar-smoking in lads to be connected with various other evil liabits, and, if I am not, mistaken, your breath is an evidence that you are not an exception. You can leave ; you will not snit me." John (that was his name) held down his head and lelti the store; and as he walk along the street., a atranger and frinndlAae, the aouneel of his poor mother came forcibly to his mind, who upon her death bed, called him to her side, and placed her emaciated hand upon his head, sa;d, "Johnny, my dear boy, I'm goinc , ° to leave yen. You well know what dis grace and misery your father brought on us before his death, and I want you to pre / raise me before I die that you will never taste one drop of the accursed poison that killed your fath er. Promise me this, and be a good boy, Johnny, and I shall die in peace." The scalding tears trickled down Johnny's cheeks, and he premised: ever to remember the dying words of his mother, and never to drink any spirituous liggors; but he soon forgot his promise, and when he received the rebuke from the merchant he re membered what his mother . said, and what he had promised her, and he cried aloud, and people gazed at him as he passed along, and the boys railed at him. He went to his lodg ings, and, throwing himself upon his bed, gave vont to his feelings in sobs that were heard all .over the house. But John had moral courage. He had energy and determination, ant ore an hour had passed he mail° up his mind never to taste another drop of liquor, nor to smoke another ci gar as long as ho lived. He went straight back to the merchant., Said he, "Sir, you very - properly sent me away this morning for habits that I have been guilty of; but, sir, L have neither father nor mother, and though I have occasionally done what I ought not to do, and have not followed the good advice of my poor mother on her death bed, nor'done as I promised her I would do, yet I have now made a solemn vow never to /rink another drop of liquor- ' nor to smoke another cigar, and if you, sir, will only try me, it is all I ask.'.' The merchant was.struck with the tlicision and energy of the boy, and at once employed him. At the expira tion of five years this lad was a part ner in the business and is now worth ten thousand dollars. He has faith fully kept his pledge, to which he owes his elevation Boys., think of this circumstance. as you ester upon the duties of life, and remember, upon what points of character your destiny for good or for evil depends.—Northern Farmer. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, The rebel guerrillas having been expelled with the removal of Leo's army from Northern Virginia, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Harper's Ferry and the Western side of the Allegheny Mountains has been fully repaired, and is now doing an enormous business. Five,hundred ears, each of nine tons capacity, one half of which are laden with the pro ducts of the Great West. arrive daily in Baltimore, and two passenger trains, traversing the whole line of three hundred and eighty miles, from Wheeling to Parkersburg. A second daily passenger train has been put en within the last ten days, to meet the pnbflic demand: Millions of' dollars have been expended is repairing the damages done to the' road by the rebels from time to time • for, more than anx,othet• great highway in the United States, this has been the scene of battles, skirmishes, running fights, sieges, capitulations, raids and de structive rebel explosions and bon fires. The same causes which have kept our army "stuck in the mud" on the Rappahannock have checked the movements of rebel guerrillas this winter, and with the drying of the "sacred soil" they will he wanted nearer Richmond. So far as the Bal timore and Ohio road is concerned, the company are acting as if the war were nearly ended; and the safety with which the road is now traveled establishes the loyalty: of the port lation along the whole.litie fiom . the Potomac, to the, QUO *wen =I .4 Y., "CAN'T AFFORD IT." My friend, 1 think you are mis taken. Muelii.as I respect and ap preciate ysur opinion& you will yet allow me to tell you that 1 thi you are mistaken. In point of fa --as Cousin Phcenix would say— you were never more mistaken in your life. "Can't afford it!" My friend, you can. What are two dol lars a year for a first-class newspa per?. Leas than foilr cents' a week, Can't you afford four cents a week for a first class family newspaper? Mrs _Pennywise oould'nt afford four cents a week for a first-class family newspaper, and so she lost three dol lars by selling thirty pounds of rags to a peddler for five cents a pound, when they were 'worth fifteen.— Now Mrs. Pennywise made a mis take. You will agree that Mrs. Pen nywiso made a mistake. Had she taken and read a first-class family newspaper, she would have discover ed that paper had advanced, and that rags were "high." Bid poor Mrs Penny wise, she couldn't "I , ford it !" Poor Mr. Graball was much in the same condition. He couldn't af ford four cents a week for a first class family newspaper; not a bit of it; hence he wasn't"posted" on the markets, except when he occasion ally borrowed a paper from his en terprising neighbor. Rye straw sud denly advanced. Mr. Wideawake, a spechlator, bought three tons of Mr. GI-aim/re rye latravy for five dol lars a ton. Mr. Graball thought that he was doing remarkably well. He boasted in his family that he had done a a "big thing." Wideawake had Mr. Graboll's rye straw baled -land sent to the market town, viheris it sold for fifteen dollars a ton.-- Wideawake netted twenty dollars by the transaction, because he could afford to take a first-class family newspaper. Poor Mr. Graball lost twenty dollars &ails° he "couldn't afford it." Now you see, my friend, that those people that "can't afford it' are very apt to make mistakes. In the first place, they don't keep "posted" in regard to changes in the markets; and so become the easy prey to speculators,' who " always keep their eyes and ears open."— Like Mrs. Pennywise, they are apt to prove proud, foolish, and, like poor Mr. Graball, in their efforts to grasp too. much, they let a great deal slip through their fingers. But aside from these considerations, there are others, of equal and even greater importance. I pity the man that can't afford to take a newspaper —that goes along through life with out availing himself of the advan tages which each of those weekly visitants would bring--that sacrifices so much wholesome enjoyment, that he may pamper unwholesome tastes or augment savings which his un grateful heirs will quarrel about when, for him, this mortal coil shall have been shuffled off. Such men never make the best citizens, or husbands, or patriots, and they are always hind the times. They nev er think out "gotul things" or make new discoveries, and their principles arc.below par. Their dooryard fen ces go unpainted and unrepaired, and no _flowers bloom in the windows of their houses. Their little ones goovy up in ignorance, with no taste for lading eir improvement, and their wives, patient and faithful as they are, sit down in the evening, after their daily work is done, with noth ing to arouse them or turn their minds away from the mcnifold cares of domestic life. In conclusion, my friend, be advis ed 'to take a newApa4er, and, if you do so, I venture to predict that you and your family will be es s wry as I am for the man who "can't afford t." A PENNSYLVANIA HEROINE A correspondent, writing from Broadtop, Huntingdon county, re- Jates an interview with. a woman named Mary Owens, who had just returned from the army in full uni form. This remarkable woman ac companied leer husband to the army, and fought by his side until ho tell. She was in - the' service eighteen months and took part in throe battles, and was wounded t ice; first in the face above the rigbfeye, and then in her arm, which required her to be ta ken to the hospital, where she con fessed the jlecupti b on. She .had en listed in flatmate,. Montour county, Pa., under the name of John Evans, and gives as her reason for this ro mantic undertaking, the fact that her father was uncompromising in his hostility to her marriage with Mr. Owens, threatening violence in case she disobeyed his command ; where upen, after having been secretly mar ried, she doffed the United States un iform, enlisted in the same company with her husbaad, endured all the hardships of the camp, the dangers of the battle-field, salt her husband fall dead by her side, And is now wounded and a widow. Mrs. Owens looks young, is rather pretty, and is the heroin. -oLualta aeiglit.whood.— She ill Welsh parentage. • Ateillaus.4. Uu groiteat social int Imes t plorate, in others whet we t would dot 0.404' iu c4“10468., NEW SERIES.--VOL, 4, NO. 42, SOMMUUitahOIIO. For the Messenger. A VISIT TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAO.-00NTINIJED. Messrs. Editors :--ln my last .1 promised to say something about boots, gold buttons and silk lace.-i-1 would like to know why itr s that such a wide difference is made be tween the private soldier and the of ficer that is placed over him? Why is it that while a Colonel it placed upon a horse, with boots reaching above the knees, the private soldier, with only shoes, must follow his through slough, knee deep? Whyla it that a shoulder-strapped glithtle man can be permitted to have privi leges that a private soldier cannot? Why is it that an officer and a pri vate soldier, being equally guilty of the same offence, the officer is dis missed from the service, and the private shot Y Why is it that au officer can resign and come home and the private is doomed stay his time out? Tliese things may be La accordance with the laws and regu lations by which the army is goveret ed, but are they right 7 pre they just? Why is it that while 04 the hotels in Washington city are filled to overflowing with those shoskier strapped and &old -laced gentry, the private soldier is denied admittance? Why it is that a private soldier is deprived of the same rights that hii officer enjoys is a mystery to me,- In many cases the private soldier , is much the better of the two. The poor private had little or no induce. ment but the love of country. many cases they have been dasortoit by their officers on the field o f bat*, and the private soldier had to goln and lead himself, and do the best he could. It is to the private soldier that we are to look for the Dube* of our arms and.the'rektoration pf the Union. Why, then, should they not be treated likb men 7 In the city of Washington you will see, I might say, thousands of officers making great display, ,while .yo* behold the priaite soldier treated like a brute. TTOre - are two dart tee of persons that have soma priegage about this city. These are the shoul der-strapped jackass and ehe new. In passing up and down the Potomac river in boats, I saw this card *ph up on the doors to the different sa loons and rooms: "No PRIVATII lam, DIES ADMITTED HERE." In the woe rooms and saloons I saw a numbet of negroes ! Why is this ? Is it a. dis grace to be a private soldier.? I tell yo u in my opinion a man ja that country is in bad company If he hos on a private's uniform. How 000sy privates could you name, wbo v in point of moral worth, are farsulper ior to the ale& that was placed osier them.? They havo betrayed the trust imposed in them by becoming a per fect set of tyrants. There'etre a few honorable exceptions • it: is the abuses that I wish to spe ak of. • What mine eyes have seen, end mime ears have heard, I know. , < - - So long as tbe war is , prvaecutai' I for the restoration of the old Maim as handed down to us by our fore fathers, I silk. sor the war and * a united effort, to crush out this rsbel lion; but to enslave the whittle - trio the negro, I am opposed to. I Can not, with a free, good will, PiEftrt upon the negro platform. I emWers ed with a number of both oecers and privates in the array. I' may well say that nine -tenths o f them' are hostile to the President's proela• mation and the removal of MEOW, lan. I heard one officer declare Ott the name of McClellan was gOod enough for a soldier to swear by, and that ho was the only man that could lead successfully that army to victory. I conversed with but op* man in the army (and be wadi aft 411- cer,) that in any way favored:the proclamation. Ile did not flrvorit on any other ground than it might aid thorn in crushing out the rebel lion. Be was for anything thitt would bring the war to a speedy tormination. Give the army- a chance to speak out • in referent* to this accursed negro questio k ind say from what I could learn tilit it would meet with one of the gzieittest rebukes that any question'ttee'littr met in this country. I api gresiCy at a loss to know what some - ntilau by restoring the Union. I wil ling to put my opinion on recitrd. I want no better country than owes it was, with the old Constitution as it is. In my, opinion, the AboNtiert ' ist is just as hostile to the Constitu tion as it is as the rebels in the it Every.jnemy should be put under foot. The man that haslio lore tor the country that has so long prot4o - him in his life, liberty mid - ty, should &vend the high of of some one of our haftT inot m os i ni, . 11.1orne his pininaa. 1144 take hie to some distant placket, with inhab itants more congeokt to hillibel ift e and views The Unica *lilt Wal l onoogh for me, dro them 410. „lent:intents 7 If so, led me tie SO regardel,:and so rear! i 4 10-43041,111a ti0u, oi , matitt, I base elliWort., ,Stk#4ll - 00 /smarm-in retaliate! to -
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