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ISLOOMSliURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A,, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1863.
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Addressed To The Clergy.
Y! Pulpit nnn profess to preach,
Tho llospel of our God ;
Know ye, yourselves have brought on u
Thevcngeanc of his roil.
nnpent nnd preach what you should teach
'I ben God will h.nr and Wen ;
Moke Dili your rule, bo not the tool
Cut Oospol truth Impress.
To war and flpht In bloody strife
Is not tliei Christian's pnrti
Then ever matcu the golden rule
Tbo council of your heart.
I.ct this commandment be your guide,
Thy neighbor love sa self;
I'rom proud ambition keop afar
Vour thought! keepfrcn from pelf.
And when you In Convention meet
To settle Church alialr,
B sure and keep the. Drill nut
llcloro you kneel In pray'r.
Oua other ruin I pray observe
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Kxcipt when you urc col I'd upon
To utter pi ace prayers.
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On each and every livurt,
May loro unite our heart aright
And right to all impart.
I'rom the X, Y. World.
'Xho Campaign oftaa Rappa
hannock. Army or tiii: Po-iomac,
Thursday, May 7. )
Tho campaign of General Hooker
U over, ami the operations of the Army
iit It -, nun ln nnfl nnmi Mir. inenlfa if '
... ... , ,
Tfiucii many nau iookcu wmi Hope, anil
with anxiety, have nuded in complulc
failure. Commencing with the most fiat
toring promises of cheering and decisive
victory.it hai terminate'.1, in defeat -in
di-snaler.
Tin confined and frajmnitiry accounts
already published c.irt give no adequate
realization of events which the nine day
have developed ; and a resume, in cornice '
tod order, of the various movement-,', mati
rurtrs and cnufliclf can alone convey a
C3i red idea of how far we were sucossful,
how far vrc wore dafoated, mid thy causes
of tho present result, as far as they cm bo '
i!iFi-orno;l. !
Tho difficulties of the position in wh'ch
the army was placed are too well known
to need much explanation. A wide, liver 1
and forty miles of caithworks were in front
of the enemy for their defense To carry
this position by a front attack in face of
emoh obstacles, was simply impossible, and
to throw the entire army across the rivor
above or below tbo-c works would neces
sitate an abandonment of the present
base of supplies at Acquia Lauding, fur
with our supplies and communication thus
exposed the enemy could not possibly fail
to tak advantage of it. How thcu could
diffiauu'M ' tbo position be succsas-
lu
fully tilei and the enemy be driven from
their ctitrcnehcJ position ! Tho following
Beams to have been lliri dan adopted, and
which was in a great degree successful :
1HC ITiAS.
A portiou of the army, about half of it,
was to cross the river near Fredericksburg
and pretended to renew attempt in which
Rurnsids hud been unsuccessful, and ac
complish two objcrU-tirst, t M! tue
anemv's force at poiut; and second, to
pvotcqt our communications and supplies
while the other half of the
nnnke a crossing above the
army should
fortifications,
snd sweeping dowii with the groatest ra
pidity to the rear of Fredcrioksburg take
i a strong position and hold it until they
4-- mould be reinforced by tbo portion or the
nrniy making the feint, which was to with
take tho bridges
,w ursvv uwiu " rw i a
to tho point of tho river which had been
uncovered by tho flauk movement, and
tho wliolo army was thus to be cou
nentratcd in rear of Fredecicksburg.
Tho followingoutlino of each day's op
erations will show to what extent this bold
nnd hazardous plan has proved snccossful
and in what degroo and for what reason
it has resulted so unfortunately.
MONDAY ASP TUESDAY, APUlI, '20 Sc 27.
On Monday, the UOth, was commenced
, -oution of this plan. Three corps,
t 7 i 'tb, aud 12th, wcro ordered to
wih clVUt tlayB' rations to Kelly's
""i. aud Alexandria
roru, uw. - f (lm ,0,1,
Railroad.
corps, was placed in oqwh..., -Tuesday
night tho force intrusted with the
taporM.it Patt of executing the flank
nnVrasoihaH loaobtii 'be pmt at hich
they were to cross the Rappahannock.
Tuesday night, also, ihrco olhor corps, the
1st, 3.1, nnd Cth, wcte cent to Fraklin's
crossing, three miles below Fredericks
burg, to bo ready to undcrtako tho cros
sing simultaneously with the other corps
at Kdley's Ford on Wednesday morning.
Wednesday.
Tho enemy wcro evidently not prepared
to rtsist the crossing at cither point, and
tho affair was sn well managed that both
divisions of tho army bad established
themselves on the West bank of the river
nnd covered their bridges without any
serious opposition by tho enemy
Gen. Sodwick. who commanded the
throe corps on the loft wing, made no for
ward demonstrations, except enough to
attract tho enemy and prevent them from
turning upon the ilotaohmcut which was
forcing its way towards tho rear of tho
enemy's works in command of Gen. Stone
man. Gon. Honker had personally super
intended tiif passage of the troops at
Kelly's Ford, and returned while they
pushed on towards the Rapidrn nt Ocr
tnntiia Mills, where they crossod success
fully and in ado fonm progress beyond it
before Wednesday night.
THUKSDAY.
Sedgwick (.till threatened tho enemy
and held thcin near Frodorickburg while
Slocum pressed on from ihe Rapidan and
took his position across tho plank-road
(the enemy's line of retreat toward Gord
villc) at Chancellorsvillo. Couah's (Second
corps) which had remained at Dauks'
Ford, now moved up to the United Slates
Ford, and crossed 'o join Gen. Slocum
Gcnoral Hooker also rejoined, and took!
command of the four corps thus concentra-1
ted in the rear of Fredericksburg and '
acro-s the enemy's lino of retreat. It was
now time for ibis detachment to take tic
defence and hold
their position until the '
other corps should join them, and the army !
thus uuitotl, bo enable to meet all the for. j
C3s which the enemy might bring ngaiu.st
them. !
On Thur.-.d.iy night tliero was sharp !
work on both side to out-manouvcr tho I
other. The enemy had now learned
i with .sufficient certainty, that a large force j
, wan in their rear in the direction ofChan-'
cllcr-villc, and that Stonomon's Cavalry !
were greatly ciid.ingeriiig their railroad '
conimu'iieaiioiis, ami they wore movini;
"iim"o j iiH.iv i.uni oougwicK lowurus
the r;'ar of Hooker, hi tween Chancellors
villc end the Rapidan, by the roads at the
South rf tho plank road, which was in our
possession. Whilo leaving Sedgwick's
froi.t tho enemy made unusual demonstra
tions of camp fire, as it concentrating
there, and similar devices was resorted to
on our ide. But neither deceived the
other, for both were moving away, and
n .-...ri.'il In..' rt ... f C? .1 ... i
on our side a portion of the bridges were
taken up immediately, and tho 3d corps
! moved all night toward tho United S'taios
. Ford to join with Gen. Hooker at Chan-
ccllorsvillo.
rnin.VY.
While tho First and Third corps were
moving from th left wing to join General
Hooker at Chancclloisville, and while
Jack'on was taking a circuitous routo to
reach the roar of General Hooker's line
between Chancellorsvillc and the Rapidun,
two Division-- Sykcs of the fifth. Corps,
and Williams of the twelfth, pushed on
toward the roar of Fredericksburg,
SAiniDAY,
GcUol'al Hooker occupied the day in
waiting the attack of tho enemy, which
was evidently expected in front. The
movement of the enemy seem to indicate
tuat tliey were retreating1 ana us ins mam
line of their retreat was occupied by our
forces an attack to recover that lino was
confidently expected. What wis tho sur
prise, thcu, to fiud Stoucwcll Jackson, on
Saturday afternoon, upon our extreme
right and rear between ('hancollorsvillo
and Germauia .Mills ! A ino-t furious aud
desperate attack was made, and tho right
of our lines, which was held by tho
Eleventh corps, was almost broken aud
panic stricken, men in utter confusion,
with and without muskets, hats and coats,
rushed headlong from under fire down tho
only road which led to the bridges, and
no power on earth could have stooped or
prevented tbo complete aud disgraceful
routo of tho soldiers who ltavo hitherto
shown better qualities under their former
commander. General Howard could havo
no control over the cowardly fugitives, who
stopped not to look back until they had
rcaobed the Rappahannock, So disgrace
ful a panic has novor been seen iu this
army.
Tho Third corps, under Gcnoral uiok
Ics, was interposed iu the broach thus
, made, aad tin excellence of thii officer,
with tho better quantities which his corps
exhibited, saved the further progress of
tho panic route, and tho evil was tompor-; was no lack of courngo but an evident
arily stayed. Dut the poison was infused j ' feeling, apparently the result of having
tho other coips had witnessed tho ttcri been so often whipped, or of having wit
confusion nnd panic of one full corps, and ' ncssed the rout on tho night previous,
iUKii umuustasm was Ir0m ,uiai moment
dampened, and tho confidence thoy hither-
to felt in their SUCCCS3 Under GcllDriil
, i rt i j
IJOOkcr was lost in (ho CcflcctlOU that tllUV
could place but little confidence in one an
other.
Tho gallantry of General Hooker hero
shone out conspicuously, and every ono '
will admire the self-sacrifice with which j
he threw his own lifo in the extreme of
peril to rcstcro the confidence of his men
nnd put an cud to tho panic which had
been created.
Dut a little ground was lost in this ovent,
yet had an ill-bodied sense of fear that our
men would not prove reliable and that our
success thus fat were but to prove fruitless
in tho end. This roulo of the Eleventh
(formerly Siegol's) corps was the crisis
This was tho turning point, from which
our succeeding misfortunes can be most
distinctly traced. Saturday elosed the
operations of tho first week, with doubt
ful pro.'pects of the final resuU, and the
brevious succession of the right wing seem
ed destined to end in di?aster.
Soilgwich, with tho Sixth corps, had at
th's time withdiawn to tho East bank of
the river, taken up his bridges and leplacod
them again directly in front of Fredericks
burg, and prepared for an assault on tho
morrow of the earthworks back of the
town.
6UMJAY.
Tho assault ol General Sedgwick, upcu
the heights of Fredericksburg, was com
menced on Sunday morning. A more
determined and desperate attack has not
been made. No men ever attacked the
fortifications of an enemy with more en
thusiaMu or vigor. The bauk was steep,
tho fire of ehot and shell was terrific, and
the slaughter of General Sumner's corp-i,
four months ago, gave little promise of suc
cess. To alulo-t certain death the men
charged up and carrcd the works, drove
the artilerists from their guns, captured
twelve piiiics of the best an I heaviest ar
tillery, and many prisoners of war in
their trench-."?. With tho heaviest loss?s.
Si'dgwi 'k followed up his success with the
boldest energy , and pursued tho enemy to
ward Chnuccllorvillo with the purpose of
uniting with General Hooker at that
place.
Rut this briiliant success came too li.to,
for the enemy held the plank road which
the rout of theElovcnlh Corps had yielded
to them on tho previous uiht, and the en-
cmy was enabled to throw a sufficient forco storm appeared also on Tuesday afternoon j was confessed there, is true to-day, the
against him ro prevent his junction with spelling the Rappahannock to a torrent rot urn ol peace is tho signal of death to
Hook r. This was speedily done, and j and threatening to carry away the bridges, that wicked fanatical action, which hyena
soon Sedgwick's-fine Corps, the largest i Tuesday night the Army of the Rnppi-' like, lives by gnawing the bones of our
and perhaps the best of the army, was bannock was withdrawn and our entire slaughtered volunteers and quenohes its
cut off from communicatisn cither with
Hooker or with Frcilor.cksbun;, and, thus.
isolated, was compelled to fall back upon
thc river at Rank's lord., where bridges
had been thrown ovif) by whioh if so-
verely prcsss'l, he could mnko safe his ro- tho Rappahannock. What was, it would
treat P'cro3s tho Rappahannock again. seem, the most difficult part of the task
Thus followed misfortune, on misfortune, j was accomplished most successfully. The
not for lack ot skill or bravery, but for,' ai'nO' was conecntrated in the rear of the
the conduct of tho miscreants whs had fled
from their position on the previous night
almost upon tho first attak of the onomy.
Rut another repulse was sustained on
Sundiy morning by tho army near Chan-
celloravillo. Tho enemy renewed tho at-1 0UR '-ussud.
tack and again drove back our lines for I During these nine days our losrcs can
half a mile. From tho large brick house hardly fall short of 15,000 men. Rossi
which gives tho name to this vicinity, the ' b'y 'bey will bo more. D. W.
lines of tho enemy could ho seen sweeping
surely, though the clearing, which extend-
.i : i., v,.it,5.. .,i.i
UU III UUlUi liutttillj VUUl't VAVliU IUU1U
admiration for tho best qualities of tho
veteran soldier that tho manner in which
tho enemy swept out, as thoy moved stead-
ily onward, the forco whioh wero opposed
, ,i -nrn on ,iin.,ii ,i
to them. Wo say it reluctantly, and for
the first time, that tho enemy havo showed
the, finest qualities, and wo acknowledge
on this occasion thoir superiority in the
open field to our own mcu,
They delivered thoro Gro with precis
ion, and wcro apparently inflexible and
immovable under tho storm of bullets and
and shell which thoy wero constantly re
ceiving. Coming to n pioco of timber,
which was occupied by a division of our
own men, half a number were detailed to
clear tho woods. It seemed certain that
hoto thoy would bo repulsed ; but thoy
marched right through tho wood, driviug
our own soldiers out, who dolivorcd their
firo and foil baok, halted again, fired and
(ell back as before, Eccming to concede to
tho enemy, as a maltor of ooure, the tu
pcriority which they ovidontly felt them-1
selves. Our own men fought well. There '
tuat tuoy were iicstiucti to be ucuton, nnu i
tho ouly thing for them to do was to fire I
nnil rtvrnf 'VUn nnnmr fi1t nnnfidnnt. '
w .
Hi.il hov wnrnfn hn vlntnrinnq. nnrl niir
own men had, from some occasion, imbib- j
v " w ' 1 '
cd thosanic impression. Our men showed
lack of earnestness and enthusiasm, but
no want of courage. All that they needed
was tho inrpiration of a series of victories
to look bank nnon. and an earnestness and
confidence in tho success of the cause for
which they wcro fighting. Thus ended
the Sabbath and another chapter in this
i-cries of our disasters.
MONDAY.
Another d-iy of misfortune, and the day
Was hardly ushered in before the enemy in
force came down upon tho detachments
which had been thought Mifficicnt to hold
tho works upon them, and after strongly
contesting the position they were compel
led to yield and fall back under tho pro
tection of the town. Tho enemy formed
their liac of battle on tbo outikiris, and
within the town tho two brigades of Gener
al Gibbon held them in check as long as
could bo. Many wounded men here in the
hospitals, and the position was maintained
as long U3 possible. At length thcgrouv.d
was given up, the troops were withdrawn
the bridges taken up, and Fredericksburg
was given back to the cnomy.
They were now at liberty to turn their
attention to Sedgwick, and they lost no time
in concentrating their forces against him.
They were to strong for him.
After a most obstinate fight, in which
the enemy almost was successful in de
stroying his bridges, nnd the possibility of
his escape, ha made good bis ictreat also
to tho bauk of tho Rappahannock. His
losses were appalling. He suffered ter
ribly, and in their retreat there was much
confusion and disorder among the troops.
A few at tho first 3iiet laid down their
and yie'.dcd themselves up prisoners with-
out fire inj; r. musket, but neutrally the men
of this corps displayed the greatest gallan
try in lighting, and only yielded when
ovtrpowered by superior numbers.
TUI'SDAY.
At this time tho aspect of affairs had
becomo exceedingly dark. Tho troops ' publican asceudaucy ! It was acknowldg
wero much dispirited, and although the y ! cd by Senator Chandler of Michigan, at
bad held their position on Monday, the ! the time, in a letter to Gov. Dlair of his
prospect of meeting tho combined forces j State, (which I have before me,) that it
of tho enemy with largo reinforcements, I was "necessary to i.'c'eat the 2'ossogc oj the
which they were known to ltavo received, ! peace resolutions in order to save tlth Re
was exceedingly unpromising. A severe publican parly pom rupture.'" What
force brought again to this sido of tho riv-
' r, with the exueption of many dead and
wounded, who wore left behind to the tcn-
; dor mercies of tho enemy.
Thus euded tXc nine days' campaign on
enemy's works, and they were forced to
como out of them and give battle in the
oncn field. Stratum to sav. thn nrmv fail,
cd to bent tho enomv on comparatively
equal ground and upon ecu footing.
Goon. During tho Reiu of Terror tbo
j mob got hold of tho Abbe Maury, and
rosolvcd to sacrifice him.
"To the lamp-post with him I'' was the
universal cry.
Tho Abbo was in a bad fix with a mob
i- , . , . - i -. . e
,or ms juuges tnc icnuer muicios oi u
mob ! Mth thu utmost coolness the Ah-
bo said to thoso who were draggiug him
along
"Well,
if
you
bait"
post will yau ceo any clearor for it!
This bright rally tilklcd his execution
era aud saved his lifo.
Hard on tho Leaguers.
Parson Diowulow, iu a letter to an
Abolition League meeting at Chicago,
used tho following plain language.
language.
ago call yourselves
,-our loyalty, you
"You citizens of Chioa
loyal ; you glory in your
proclaim it upon tho streets, and herald it
in your press, and dcclaro it from every
platform, but it costs nothing lo be loyal
here in Chicago , so far away from dan
ger. Loyally lewis to the fiel ,1 '''
Oommiiiiications.
J'or Ht Columbia Democrat,
I'hiladclphia, May 13th, 1803.
Col. Tate That distinguished Consti
tutional Democrat, cx-fienator Wall, of
Now Joraoyf addressed a densely jam
n.otl nU(iionca Bt ,iin nmnorall ilfla,i
. ur.i . r. i i
quanors on aiuui oircct, rbi oaiuruay i
L i rr:..i. ..:.-t..,i
1 VUU1IJU 111 I'll U3 HUIO IlliUUUU tUU li'
Hicb
pectations of tho public, in view of tbo
great reputation of Scnatar Wall, for abil
ity and sound stirring eloquence, those ox
pectations wore fully met by tho distin
guished oraior, and his honest, scathing i
allusions to tho political mendacity of this
administration were greeted with thunders tion bc'BS a statement in reply to one op
of tumultuous applause, lie opened with i Poarcd 1,10 ocrat week before last,
an allusion to tho threatening import of ltis unf"rtuDt that any difficulty should
the circumstances which now beset thtJ ; occur in s"li aa affair asshool exhibitions;
very lifo of the Republic, and in wcll-cho-
sen, and burning sentences, went on to de
scribe tho motives, character and history
of the Rlack Republican party, charging
home upon them, with all tho power of a
vigorous mind, wounded by a souse of tho
guilt of that taction in producing tho pres
ent unhappy stac of National affairs, its
exclusive responsibility sowing in other
years tho fatal seed which have now ri
pened into a harvest of bloud and Nation
a desolation.
From this point he proceeded to show,
by unanswerable quotations from the Con
gressional history, tho efforts of Mr.
D.mglass, Mr. Crittenden, Mr. Pujh,
and other Copperhead lovers of tho good
old Oonstitutiou aud Uuion in tho Semtc
to avert tbo direful agonies of toil won
efforts which were frustrated by the dot r
mined, uncomprimising tenacity of Dlack
Republican Senators to plunge, from
mero party considerations, this great na
tion into the red gulf of civil war. Tho
Crittenden Peace Resolutions, he showed
wcro endorsed by tho Legislators of Vir
ginia and Kentucky ; wcro afterwards
submitiou to Uongross, but wcro met in
the Senat by the hostile vote of every H-C'
publican Scna'or and wcro thus killed,
though they received the support of every
, Domocratio and Southern Senator! Thus
I the last chance of averting civil war was
lost, and tho consequences, in the shape
of a broken nation, the multiplication of
grave yards, the wail of countless wid
ows, an ! tho tears of bereaved orphans arc
upon us, all to insure futuro Dlack Ro-
insatiable thirst by Urit-king tho blood of
. its victims.
Mr. Wall, concluded by an appeal to
history to show thut not by tlio agonies
of war can national fraternity be secured.
Upon this and kindred points he spoke at
length always logical, frequently impas
sioned, and constitutional to the core. In
other, words, it was a first class Copper
bead speech, for he profcrcu the tonstitu
tion to tho Chicago Platform the resto
ration ol the Union to its Obstruction or
rcoiganizaliou.
A laruc crowd wits assembled on the
outside of the building during tho deliv
ering of the speech but tho prcseuce of
the polico and a formidable admixture of
hard-fisted Democrats restrained the tur-
bulcnce of the Dlack Republican clement,
and confined it on this occasion, as it is
bound to do after October, within tho lim-
' its of law and order, Mr, Wall, was es-
corted to the Girurd House, from tho hall,
by a strong party of his friends, followed
by a gang of Lincoln monarchists, wh ose
, . .. i - . . , -
courage iaucu w uuug uiem up w mo
striking point. Their forbearance on this,
;ia 0u another recent occasion, when tbo
oriico ot tlio "Ago was mo oojea, out not ( confession, nearly the most shameful in
mo to the lamp-' tuo subject, of Republican vengooco,rathcr Uj)lko wLioh tho administration has per-
rn Cnr U ?" - -II... ....! ..! 1 . . .
au luuurauuii i put suum yiuui.-m.u u.u
an ovidonoo of any real respect for the sa -
ered causo of law and order. All is qui-
it now.
I ho city has been protounuiy nguaicu
within the last few days, by our roverscs
ou tho Rappahannock. I am more grieved
tmIl SUrpiised over these untoward results
j 'p10 i10t, uucalouluting dash of Hooker,
j js no ouht as gratifying to tho rebels as to
the Administration. The report ciroula-
o
ting hero of the taking of Richmond, by
n-oyss, is, oi uumou a uusu uuu, uuu omj
sorved for the raomont, to turn tho brains
of tho unreflecting. Even tho re-crossing
of tho Rappahannock, by Hooker, to the
Fredorioksburg sido, is not fully credited
by thoughtful minds. Roforo your papcf
goes to press, howovcr, you will probably
be in possession of all the facts.
God grant a speedy and honornblo ter
mination or this cruel war, and the com
plcto annihilation, politically, of its auth
OfS n.tltl ahfil .
No local news worth noniiniinieatincr.
O'
Trulv
A. J. W.
Desirous of doing justico to all persons,
we give a placo to the following commuui-
,'ca,io" 011 tlic 5ubJcct of tuc Denton Exibi-
anu nnw bot" 81(104 caviug oen heard, wo
winiK it ocst to close our columns on that
question. Ed. Dot.
Mr.
Editou.
In looking over tho Democrat
of week before last, I noticed an article
over the signature of "spectacles," giving
a description of tho late exhibition at
Ronton. Now 1 do not intend this as a
reply to tho black guard that penned that
article, but, in order that the reading pub
lic of all parties may know tho faels in
tho case, I make tho following statement.
The teachers of Ranton district held an
institute last winter, and at the last one
held by tho request of the scholars and
several citizens, wo decided having an ex
hibition at the Denton church. According
ly arrangements wcro niado, and four of
tho schools joined ; embracing both politi
cal paities ; and I think it fair to estimate
that thrco fourths of tho scholars were
domocrats. Mr. Silas W. Mellcnry, a
highly respectable citizen, and a radical
democrat, brought his wholo school, every
scbollar of which 1 believe are ohildr on of
democrats, and participated in the excer
cises. We nevGr thought of having a party
ooncorn of it, and the people generally ap
pealed to be interested in the enterprise ;
and at tho lime appointed, a very largo
crowd assembled. Several men were ap
pointed to assist in keeping order, all of
whom vcro democrats, and wo believe did
the best they could, to have order. Rut
there wero a lot of rowdic3 present who
appeared determined on mischief, and we
learned ainoo that thoy came for that pur.
pose. Thoy too claim to be democrats,
but the respectable poriiion of democrats
are ashamed to own them.
One of the chief rioters, not many year,
since, sported the title of J. P., and is also
a profes'or of religion. 0, shamo, where
is thy blush 1
JOSIAII KLINE.
DIARY OP THE WILD MOOR.
A BnAUTIfU I' nALI.AD.
It wns on ono cold winter's ni-ht,
Aa tin! wind blew across the wild moor.
When Mary caino wandering home with her babe,
"Till bhu c i mo ta her own father's door ;
Oil father, dear father." she cried,
"Come down and open tho door,
Or the child in my arms will peri'h and die,
ISy the winds that blows across the wild moor.
Oh why did I leave this dear spot,
Where once I was happy nndfr'e,
Hut now doomed to roam, without friends or home.
And no ono to takopity onme,'
Tlio old man was ilcaf lo her cries.
Not n sound of her voice reached his ' iu,
Hut the watch do; did howl ami the village bell tell'd,
And the wind blew across the wildinour.
Uut how must thu old man have felt
When he came to the door in the morn
l'oor Mary was ilcnd, but the chil l was alivu
L'loae pressod iu its dead mother's arms ;
Half frantic ho tore his gray hair.
Ami tho tears down his cheeks they did pour ;
Sa mi;, 'this cold winter's night, the pcritheil iciiicd
Ily tho wind that blew across thu siild moor.
The old man In grivf plncilnway.
The child tn its mother went soon,
.urn no oa o, they say, has lived there to this day,
And thu cottago to ruin has gon. ;
The villagers point out the spot,
Whcro the willow droops over tho door.
Saying ih-.-ru Mury died, onco u gay village bride,
ily the mud that blons across the uild moor.
83?" General Stone, wo aro informed,
has been assigned to duty in the Depart
ment of the Gulf and will soon leave for
that field of service. So ends, by a public
pctralcd against any individual. Arrested
1 witlout oaus8j iniprUoned without trial,
ghut out from iho 8ervico to wll;oll i,0 La3
'devoted his lifo and to which tho country
owes the satety ot its capital, disgraced in
tho oyes of the whoio country when worthy
ouly of honor, and in spito of the repeat -
cd protests and appeals of his commander
for his trial, General stone at last receives
tardy justico. Ho hat dono well to bids
.... .1, .
, "ls luno'. anu 0 7 118 P,on l
dlsgrBOed hlm. Suoh injuttic0 could not
j.,5t (orover, imt tuo intatny of it will cling
ta this administration bo long as its h'uto.
' ry is remembered amon men.
Army Correspondence.
For the CehmHa Dimotmu
Yorktown, Va March 10th, 1863.
i?far Sir .I am in good health and
am very thankful for that. I am in tho
land of hostility but have not beon
engaged in any conflict yet. I am as nnx
cious as any othor man for the restoration
of tho union, and also for tho restoration
of tho constitution, t think tho violation
of that in Washington, is as oriminal and
as disastrous to our country as it is iu
Richmond, The soldiers nil aro willing
to help suppress rebclion, but are not
willing to help Emancipate negroes. Wo
sec tho impropriety of tho wholo scheme
Our observations of tho negroes character
shows us plainly, that they aro not capahlo
of self government nnd history teaches tho
same, So the colonisation ia mcro toon
soncc and to emancipate them, and lot
thorn ruu would bo doing great injustioa
to any civilized community. Our northorn
towns arc postered enough with black va
grants now. And tho equal distribution
of nearly four millions of negroes through
tho wholo of tho States, would bo a nui
sance almost unendurable, and to give them
equal rights among us, and amalgamata
them with the whites at tho ballot box,
and in our legislative halls, or placo ono
in tbo Presidential Chair, would bo de
stroying the pride and self-respect of ,tho
Nation. I bo history of Mexico should
teaoh us not to try tho experiment. Tho
negro is naturally adapted to slavery.
Give them liberty, nnd they are indolent
nnd lazy. Thoro aro several hundred of
them hero that havo tho benefit of tho
presidents proclamation and some of tho
mo3i intelligent of thorn acknowlcgo that
their condition was better in slavery, than
tho way it is. I have heard them say it.
They wi.l genrally express tho kamo
sentiments when thoy daro to. They aro
mostly under government employ. Thoy
get eight dollars per month aud their
families found. Their rations are reguarl.y
doalt out to them and they havo to holp
unload boats, and work oa tho Fortifioa
tions, and cut wood for tbo bakery. Rut
to get any thing out of them, some of them
havo to be dealt with rigorously. Thero
are some soldiors placed over them, who
use them rough, nnd somo tiraea they havo
to be drove out to work, and keptthcro by
a guard with their bayonets ; and ihoy
occasionally have a cannon ball chained
to their legs, for running away from their
work. Rut tho most disgusting sccuo that
that I have ever witnessed, was two
wenches, but a few rods from my tent
chained to cannon balls nearly tho whole
day ; their cime was, loJy conduct
and public at that ; and thoir accomplice,
were white soldiers, but who dodged de
tection and eieaped punishment. I could
not help but wishing the poor degraded
wenches wcro under tho protection of
masters. Ve have frequently hoard
some of them pray for tho prosperity of
their masters, and their restoration to them.
Tho dissolution of churches has dono
much injury to the negro. Their relig
ious priviligcs wore extensive before
The slavo and his master were members
of the same church We can sco the
difference. The old uegros show somo
knowledge of Christianity, aud resignations
and good manners ; but tho ycung ones
are rough and Faucy. Tho la3t acts of
congress will ro 'uco the white poor to
equality with the negro in slavery. Tho
bill giving the president power to suspend
Ihe writ oflmbeas corpus and power to draft
men enough to sustain him, makes him
a grater monarch than has sat upon the
Dritish throne, for the last six hundred
years. I do not sec how this onco happy
and prosperous country will ever Kb res
tored to penco aud prosperity again,
without Divine aid. I ilo not know wheth
er wc aro entitled to providentiul interfer
ence. Yours with rospcot,
A SOLDIER.
To CLtAit A House op Vkrmi.v. Bur
leigh, of tho Doston, Journal, says i lI
tell you, ladies, a secret worth your knowl
edge a new remedy to clear a houso of
roauhes and vormino has beon found So
complcto is tho remedy, that men offer to
rid premises of all thoso pestilential nu-
, isances by contract. Tho drtiolo ia sold
uudcr the namo of French Greenland
1 other hiffh-sounding names, at nuito a
high price j but tho article, in plain 13n".
Rsh, is common green paint in powder
Six lB, . . , .
Six conts' worth used about, any houso,
will clear tho kitchen, aud all its sur-
, roundtngs."
.
Gold iu Now York, 1 1th iust,, down to
1 -I8j Ulncksnakcs down .u Iu- tu'a