DEMOCRAT, COLUMBIA AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER, levi l, tate, editor, "to hold and thim tub to 110 ii of truth atfd wave it o'er the darkened earth." terms : $2 00 per annum- Vol. 17. no, 46. bloomsburg, Columbia county, penn'a,, Saturday, January ig, ism. volume 27. Select J cairn. Old Abc'a Visitor. All N.ituru wiis decked for her evening rent, For tho goliltn nun li.nl gone from tlm went, When lloiieU(l) Ol.l Aliu with Ills usual eruco tn I a smite liko a sliail'a that llluinliiod hi. face. Hcpoacd itt lit a emu In n cosy nrm clinlr, tile Unlwnys ntvnun when nettled in tliero) YVhllo lio ttimtKlit of thu "Nig,' thu war rind tit draft, Aid tho glorioui" ilnj'8 uUen ho cruised on a raft. 'rim IJcvlt olipcaicd and grasping ti chair, Q.U duwii wltli a Ktln that raised Abraham's hair; 'JIiimi twitching his tall he emitted a sneczo 'Hint occasioned Old Abo tn drop down on his kneei, How are you my Abe I Is my list nearly tilled Of sick men and dying, rf wounded and killed I Of ttldows in tears, of orphans unfed, Of poor, honest men iiuw struggling for bread I" 'Ucnr Devil," luoth Abe. "I'm doing piy best To promote Uu interests of you and the rest Hut then you must know 1 uni only tho tool Of Seward nnd Uhasc, and that other old fool Who the Navy controls, nnd who always condemns Any modern plan of capturing Seiuines i He reminds mo of one t knew in the west-" "l'shaw t jour jukes ;" said tho Devil, "arc none o'er the best.' Continued Old Abe, "Since last you va liiro Tho Copperhead trlbj havo thrown otf tlnir fear ; And would you believe it. havo striven to TOtn (Of which fact. Mr. Devil Jut t plca mako a note,) Ab their loiibCionrr dictated I n tiling never know n In ocr party, or which you're thu pinew and bono , nut," chuckled Old Abe, "I settled their fat,', t or I paroled enough men to carry tho State 1" "dood I" cried ill" Until, "I command you no'cr cease To strangle all efforts that tfnd to n peace ; Hut tell me, mt Abe, what worries your mind, Is your conscience li'.t dead and your Judgment not blind t" "Ah !" murmured Old Able. "I've n hankering four That the South will bn free in loss than a year, And striving our best, we'ru trjing our chaiica To kick up a war with England and Trance I" "Dully for you I" cried tho Dm II, in glee. I'hff nows is mi good come sit on my knee ; '1 lovu thee, my Abu, and love thi'i1 so well That you ami your ahk shall tluuriili in Hell I 1 must luJ you good-bye keep on with your T.ork, Tio doubt of you how in my bokom lull lurk ; noon with your Leagues' a very good joke!" And kissing Old Abo, lid vanished in smoke. Th" widow ttill weeps for the one that is ileal 'flu' orphan )el crave fur the mursc I of bread While the gloiious Sun and Night's htarry bund Slime angry and sad on our grirf-jtrirkeu laud. DiMth's hul ling a IV.ist, and cnuliing the life l'miii a Nation now turn hy unualural stril's ; lint lut care tlie men now holding the helm f Th7 rule o'er us all, and the Devil rules them I j a-Iiw I't ay.vr. . .1 -v. fi.a, u. r r 71 "a vu"3ff if. maa, operations," ami ho was urged to bear iu mind ''that we shall most readily suppress this rebellion and restore iho authority of "Ifuot attaoked to-day I shall laugh at them. Flag Officer Goldsborough is con fill cut ho can kcop open my corntnunica- Uio government by religiously respecting Hons by tho James." Excepting an at tho constitutional rights of all." In ac- tack, he says, as a necessity to tho enemy, cordanco ''with thu feeling aad opinion of and feeling tho critical uaturo of tho posi tho President" Gon. M'Clcllau requested I tiou, Gen. M'Olellan on tho samo day ad Gon. Buell to assuro tho "people of Ken j dressed to tho President tho following let tucky that their domcstio institutions will ' tor : in 110 mnuncr be iuterfcrred with ;" and '. "Mr. Presimint : You havo boon ful- "to allow nothing but tho dictates ol mili-1 lv iul'ormcd that tho rabel army is in our tary necessity" to camo him to "depart lront) with tho P"rP03c ..f overwhelming r. . i 'l e 1 . . 11 I u by attaokinc our positions or reducing from tho spirit of his instructions." t t.11 P 1 I us by blookaiding our river communica- Iu respect to louncssco, Gen. Buell was tjous, i cannot but regard our condition ordered to throw the mass of his troops' as critical, and I earnestly desire, in view "by rapid marches by Cumberland to1 of possible contingencies, to lay boforo havo written this letter with sincerity to ward you from lov for my country.'' Gkouqi; B. iMcOlkllah. Early in August tho army was ordorod to leave Harrison's Landing, on James rivor, contrary to tho opinion of Gen. Mo Olollan that the road to Richmond was by way of tho Peninsula. On that occasion at South Mountain and again at Antiotam. six human beings whoso livos depended Abolition Negro Equality. It was not surprising that thoy wcro in a upon my exertions. When within ton j On Wednesday evening last, about fivo, large degree destitnto of iho absoluto nc- miles of tho fort I had to oross a stream o'clock, a very respcetablo whito girl, of ecssarics to effective duty. Shoes woro and lcavo tho Arkansas river, striking about fifteen years of ago, passing from worn out and blankets were lost; olothing across a rolling prairie: Tho snow was : Madia station, through a wood Bouth of was in rags ; in short, tho array was unfit hero from ono to thrco feet deep, and tho for activo service, and an interval for rest trak ontirely filled When tho 1 had bcon over tho road but onco ex nnd nnuinmnnt was ncccssarv ho addressed Gon. Hallook tho romarkablo ! sow,y forwarfl BUpplies camo to u I led cept in a covered stago, and had no par letter, under data of "Berkley, Va,, Au-1 tbo a ncr05B tho r;vcr) renoviltea, ro-, ticular idea of the direction. I only knev Walker's Gap, on Knoxvillo, in order to occupy tho railroad at that point," and "cut the communication between Eastern Virginia and tho Mississippi." Gen. Buell was further counselled to avoid "wi dening tho broach existing between us and tho rebels'' by causeless arrests and perse cutions of individuals." "I havo always fotiud," says Gtn. M'Olellan, "tliat it is tho tendency of subordinates to mako vex atious arrests on mere suspicion," Gen. Sherman was advised that tho fa vorable movement I'or a conn do main against Savannah bad been lust, and that the best course before him would bo "to isolate and reduce Fort Pulaski." But tho "reduction of Charleston and its de fences" was held up as the 'great moral ad vantage to be sought for, aud this was sla ted to bo an object for which Gen. M'Clol lau was actively maturing his combina tion. Gen. Butler was instructed as to the obstacles to bo encountered in reducing New Orleans, and was ordered, as soon as possible after tho fall of that city, to. "seize all tho approaches leading to it from the tfast." and particularly ''Jaek son, in Mississippi, with an ultimate view as well to the capture of Mobile as to tho opening of the Mississippi. The instructions thus issued to tho gen erals named oomprehend the entire scope of tho plans of Gen. M'Olellan, of which 1'iomtho n-. v. Commercial Adverser, plans the movement of tho Army of the 1 ho report is dated New York, August' Potomac under his own orders was the 4, ItfiU. It begins with an allusion to j central feature. It was considered by the results of tho victories in Western Vir-1 him necessary to the success of those plans jjiuia , which, we learn, were not wou in j that they should be carried out Hmultaiie connection with any general co-openitivo j ously, or as nearly so as possible, and tho plan of action ; and then goes on to recite ! advauce of the Potomac Army upon llich the arrival of Gen. M'Clcllau at Washing- inond by tho lower Happ.thannock was ton afier Dull Run; the organization ol kept iu hand by him, to bo delivered as the Army of tho Potomac j the grand plan j the decisive blow in cojunction with all the laid out for the general campaign of ItiGl- ( rest of the general movement. 'G'i; the Dual invasion of Virginia in lfci(W; ! Passing over Gn. Al'Clellan's full clab tho Peninsular movement ; tho seven days' orato account of the consultations and op baltles, and tho short but glorious Mary- orations which preceded tho advance to land campaign of September, 180'i, I Manassas, March 9, 1802, wo lind that On tho 1st of November Gen. M'Olellan this advance wa3 intended by him morel v was appointed to tho chief command of to occupy the troops during the prepara nil tlm forces ot the Union, and at once began activo operations war had now o'trcutnlercnce of the South, and it became with 85,000 effectives early in April. ms tvdl :ia nraiiticab e. lo plan 1 l'ivcs his reasous lor uot assaulting vour Exoollency, for your private considor ation, my geuural views concerning tho existing stato of the rebellion, although they do not striotly relate to tho situation of tho army or striotly oomo within the soopo of my official duties. These views amount to convictions, and arc deeply im pressed upon my mind and heart. "Our cause must never bo abandoned it is the cause of free institutions and self government. The Constitution and Uni on must bo preserved, whatever may bo the cost in time, treasure, and blood. II secession is successful, other dissolutions are clearly to bo seen in the future. Let ucither military disaster, political faction, nor foreign war shako your settled pur pose to enforce the equal oporatiou of the laws of tho United States upon tho people of every State. "The tiiuo has come when the govern ment must determine upon a civil aud mil itary policy oovoriug tho whole grouud of our national trouble. Thu responsibility of determining, declaring and supporting i;t serve(l a3 a barrier against tho advanco SUCU Civil itnu uiiuiaiy pulley, uuu ui ui- reetiug tho whole course of national affairs in rnirnr il tn thn reliallion. must now he assumed aud oxcrciscd by you or our ' and, uuder tho discipline which it then gust 4th," which was republished in yes tcrday's Intelligencer. Tho coudiliou of affairs at Washington during tho campaign of Popo is graphical ly desribed. September 2, tho President directed General McClcllan to take commend of his own nnd Gen. Pope's armies and find the enemy. On tho 17th of Soptonibor Antic tarn was fought, South Mountain aud Crarapton's Gap having been already won by us. Not a singlo gun or color was lost by us in these battles, and our total Iojs in men at Antietam is stated by Gon. McClel lan at H2,4GO. Tho advanco into Virginia after Antic tain is related, with an account of the cau- ! scs by which that advanco was delayed, j On tho night of Nov. th aeu. M'Olellan ' was relieved, and tho command transfer red to Geu. Uurnsido. Gun. McGlellan thus describes his own roport : "The report is in fact the history of the army of tho Potomac. During the period occupied in tho organization ot that army knew freshed, in good order nnd ditciplino, and ( that tho fort was on a crook with trees followed tho retreating foa to a position ( growing along it, and the best I hopod whoro I was confident of decisive victory; or was to reach tho trees that night. I whon, in tho midst ot the movement, whilo kept two objects in view so as to make a .P n l.iroltr t Inlnrmiia nnnmw wlilln , frlr ! tilication of tho capital was iu progress, The Report of Gen. McClellan. ! cause will ho lost. The Constitution giveh 1 received, it acquired strength, education and some of that exprience which is noo cssary to success in activo operations, and which enabled it afterward to sustain it self under circumstances trying to tho moit heroic men. Frequent skirmishes occurred along the lines, conducted with great gallantry, which iuurcd our troops to the realities ol war. ''The army grew into shape but slowly my advanced guard was actually iu con tact wilh tho enemy, I was removed from tho commaud. ''Instead of reporting a v'ntorious cam paign, it has been my duty to relato tbo heroism of a reduced army, sont upon an expedition into an enemy's country, thcro to abandon ono and originato another and new plan of campaign, which might and would havo been successful if supported with apprecidtion of its necessities, but which failed because of tho repeated failuro of promised support at the most critical, and, it proved, tho most fatal moments. That heroism surpasses ordinary descrip tion. Its illustration must bo loft for tho pon of the historian in times of calm re flection, when the nation shall be looking back to tho past from tho midst of peace ful days. For me now it is sufficient to say that my comrades were victors in every field save one, and there tho enduranco of a single corps accomplished tho object of its fighting, aud, by securing to tho army its transit to the Jamos river, left to the cnemv a ruinous and barren victory" you powur sufficient oven for tho present ternblo exigency. "This rebellion has assumed tho char acter ol war ; as such itshouid bo regard" ctl, and it should be conducted upon ihc highest principles known to Christian civ ilzatiou. I should not he a war looking to tho subjugation of the people of any Stale in auy event. It should not be at all a war upon population, but against armed forces and political organization, Neither confiscation ol propctty, political nnd the delays which attended on the ob- executions of persons, tsrritorial tirgauiza- taining of armc, continued lato into the lious ol States, or forcible abolition of sla- , . e,ant nn i . . i . i c ,i winters of 1801-02, wcro no ess trying very should be contemplated for a momenr,. , i . Iu prosecuting tho, war all private proper- to the soldiers than to tho pcoplo of tho ty and unarmed persons should bo strict- country. Even at tho time of tho organi- ly protcctod, subject only to the necessity zaiion of the Pecinsula campaingn sonic of military operations. All private prop- 0f tl0 fincst reniments wcro without rifles Tlu-illiug Adventure on the Plains. The following account of on adventuro in tho recent great snow-storm on tho Plains is given iu a private letter from ; Capt. James II. Dodge, of Milwaukic : Pout Lakned, Kansas, Dec. 4, 18G3. On Saturday morning, Nov. 28th, wo started from Fort Lyon for Fort Lamed Hons for the Peninsula then campaign, The theatre of ! fully decided upon. extendi d about tho whole I Gen. M' Clcllan reached the l'oitinsula lie ertv taken for military use should bo paid or receipted for; pillai;o and waste should bo treated as high crimes; all unnecessa ry trespass sternly prohibited, and offen sive demeanor by the military toward cit izens promptly rcbukod, Military arrests should not bo tolerated except in plaoes where active hostilities exist, and oaths nor were tho utmost exertions on tho part of tho military authorities adequate to overcome the obstacles to active service. "When at length the army was in con dition to tako tho field the Peninsula cam paign was planned and entered upon with nccossary, as well as pra a large and sweeping combination of mili tary operations. An organization of New Eugland troops for occunvinii tho coast lino ot tho south ( rf o on tho middlo Atlantic, which had bec suL'gested by Gen. M'Olellan in Suptcm the not venuircd bv enactments constitutional- enthusiasm by officers and men. Had ly mado should bo neither demanded nor this campaign been followed up as it was received. Military government should bo ' dcsi llcd i oannot doul)t it wouid have re- comned to the preservation of public or- ... . , . 4 . , . . ', ,. P ii,:' i ,.;i,. a suited in a g brious triumph to our arms dor aud the protection of political rights. t ... Military powur should not. be allowed to , and tho permanent restoration of the poy interfere wilh the relations of servitude, ; cr of tho government in Virginia and in cither by supporting or impairing the au- Nqj Oarolina, if not throughout tho re- tno.ity ot tuo master, except ior repressing . , g j. howevcr othorwiso ordered ; aud the Army of the Potomac straight line. I walked all day, and just as the sun wan two hours high or bo I saw the trees. Two miles, or about that, be yond mo I saw a lono tree, and that was tho last object I bad made up my mind to reach, but when within half a milo or thereabouts of tho trao I saw what I thought was the fort and took courage. I walked on at tho rate of a milo an hour. Before I reached tho tree I knew for a certainly that it was tho fort I had seen, and saw that a sleigh had started for mo. Thoy were coining on a gallop ; I could sco them ; one or two wcio standing up looking toward me. They were whipping their horses, and the snow was flying in all directions; I knew that I was saved and my strength gave out ; I could go no lurthcr, and sank down in tho snow. When they were almost to mo, I saw Lieut. Crocker driving, and hoard him say : "Good Lord ! it is Dodgo 1" Dr. Clark jumped out with a bottlo of whisky in one hand and a pie in tho other. I was in no mood to refuse cither. They had been looking for tho stago with a glass and saw mo as I came over tho last roll of tho praiiio, and ordered up a team to go out and help somo one, they did not know whom. In half an hour they had two six mule j teams and one two mule team going after tho stage, with refreshments for man and I boast. Thoy camo baok in twenty-four I hours and said that I saved their lives. ' Only two were frozen, ono very badly, her homo, was followed by ono of "Old Abo's Amerioan citizons of Afrioan de scent," in the shape of a buok negro, who assaulted her, and attomptcd to gratifiy his lust upon her. llcr screams reached tho cars o( several persons at the railroad station, who immediately went to her ros cuo, and when thoy reached tho vicinity they obsorved her fleeing towards them, and the black demon running to mako his escape. Thoy pursued ond overtook him, and tho same night deposited him in tho Delawaro county jail. Tin frequency of these practical demonstrations of Abolition Nogro Equality Freo-lovcisni, which is largely owing to tho teachings of Abolition preachers and politicians,' is becoming truly alarmiDg.-lfej Chester Jeffersonian. The OmaiN or Famimau PimAsK8. The term "masterly inactivity" origin ated with Sir Jame3 Mackintosh. "God tempera the wind to tho shorn lamb,"whioh every ono who did not supposo it was in tho Biblo, credited to Stcrno, was stolen by him fron George Ilcrbort, who trans lated it from the French of Henry Es- tinno. "The cup that cheers but not in ebriates," was conveyed by Cowpcr from Bishop Berkoley, in his Siris, Words. worth's "The child is father to tho man,' is traced from him to Milton, nnd from Milton to Sis Thomas More. ''Like an gels visits few and far between," is tho offspring of Hook ; it is not Thomas CympbolPs origional thought. Old John Norris (1058) originated it ("Liko angel visits, short and bright,") and after him, Robert Blair, as late as 1745. "There's a gude time coming," is Scott's phrase in Jlob Boy, and tho ''almighty doHar" is Washington Irving s happy thought. this all nvnnMln.. (r mnlrn (lin frin (Min ilistniiRR , n in ! i. ..i r ., ! and ho will probably havo to lose his foot beinir 2 10 miles) in the usual time ot tour ' . f . . . . i i t i n... .,. r,,i.n.,i ubc wa3 with us wlio had been in aud a half days. Our party numbered six. ... , . n,n fir,t av n nnn nhont fortv.fi I country for thirty-two years, and in mSl. - t. nJrrltt madn m,r hod the ham I tliat ,i,ne Baya 1,0 had DeVcr B00n a WOre ground, and in tho morning found six or eight inches of snow covering us, and tho wind blowing fearfully, as it can only military nrolection. should receive it. was reeaiica iroin wuuin siguc 01 xvion- - j "anwu, - -v...- ------ , ,lt0 penuanontly to its own service claim h ; mond. Tho siugo of that city is narrated qq ,abor g(iou,d b(J asseulci? and th n ! at length, aud the "change ol base," with r;ut 0f t1Q owner to compensation there an exr edition uuder Gen. liurusidc, de signed to facilitate the movements of tho main body in Eastern Virginia by an oc cunatiou of the coast line of North Caroli na. Gen. Uurnsido being ordered, when he should have seized Newborn, to occu py and destroy tho Wcldon aud Wilming ton railroad as far west as Goldsboro,and, should ciicumstaucL'S favor, to push as far asllaleigh, Wilmington being, however, his ultimate objeotivo point. "Caution about proclamation" was rccommcnded,tho General being urged "to say as little as posiblo about politics or tho negro," aud to stato merely "that tho truo issuo for which wa arc fighting is tho preservation of tho Union and upholdiug tho laws of tho General government." At tlm mmn lima letters were sent to Gen. Ilallcek, (appointed to tho command of tho department of Missouri;) to Geu. Buell, (in command of tho department of tho Ohio;) lo Gen. Sherman, (command ing in South Carolina and Georgia ;) and to Gen. Butler, (oommauding tho depart ment of tho Gulf.) Gen. Halleck was charged with the duty of "rcduoing chaos to order" iu his de partment. In respcot to military opera tions he was ordered lo hold tho 8late by fortified posts and conccntrato his force on the Mississippi. Geu. Buell was instructed as tothe vast importaneo of tho military occupation of T.'npom TCfninnifv and Tennesseo. in Kontuoky itself he was advised ''tho con duct of our political affairs is perhaps disorder, as in othor case, blavcs con- works at Vorktown, describes the battle of' traband under the act of Congress, seeking itl, miwril nr.iisc of Gen. I military protection, should receive it. i Hancock, and recites tho advance to Kioh-1 j-"uib" b'"- " "'''', r i . . . i""""" ".' , Virmnia. tub oisappoiuimctiis ut tnu 0 I . ... .,. ii...,: i., , ,i, UUUipalgU Ull IUL- I C1I1U3UIU uau liu. uuui- pened their ardor or diminished their pa triotism, Thoy fought well, faithfully, gallantly under Gen. Pope, yet were com pelled to fall back on Washington, defcat- . .1 t -i .. .i i: 1 'l'l. .,..... Oil 11 uu Ullliusl uuinui .uituu. iuo uuumjr, no longer ocoupicd in guarding his own capital, poured his tooopa northward, cn its attendant battles from Meohauicsvillc, for should bo recognized. ere- Tho principle nifht bo extended upon grounds of mill- . . . r i iT-n r -i.i. . i irtMi -t T. 1 r.M no r,..tl.t limn VII tn iMHlVniTl Mill. IN oer, loo., wou ftuaiiu u-uujr w-, . " . , , , " PPA,silv and sccuritv to all tho .Tulv 1. lbO'J, " ims c Ooeu, ' says ucd. -j - --- . .i i ouiy i, lou-. ' . . s nvns wit bin a particular Stato. thus work- itlnl.1l.... ft-lititur iiMtwtli linii ' . 1 ' iu uicuan, -uie mu uB..i,i..s manumission in such btato : and in nrr manumission in continued fioui iho afternoon of tho otli ;iiSg0uri perhaps iu Western Virginia June, in a series, of engagements wholly also, ami possibly even in Maryland, the unparalleled on this continent for the do. ' expediency of such a measure is only a turminaliou and slaughter on both sides , nA.i'of 'policy thus constitutional July 4th, the General telegraphed to the nm, corJscrvativ0. and pervaded by tho in Prcsident that he occupied at Harrison's flusnces of Christianity and freedom would Bar positions "which could ho carried roceive the support of almost all truly loy only by overwhelming numbers." "The! al men, would deeply impress the rebel . . , , , . Vppi masses and all foreign nations, and it spirit of the army, ho added, is excel-. b(j u wouW oommend lent; stragglers arc finding their regimeutsj tsieir to the favor of tho Almighty. and the soldiers exhibt tbo best results of i "Unless tho principles governing the He thus sums up tho results future conduct ot our strugglo shall be discipline" of tho bricl but fierce campaign : "I cannot now approximate to. any statement of our losses ; but wo wcro not beaten in any conflict. Tho enemy were unablo by their utmost efforts to drive us frnn, tho'field. Wo have lost no made known and approved, tho effort to obtain requisite forces wi.lbo almost hope less. A declaration of radical views, es pecially upon slavery, will rapidly disin tegrate our present armies. "The policy of the government must be supported by concentration of military power. 1 UO national lorccs buuuiu nm uu puns except tweuty-five on the flold of bat-1 dis ed j expeditions, posts of occupa- fi .1-1. 1nt t.., l,n . ' . r . 1...1 ..1 1.1 l. tie, twenty ouo oi wmcu wuro juai, uj 0U) anu nunierous armies, uui uuuum uu civinu- way of M'Call s division under tno onset of suporior numbers. When all the circumstances of tho oaso are known it will bo acknowledged by all competent ..... ..l !..lI fiA,nl ,r nil judges tnat me movenicut jui. wu.v., by our army is unparalleled m mo annais of war. Under tho most difficult circum stances wo have prcservod our trains, our guns', our material, and abovo all our honor." To this tho President replied : "Bo us sured tho heroism and skill of yourself, officers, aud mou, is, and forovor will bo, appreciated. If you can hold your pros cut position wo shall hive tho enemy yet." nn u,n7ili fleii. M'Olellan telegraph s as mainly collected mto masses and brought to bear upon tho armies of tho Confederate States, Those armies thoroughly defeat ed the political structure which thoy sup port would soon cease to exist. ''In carrying out any system of policy which you may form you will requiro a commander-in-chief of tho army, ono who possesses your confidence, understands your views, and is compctont to execute your orders by directing tho military for ces of tho natiou to tho accomplishment of tho objeots by you propoaod. I do not ask that plaoe for myself. I am willing to serve you in such a position as you may assign me, and will do so as faithfully as ever suBordinato served superior. 'I may bo on the brink ot eternity, and, I hope forgiveness from my Maker, I blow across these plains. On Tuesday came another fall of snow, and Wednes day we traveled only sovon miles. Dur ing that wholo week we wcro onlyablo to thaw out our provisions, not oven making an effort to cook anything, for on tho whole route thcro arc no habitations. Until Saturday morning wo were obliged, every little way, to shovel the stage out of tho snow banks, and finally, when wo were about fifty-two miles from Lar'ncd, wo gave up the idoa of proceeding further in that way. Hearing that there was a small Indian camp not far from where wo wero embank- I cd, I concluded to leave tho stago and go I on to fiud it and get somo diicd buffalo I meat, for our supplies were exhausted, as I day I storm, and that he had made up his mind I could not possibly live through it. rnoso wlio went out alter tlie stago say they never saw a more rejoiced lot than they when they knew of my safety. Traitors. Not long sinco a lady re siding in the Stato of New York, while en route for Toledo to visit a friend, met in our depot tho lady whom she was wish ing to see. Luokly tho latter lady was on her way homo, and thus the two traveled tho remainder of tho journey together. During tho trip Iho following conversation chanced to arise : I Toledo Have you any "Copperhead' 'Democrats in New York I I Now York Well, no, nono that lover . heard of. Toledo Have you any "Butternuts "or "t-'eccssionists" there? Now York I think not. I never heard ran lin'l mi Iff I n n clrArn fri ! fivit Willi 1U1U 111 u oiuiu ivi ui J , . - . . - T ,. , , anything said about thorn; but perhap trip. The Iudmn camp, howevcr, proved i . ' . , . ' r r to bo farther off than wo thought, for I walked fifteen miles, with the snow up to my knees nearly all tho way, boforo tho huts came in sight. 'When within a milo, or thereabouts, of them, one of tho drivers tored Maryland, threatened Pennsylvania, overtook mo and reported that tho mules aud even Washington itself. Elated by j had given out entirely and ho had started his recent victories, and assurod that our , to go to tho fort for help. 1 he camp be- troops wore disorganized and dispiriteddio j ing close by, I told him to go on and get was conlidcut that the seat of war was somotiung to cat anu l wouiu oo aiong now permanently transferred to tho loyal I found him thcro with his bauds and feet States, nnd lhat his own exhausted soil ' badly frozen, so I told him to stay thcro was to bo relieved from the burden of , and I would go to tho fort myselfthirty stinnortinff two hostile armies. But ho , fivo miles. 1 started at mrtc o ciock, p When Brady, tho celebrated lawyer of New York city first opened a lawyor'a office, ho took a base-room, which had previously been occupied by a cobbler. Ho was somewhat annoyed by the previ ous occupant's callers, and irritated by the fact that he had a few of his own. One day an Irishman entered. "Tho cobbler's gone, I sco," ho said. ltI should think he had," tartly responded Brady.- "And what do you sell I" ho asked, look ing at the solitary table and a few books. "Blookhoads," responded Brady. "Be gad," said the Irishman, "yo must bo doing a mighty fino business you hainf got but ono loft." did not understand tho spirit whioh ani mated tho soldiers of tho Union. iu. The mule carried inc until sundown, and would Ul e.1,.,11 nM nnr n-ill T. livinr. fftl'fTiit ' not co anv further. I had wilh mo, for- that when I was ordered to the command tunatoly, a buffalo robe ; so taking tho of tho troops for the defence of tho capital saddle for my pillow, and tucking tho robe tho soldiers, with whom I had shared so oloso about mo, laid down to try and keop much of the anxiety aud pain and suffering awako till moraing. I was then twenty- of Iho w'ar, had not lost their confidence seven miles from tho fort and tho cold so in mo as their commander. They sprang intonso that one of tho mules had frozen to ray call with all their ancient vigor.dis- to death tho night before. When morn- ciplino and courage I led them into ing broko I was thankful to tho kind Provr Maryland. Fifteen days after thoy had idoneo whioh had kept mo from all harm, fallen back dofeatcd bofero Washington I had nothing to eat, but saddled tho mule, thoy vanquished tho enemy on tho rugged which had not strayed moro than six rods heichtB of South Mountain, pursued to the away, aud started again. Tho poor ani- hard-fought field of Antietam, and druve raal, however, would not carry me mors him, broken and disappointed, aoros3 the than aules, and laid down. Without bos- Potomac into Virgiuia. ituting ono iuslaut I strippod him, piled "Tho army had need of rest after the the saddle, bridlo and robe together, and .terrible ozperienco ol battles and marches in less than fivo minutes was wadiug wi'h scarcoly an interval of rcposo, which through tho suowup to my knees. I knew thoy had gono through from tho timo of probably, I would havo to bo out another leaving tho Pcnimula, the roturn to Wash- , night, but thero was no such thing as ington, the defeat in Virginia, tho victory turning baok, for thero wero left behind they aro known by somo other name. Toledo Well, have you any traitors in your section ! New York Traitors? Oh yes, plenly of them ; but we call thoin by a different name in Now York. We call them Aboli tionists there. Tho Toledo lady was perfectly dumb founded by this reply, and had nothing moro to say. From that time until ariving at Toledo tho subject of ''copperheads" and "trai tors' was totally osohewod. The above narrated ocourrence is a fact. Cleveland Plaindcaltr. Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, in his letter to tho llev. Dr. Do Wolf, of Phila delphia, says : "I knew that tho opinion which I had expressed as to tho right of secession was iu accordance with tho opinion of tho Southern loadors, and of many Northern and Western statesman of high character Especially I knew that it was tho doctrino of Hon. Josiah Quincy, and other distin guished men of Massachusetts, at tho tirau ofthefamons Hartford Convention, and of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, on tho floor of Congress, in 1848, and of tho Hon. Hor ace Greoly, in tho Tribune, after the Southern cause had been decided." A Short Prayer. Tho Bev. Mr. Shrino, Chaplain of the House of Repre sentatives, in the Iowa Legislature, on tho opening of the recent sesiion, prnyed thus ; 'Bless Thou tho young and growing Stato of Iowa, her Sanators and Bepresen tatives, tho Governor and State officers, Give us a sound currenoy, pure water, and undefiled religion for Christ's sake. Amen !' A woman named Elizabeth Maci, who died at Florenco in 1708 had been mar ried to soven husbands, all of whom iho outlived. Sho married the last of the seven at tho ace of 70. When on her death-bed, she recalled tho good and bad points in each of her husbands, and having impartially weighed them in tho balances she singled out her fifth spouse as tho fav orite, and desired that her remains might be interred near his. (Soo St, Matthew 22.: 3830.) A Bloodthirsty Ki.no. The Pans papers publish adviBes from Egypt, an uounoiug tho victory of tho Emperor The odoro of Abyssinia over tho population of Gojam. The Emperor has ordered the tnassaoro of fiftcou thousand prisoncrsjincn, women and children. IIo is also stated to havo had tho English CodbuI at Massoma ar res tad, and to havo set tho Fronch Con ml at libetly. The richest individual in England is tho Marquis of Westminister, whose daily in como is estimated at 5,000. Tho Roths childs, four of them, arc tho richest houso in Europe, and their incomo is cstimatod at about nine millious a year, or a thou sand dollars an Hour. "It is strange," muttered a young man as ho staggered home from a supper par ty, "how evil communications corrupt good manners. I havo surrounded by tumbler's all the evening, and now I am a tumbler my self." The man who is in pain to know what alteration time and age have made in him, naods only to consult tho eyes ol tho fair ono ho addresses, and by the tono of her voice as sho talks with him, hu will learn' what ho fears to know. But, Oh How hard a lesson '. It ia estimated that 40,060 deserters from tho Army alouc, not including run aways from tho draft, aro now in Canada. What a splendid purgatory Canada u I more important than that of our military J U VMW
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