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GEAETIBf E.
IT JlCtLTATtOR C0LKH1DQS.
XU thoughts all pansion, all deliijhw,
Whatever tir ihi mortal frame,
All are but rainift of l"
All teed hi sacred tlame.
X)il in mr wakitijt dreams do I
Live osr aaiu thai happy t our,
When tniday on the mount 1 lay,
JJeidi Use ruined tower
The tnoo ishine clialing oer the scene,
Had blei.de.1 with the lih:s ol ve,
And he vran there, my hope, rny joy,
My own daf Genevieve.
She leaned against he armed mn,
Theatatueofihe armed knijlit,
She a?ood ard likened to my lay,
AtniJ the lingering light.
Few sorrows hath sh of her own.
My hope! nyjoy! my Genevieve!
She loves mt tet whether I sing
The songs that make her grieve.
I played a soft and do!eful a"r,
( sang an old and moving story,
And old, rode. ong thai suiied well
That ruiu wild and hoary.
f ne iiMnd with a flitiina blush.
With downcast ejes and modest grace ;
Fur well the knew I could uot choose
' But gaze upon her lace.
1 told her of the knight that wore
Upnn hi shield a burning brand ;
And that for ten long tear be wooed
The lady of the land.
I lolJ her how he pined; and oh !
.The deep, the low jhe pleading tone
With which I sang anolher' love
Interpreted my own.
She lisiened with a fining blu.th, .
With downcast eyes and modest grace :
And kite lorxave me that I gazed
Too fondly ou her face !
Bn when I lold the cruel scorn
That crazed that bold and lovely kniaht,.
And that he crowed the mountain woods,
Nor rested day or uijjht ;
'That sometimes trom the savasie den,
" And sometimes from the darkome ehade,
A nu sometime starting np at once
. In green and sunny ja'e
There came and looked him in ihe face
An angel beautiful and bright.
And that tie knew il wa a fieiid,
Thi rnierable knight I
And that unknowing what he did.
Ha leaped amid the murderous hand,
And aved from outrage wore than dtath
' The Lady of the Land
And how she wept and c'ap-l his knees ;
And how she teiule.t him ia vaiu,
And ever strove to expiate
The coru that crazed his brain
And that she nursed him iu a cave,
And how Lis madness wen! away,
When on ifae yellow lores: leave
A dying man he lay
His dying words but when I reached
That teuderest strain of all the ditty,
My fal ering voice and pausing harp
Disturbed her soul wiOt pi'y !
All impulse oi .-oal or sense
Hail luniled !y guileless Genevieve,
The music and the doMwl ule,
The rich and balmy eve ;
And hopes, and fears that kindle hope,
An uttdistingaishable throng,
Ad-geui!e wishes loug subdued,
Subdued aud vberiatied loug !
She wept with pity anc delight,
" She Mushed with loveiad Virgin shame ;
Adr like the manner ol a dream,
' 1 heard her breifie my name
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Her bosoj heaved t-fie stepped aside,
" And conscious of my look iie teppeJ
Then uJ(enlj with tumruus eye,
She iled io we and wept.
Slits half enclosed me in her arms. .
She pressed me with a meek ombrace,
And bending back her he-id (joked up,
And gazed upon ray face. ,
Twas partly love and partly fear
Afid partly 'tvras-a ta:Hifal art,
That I migt.t rather feel and see
The swelling of her heart.
I calmed her fears and she was calm,
And told her love wi'h Virgin pride,
And so I won my Genevieve,
. My bright and r-eauteou bride.
A little more than 3d years ago a writer
in B!ackwoodrs Magazine wrote in ferocious
denunciatior. of the character of Franklin I
because he had prophesied on oue occasion
ia the hearing of an Englishmen, the future
greatness of the United Su es. Looking at
tha Tharaes, the phlosopher said ; "And is
iithls narrow stream that is V have domin
ion over a conatry that contains the Hudson
anJ tba Ohio?" They never forgave Frank.
Y.n (ot lhat question those 'nagaaniraoua
r.-iiloas an i they never will,
; "Dirt make corn, corn makes bread ind
r"3t, and that makes a very sweet young
ia ! thai I saw one of yon kissing last
lilhu So, alter all yon ware kissing dirt
particularly if she whitens her skin with
chalk fuller's earth. Thern is no telling,
young geirleraen what i3 dirt. Though
I snai say that rebbin sach, stuft'upon the
beaut; fj I i'iin of a yocnr Jadf is a dirty
pr? -. SiFc:rl r;c-orJI thinkb cada
i.1 t:-.-.r.h, csihbj t-ctci't."
JEFFERSOX AT MOMUELLO.
The Irivnte Life-sod Personal Habits of
Thomas Jefferson.
A very interesting paper on "Jefferson at
Monticello" was read on -Tuesday evening
tefure the New Yoik Historical Society. It
contained elabora'e statements concerning
the private life and personal habits of Jei-
. - . ,
lerson, derived from new source. The
o.,.v.. d- n- n- r.-
author. Rev. Dr Pierson, President of Cum-
berlaud College in Kentucky, became ac
quainted with an overseer of Jefferson's es
tate, who is now living, and from whom he
has obtained a number of interesting remin
iscences. . j
Thomas Jefferson s: ill survives," were'
the flying words (Dr. Pierson said of the I
elder Adams. At that moment the devoted f
family and friends of Jefferson were gath- ':
ered about his death-bed at Monticello
Adams aud Jefferson breathed their lat on
the4ihdav of Jul). 1826. The ware ol
sorrow occasioned by the.e events mingled
as they overspread the land The nation
was hi tears. Adams bv his toimue
by his ton-ue and
JeUeou by his pen haJ done more than
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IV fit riser til nritninlitir fnf llinii tr Iia
others
mourned the liberties ol their
-a- -v -1
COUltr
trvives,'' and
i iiojnas je tier son still survives
will survive so long a our country and our
hUtory endure and long may they endure.
( Applause.)
Alter some remarks
on the character or
. . . t , - i . , ., .
the subject Oi his add re, the speaker Ma -
ted that it would probably be i.ew to his
autiiei ce tnui l nomas jriierson still surviv -
cd in his evrrv day life al Moniicebo in
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the iron memory of the sturdy
old
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Captain Ediu Bacon who lived wiili him
(or twenty years, as an overseer of his estate ',
and business, and had. during that lime,
sustained the most intimate relations with
throughout.
Dr. i'ieraon then described the circum-
siauces of his introduction to Captain Ba
con, which were amusing, stated that the
Captain was seventy-six years of age, and
the posseor of a i lan-ation of four thou
sand acres iu extent, aud thai as he was a
re-ideul of ihe FirM Congressional District ! a,,y form,-(appIause ;) he never usd a pro
of Kentucky, represented by Mr. Burnett, j fa word nor anything like it; he never
il iti'ght be proper to say thai he was the j p'ajed at cards I r.ever saw a card in the
strongest sort ot a Union man, actively op- house at Monticello, and his overers had
posing the whole secession movement. j pariicular orders to suppiess card-playing
(Apntause.)
Dr. Piereou proceeded to give the tesuli
of Captain Bacons reminiscences partly
iu his owu words:
M, iarr.. . i..
There were about ten thousand acres. It
was not .a profitable estate, teitig uneven :
and hard to work. The whole was divided
into four plantations, each in charge of an
overseer Around the buildings acres of
ground were planted with trees ; flowers
were very plen ilol and these were also
found scattered over the estate Of fruit)
ol every description ibere were great quan- j
tities. The speaker had never seen such a j
idace for fruit. Moniicello was on high
ground, and fruit uever failed. Mr. Jeffer-
sou was fond of shrubbery: he cultivad
it carefully: and wien he was in Washing-
ton sent home large quairines, which he
procured in a nursery in Alexandria He
always knew all about every tree or p'ant uimi carried to the place, where ho sat du
on every tarl of bis erounds. and iusi where ' rin ,he 'elivary of the sermon. At the
any were missing. (To illustrate .Mr. Jef
ferson's very particular knowledge iu rela
tion to this snbject, the speaker read a let
ter of detailed instruction to Captain Bacon,
which bad accompanied a quantity of shrub
bery he had sent home.)
Mr. Jeffersoa was very fond of all kinds
of good 6tock. The first . full-bred Merino
sheep io all that portion of country were
imported a for himself and Mr Madison
while he was President He afterwards
imported from Barbary four large broad
tailed sheep; and also six hogs, ot which
- m w r j
General Dearborn had two Bu
the horse
was Mr. Jefferson's favorite animal ; be
war passionately lor.d of fine, good hor-es,
and would not rule nr drive anything but
high-bred animals. Bay was his favorite
c-lor; be would have no other. John Ivan
dolph would have none but b!ck horses.
VMien Mr. Jefferson came from Washmton,
at the conclusion of his Presidenlial term,
he bad a new carriage built, according lo a
d-sigu of his own The work wa all done
by In- own workmen, except the plating. (
which was done in Richmond He always
had five horse when he rode out iu that
carriage four attached tq il and one saddle
horse. These had suck names as Washing
Ion, Wellington, Eagle The last thing (said
Captain Baco..) I ever did for Mr. JefTersou
was to buy Eagle for him, for a riding
horse. The Ijsi time he ever rode on horse
bark' he rode Eagle. The last letter 1 ever
leceived from him came from Kentucky,
and described how Eagle had fallen into
the river with him and lamed his wrist.
These horses made a splendid appearance
in the new carriage. . Mr. Jefferson would
never allow them to be controlled by reins;
be would not trust himself; bat two ser
vants rode on hoiseback, each guiding: a
pair. ,
Mr. Jefferson built a flooring mil while I
(Bacon) lived wiih him ; it was a large
four story building and had four run of
stones. He also built a railway, on which
ten or twelve persons were somtimes em
ployed. He. had a factory for making do
mesiic cloths; there were three-spinning
jennies, one with thirty six spiudles, the' tain Bacon's statement may begi'ven brief
second with eighteen and the smallest with lj Ho bad four children of who n two died
six. There the clothing for all bi servants ! very young. The other two wife named
was made, and a great deal beside J. IIa t Madia and Maria. The form ir married
Dr pierson gave a particular account of became Governor of Virginia ; and the lat
the personal appearance arTd habit of Mm ter John V. Epps, subsequently member
Jefferson at home. Mr. Jefferson wii (in j of Congress. After some statements con
the language of Captain Bacon) six feel cerning Mrs. Jefferson, Captain Bacon say
two and a half inches high, well piopor- that Mr. Jefferson was the most industrious
lioned arid siraighfas a gnnbarrel. Hs had j person he ever knew. All the lime I was
no surplus flesh. He was very sl ong ; j with him I had full permission to visit his
j ami he had a machine for measuringstri ngth.
j Very few men I have seen try it, w ire as
: "'luiia ruii'i I law. 1 HUIIia .Vlaflll
n . . ,
I haudolpfi ; but Mr. Jefferson was slonger
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ttioil 14V. GUJl'JCU 1110 UCM Jl IIO Hill
was never really sick in his life until h s la.t
sickness. His vkiu was pure ju&t is he
i was in pririciple.fcoiitinued Bacon.emphati
f cally) ; be had blue eyes, and kirdness
' marked his couuteuance, which bore a se
. renely mild expression ; he was never dis
turbed. Captain Bacon referred to a tingle
instance in illustration : On one oo-asion
eleven thousand tuohelsof wheat wure in
; the mill the rain fell in torrents, whtu the
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! n'ghli 1 ot Up Marly ,,J we,,V10 ,hrt dam '
1 8U i! tega" l l'reak aml ' ",e wUo,e
J HW"y- ' "eer ,e'1 wor?e "l n
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had ju?t come from breakfast. On neein
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j me '1B ir-tfuired if 1 had heard from ll e mill
! dam 1 rePlied ,hal 1 haJ J""1 com lrom
i ,uc,c' ",m ,uai u,m eFiwy.
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! " """J s
j happened, that we must build a temporary
! "e Ior ihi eon and ,hal liexl " ,mmer
we wouia maKe a uatn mat couia tot
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j ir. jenrson was niways an eari riser,
' anJ generally rode out at day break oi before
1 have never found him in bed, though of-
ten having occasion to see him ver)
iu the morning. I ihonght several
earlv
limes
when I went at an unu.ually early hour;
I that I would find him in bed but tl ere he
.,. run.
j lain closing with his favorite exprjssion)
straight as a gun barrel. (Laughtei.) He
never had a servant to make a fire in his
room ; he always had a quantity o ashes
:ne place, and usually kept ibe fire
! by covering il, doing the wo.k with
' his own h&nds. He did not use tobacco in
among the negroes. I never sa any dan
cing iu his house. He was never a great
eater, but what he ate was very choice;
never ate much ho-meat, and he lold me
1 wuen i gave out ioou ior ine servants, ior
t. I . r . t r-
! one week ,,la, h wa9 more lhan he woold
need in six months He was verv lonil ot
Guinea fowl; also ate two or three finds of
flesh, particularly lamb. He was also very
fond of fruit and vegetables, and raised ev
ery variety. In bis dress he was ve y neat;
! he wore short breeches and bright uckle.
When he rode ou horseback he wore over
alls.
Mr. Jefferson never debarred him -elf from
hearing anv preacher that came alois. An'
j instance of hi liberality and peculiarity is
! eien. A poor Bapii-t namd Richter
j preached a sermon near his eMate, and Mr.
Jefferson h- was quite old thenhad his
nooi, with which a servant accompanied
close some one proposed 'hat the hat should
be passed aroud to collect the means of
purchasing a horse lor Brother Hiicher.
Wilhont waiting for tho hat Mr. Jefferson
got off his stool, placed his ban! in his
pocket, taking thence a consider: ble sum
(neither he nor any one else knew the
amount) and striding np to the ueacher,
gave it to him with his best wines. He
then took his departure
He was very kind to the poor. When he
rame home from Washington, thote people
were the first to find it out. and cime ask-
,nfS ,or assistance, lie gave inenr notes to
i
me. directing me what to give them. I
knew them verer lhan he, and lold him
some of ihem were undeserving, but
sam uecuu.u i.oi resist u.eir ap;;ais. ri-
i.ally, he placed the maner in n,y hands.
but these people would not com to roe,!
a.... ,ney ouen inuucea n.m to .epan irom
1 . i r. i a - . t
ruie- u em or.iers, win :n some-
j ,,me 1 '!id not HIL ,n 18,6 cor" wa l'ad
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' wjurea uj a irosi, mere was nucu ois -
I tress. Mr Jefferson directed me to obtain
lor our own use, from a locality not far off,
where the crop was not injured, i lirty bar
rels of meal al $10 per barrel ( ut. before
I could have it con veed to ihe estate he
had given away orders enough to poor peo
ple to include nearly the whole anouni.
Mr Jefferson was very particu ar in ibe
transaction oi all his business, aid always
had a written statement about everything,
so that I knew exactly what lo do. (Dr.
Pierson read the instructions Mr. Jefferson
had left with Bacon when he went to Wash
ington.) He kept an account of sverjthing
rel; diig to his farm, and knew et actly how
much of everything was raised, on what
plantation, and what became 1 it how
much was sold and how moch wis used.
(Dr. Pierson read a balance-shee estimates
for a quarter) Mr. JefTersou, il; his busi
ness transactions, would never l ave a bar
gain of any kind with any mua without
polling it in writing. iA contrail for car-
n.nli.r ivnrtr " In TafT.psnn'. K .nrl .it...
was produced and read-amonnt 115 )
Relative to Mr. Jefferson's family, Cap
j room at any time, day or night, when I
J thought it necessary to see him on business.
I have scarcely ever gone into his room
when he was not busy, utiles he was in
bed. I rente ber but two instances in ! Monroe now are? The elements of the
which I found him unemployed once be I calculation are to be found in the experi
was suffering from toothache, and on ' meut, and it is in the power ol the Govern
the other occasion from neuralgia. At all ment to give the resnlts al.o. We venture
other times he was reading, writing, ar- lo say that there never was a body of rher.,
ranging his business plans, converging outside of the established alms houses, so
about something he had oa his estate or , unproductive and wasteful aud useless a
ordering something else. ' tle laborers at Fortress Monroe, and their
Mr. Jefferon had six grandchildren to large dependent families,
whom he was much devoted, ami they to We do not believe the people are rich
him He look reat pleasure in talking lo ennnsh tt siippnn such a bly of peiTn-
them and uivin them advice. I have hear. I
him il them enough of times that nobody
should live wnhoul some useful employ
merit. When one of
them said lo him,
"We are rich and do not need to work,'
Mr. Jefferson rer.lied. ,4,Ah! tho-e who
( expect lo get
', cause they an
their living withoutwoik.be-
are rich, will be greatly mista-
. . .
. ken. ll.e people wto Oo work will soon
get po-ses-ion ot tt.e.r property
j He look great pleasure in sport, some
times presid
in:
at juvenile races, and de-
! cniinf who was the victor. He was alwars
very kind and indulgent lo his servants; he
wnn l , nil oIlrkiL' t n a m lf na Aar.ivnrL'0,1
1
j 811,1 would scarcely ever permit them to te
J whipped. Once a servant stole some nails
I had evidence of the fact, and informed
r Jefferson. Jim, the thief, had previous-
') Pen a laitniui servanu air. jeueron,
somewhat surprised, told me to be at his
! house with
Jim when he took his ride. I
) never "aw ar,y Perso. whl:e or black, .o
mortified as he was when he saw his mas
ter. Tears streamed from hiees; he be
ged to be forgiven, exhioiang the most
acute anguish. Mr. Jeffernon turned to me
and aid: Sir' we ca,,no1 Punis,, h,m
more; he has sunereo enougn already, ltd
then talked to the servant, giving him much j
good advice, and dismissed him. Jim's ;
overseer expected to be called to whip
him, and was surprised when the negro'
stated the facts; Jim added thai he had been
seeking religion a great while, yet he never
heard anything that made him lee I so bad
as fie did when inas ej said "go and don't
do so any more " Jim was soon converted,
and came for a permit to be baptized. He
was a good servant atterwards. Mr. Jeffer
son had several family servants, and they
were allowed to do as they pleased.
MY. Jefferson Ireed a number of his ser
vants in his will, aud I think; said Captain
Bacon; that he would have freed them all
if his affairs had not been so involved that
he could not do it.
Dr Pierson here remarked that he must
close, though he had scarcely given one
third ot the inloimation he had obtained ;
his hour had expired. In regard to the
opinions of Jefferson aud others, ihe speak
er said that while a reference to them in
creased our reverence for those master buil
ders who labored to lay ihe foundation of
mi p I r r i An a Pnimi fhav chnulif mva t n .
tensity lo our abhorence for their traitorous
successors w ho are attempting to teftr down
the magnificent structure. (Applause)
The Virginia of Washington, Jefferson and
I nenry, laueii, ia : it. ine .rg.n.a o. r ioya
Wise and Mason. What a fall ! (Applause.)
l j 1 1 1 t . .1. 1' : ! . T-p ,
The contrast is surely;enough to fire every
loyal heart, and nerve every loyal arm to
wipe out the stigma. May the contest not ;
cease until treason and rebellou are every
where crushed beneath your tread, and
The Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall
wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of
the brave."
j The Emancipation Question in Congress.
; w.tt.ont waiiii.Vio receive the Menage
' o! , he President or ihe sports of lha Secw
laries. without knowing what nolicy had
alrea,,v bee a,,opU9,, ,,y lhe Government
.mi now ... operation, the Kad.cals of
' '
, , o Cons.res- 0tl :he first tlav
of he sert,io,,f precipi,aied before both
Char.ibers the question ol Kmaiicipation.
, The pr(,ce9s was as logical as the attempt
j itself was reasonable ! ' Whereas," ihe res
olutions generally ran, "Congress has no
power to emancipate slaves, resolved lhat
our Generals'shall recruit ihem into the ar
my and declare them free !" The non sequi-
ter is as apparent as it would be in fact if t
the proclamation lor the negro allies weie
sounded. They would not follow to the
call.
We are wearied, with the pertinacity of ,
folly with which the lactious leaders of a :
minority attempt to force lhe delusive and";
fatal policy upon the conntry. We shall
nut argue the -question of right, fur ihey
heed not right, nor of the constitution, for
they mock it, nor of expediency, for they
are incapable of understanding it
But if Ihe Congress distrusts lhe power of
the 600,000 white sold
e soldiers in arms.ia defence
of the constitution, and of the vast Navy of
the Federal Government, and most needs
recruits from the black population, why not
commence at the North ! If blacks are need,
ed for soldiers, why not marshal the free
blacks to the rescue, instead of attempting
this tardy and circuitous meihod ol rallying
slaves to our standard. There are 200,000 i
i
free blacks in the loyal Slates, and an ar
my or 25 000 might easily be supplied from
ihoir nnmhnn Tn rl th fnrm nf
we would have to take within our lines. and
support till the close of the war eight limes
the number, counting women, children, the
decrepid and incapab'e. The burden
ucr. a population would be immensely .
greater than that ol any similar number j
oi the most expensive troops we now have
even on the most extravagant estimate.
What will it cost to sustain a population
of 200.000 slaves during the war. fed with
daily rations as the contrabands of Fortress
ers r that the .n iTn r i n u riiixens of ihe North
will patiently ubide he idea that while
Government leaves tliem to their ti'uter
fate ol hunger arid colJ, it . is manifesting
paternal indulgence and bestowing its lib
eral bounties upon toe vagrant population
ol th South, whom it has invited i-no
idleness. And then when the negro class
has sucked its millions from the Treasury,
the master class is to have its turn ! How
many millions will this take, and who but
,ne Northern laborer will have to nay them?
Will the Northern soldiers stand side by
side. in the ranks with black freed men ? Try
it. Let the experiment be ma le with the
soldiers recruited lrom the black population
of the Nun h, before we rush into the exper
iment of a general levy of troops at :he
South. The Northarn Negro, if freedom i
an advantage, is the better man of the two,
and is certainly better edarared, aud disci- j e suggested some wee ago the orgin
plined, and self-reliant. What would be ization or a court of confiscation. We do not
the fate r.f a brigade of blacks, officered by approve ot the plan, which has been propo
iheir own class, or even by whites, and s-d ot appointing commissioi.er of confi
man-hing to ba'iile ? What would be their cation. 1 his is an innovation on our sim-
discipline, their tone, iheir courage, and to-,;
hat fiui unulil thm' eleriior deDress
the warlike sentiment, a.id esprit de corpi of
tno army t
We ask these questions, but we seek no
answer. Every man can answer them
The country has already answered ihein.
Not h State has sent a single black man lo
the defence of the country. The Govern
ment has aked for none and will accept
none. It is a mere trick ol words, a delu
sion and falsehood, to talk about recruiting
our armies from such a source. Reduced
to jts real meaning, the action of Congress
comes lo this an invitation
to ihe slaves
io desert their masters, with the promise
that the government will uppori and free
them if they do. Behind this invitation i
the hidden incitement to servile insurrection
but the fanatics of Congress have nm yt
resolved that supernal folly aud crime nto
words. They hope thai the quick ear of
the negro will ratc'i the tho ight ere it is
expressed in words, and tbat he will h-vMen
to the In es of our army and seek his prom-ii-ed
r.ward with the blood of his master
and mistress and children dripping from his
knife, aud Ihose who have not lor.ed up
ibeir minds to ihis expectation, hope at least
lhat the fear nf such an impending horror
vnay dive the South into sohmi-sion.
It is but a new delusion. ao her sequence
in that long line ol fallacies. which underra
ting the energies and the power of our ad
versar-.eii.has led us from one error to anoih-
er iu a. long career of disappointments and
, -
Letter from a Eichmond Prisoner.
I i.r have been recieved in this city
from Alva L. Morris, a member of the Cal-
t a n,;&n,.r n,
liui ma itvriii'c ' I hu f- - - -
Richmond
After speaking of the fighl at
Ball's Bluff, he says :
IVe wre marched off to Leesbnrg under
guard ol the KigHeenih Mississippi l.egi
itiient. a -et o! cemlemen. who treated ns
very kindly We vv--re worn out oy latinue
but had to march all that nigh:, a. id al day-
T-t .1 .. :.. .. .1 . ..y h t r. ik I'll 11 rti I :. ?
lil.ir-us,, ... , '
ni" a" 7 o'clock, we slopped on ll.e Bull j
Run bai.le field and hsd the hrs! meal I j
Bull
. m i t 1.
had attiii since Monday morning, ll con
sisted of hot com bread aud excellent boil
ed bacon, tiolning ever tasted better We
bivouaced ou the battle field, an.l at da)
light started lor Manassas. Arrived there
at about 1 1 o'clock ; our names were taken,
we wern placed inilie guard Imu-e till even
ing, when we took the cars lor Rich
mond. We arrived here about 2PM ourThurs-
! f-y and .vere established in quarters in one
ol II. A Mayo's tobaco warehouses. In
about a week we were removed to an dher
on the right of the tir-t, and yesierday were
removed to the building occupied by the
Bull run prisoners all summer. It is an old
building, but stands high aud is healthy.
We gel hat fa loaf ol good lreh bread
and plenty of boiled beet for breakfast, and
half a loaf of bread aud a tin cup full of
( soup for supper. In lhe other builJing we
i nad breakfast al 1 1 o'clock, A. M; and sup
I Per l 5 o'clock, P. M ; here breakfast
at 8
atid supper al 3 P. M. Our appetites are
so good lhat we have to buy both bread aud
molasses to make np. There aie two of
my old tent mates with me, George S. Mas
ey and James C. Hufty.
Corporal Will H.Cox, of Company A, is
here, and we spent about one third of our
time in walking the. floor and talking over
the chances nf being exchanged, or gelling
off oa "parole of honor."
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A Locos Prnatentlce,
The Journal of Corn mere commands the
i.ihe meihod of treating the slave problem which
sn ofjWe proposed last evening and says that it
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will meet the approbation of all Ihe lojal
wiU meet the approbation of all Ihe lojal
meiJ of the North. But instead of Commis
sioners of Confiscation, the Journal suggests
a special court as more in consonance with
our legal usages, and which shall adjudicate ;
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all cae? n a regular nidicial inanner
Tlvio amendment would be, doubtless, an
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improvement, and is at any rate, worthy.of
the attention ol our legislator. Here is the
article of the Journal.
"We heartily congratulate ihe Evening
Post on the principle thus laid down in
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ieauer or usi evening it is wen saiu, ami
meets the views which all conservative men
ho d We have uiaiuia ne.l these doctrines
lor some mouth. iuder a great storm of
atuse but they are the doctnties of reason,
of yood fen.-a and patriotism, and they are
.he doctrine for success On thi jronn I,
whatev er difference of opinion there may
be among us as to the abstract qnetio:i
connected with flavery, the Norii can be
united. The slave property of rebels is an
iiestionabIy the subject of confiscation a
mnch a? thir hor-.es or their cotton. No
one desires conticaied slaves to be return
ed to slavery. The government should
make provision fur that, and if in the end
it shall be that every slave in the lebellio.is
Sia es has acquired freedom in this manner,
no reasonable man North or South, can oh
ject to die ejects of the aduiinstration ol
constitutional law
This is ll.e course of law and order. Il
is the course provided in1 the cons un ion
and pursuing it the government will carry
the terrors of the law with thern into the
heart of the rebellion.
pie style of law. It would be su.'ticier.t to
'organize a court of inferior innsdiction to the
Supreme Court or the United States, having
raving powers in the South, and let Judges
hold courts wherever the Union forces are
in possession. Let the due forms of law be
thoroughly administered and every cae
subjected to trial as the constitution pro
vides. Let titles lo property be thus given
which will stand the test of future examina
tion rind let slaves b confiscated lo the gov.
e'nrr.ent uses, and tjken care of iy govern
ment revision, in colonies or otherwise.
Proclaim this plan as the adopted plan
p government, aal let it, if possible, be Cir-
culated among ihe rebels, and every slave-
bolder now in arms will see offered him
see ottered htm
to t AMPa lha rhnintt nf f OirZ an.' nrAsniirin' '
. .....
or war ami ur.imate poverty. A2aint a
proclamation of absolute emancipation he
would leei ihe necessity ol figh ing to the
last. Against the terrors of the law thus
threatened, if he has r.ot"one md, he will;
uot long hold out, but will accept the mer
cy which is always ex'e.vhid lo penitents.
There is a suggestion in this not v di
tinctly brought out a il should be. namely
Ik 11 1 U'KjlilV0r u1 U tiv fnmira.. it .
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terval !or leiraction and return. The the -
ury tni vvtiti'h lie government has prosec.i-
tfd the wMr is that ih'te are thousand of
Union men in the South, who have been '
forced into the revolt in a fit of temporary
" U"PS ' secess.or,
i .: - . . . i. . : . . .: r . l . . .
'c"UCi S.n reiurn to
I , . I ... I I. I l -X. . . .
, uicn unc"iain,rj t nicy vuimu - xi 1 1 tut il
1 should have the opportunity, and the law
should give them a perio I of thirty days. say
to ,nake lheir hoit- If before tnat ""
'""c ",B,r ariu
i t. i-ii . . i -. i
Mne.r rebellious works. the l enalties will not
apply to tl.em,bul if they continue in revolt
these pen. ilties sball be enforced al all haz
ards Any law absolute i its term wouldnu
Iy drive t!ie misguided i-ecem nits :o!es-
j prirattoii. t.iit a law iioldiug ont a con.ir iO't
' al alternative o! rcotiCiliat'O i and amnesiy
i would be. vv ? think, gladly accented by
in u!t iiud-s. Already a political in.-urrectio'i
a . ibrt rub; l-ad-r, h., ut-.,. nla, al
;r " . . . . " . . ' .
ew urie:nswtiicn could otny te pui town
by armed forct. Sueh insurreciions would
I J
beenme Cfinmnn, in a little while, under a
judicious crnfi-cation act, followed by a
I firm and per-isteut execution of if on the
part of the Government. A". 1'. Post
Too Slurb. Talk.
Gen. MrClellan recently said there was too
much tH'-kiny doi.e by his officers- a lunl
which some of them tailed to lake. Col.
Cochrane lor instance, not only made a long
hour's speech when Gen. MeUlellan would
have said but twenty words but he eve
undertook to mark out a-d pre-cribe the
polit y which the Government should pursue
in the pro-ecitioii of lhe war. This was
modest tor a Colonel, truly. Compare il
with the course ot the two highest officers
in the army. Gen-. McCIellau and Halleck.
The lormer declined to speak at all in
response to a recent serenade and has made
no speech of ovr six lines in length
Geo. H tlleck. when serenaded on his arri
val iu St. Louis, sprtke thus :
"I tiiaui. yon lor the compliment of this
serenade. I appear before you as a stranger
and under orders from the Government.-
( am sent here to restore peace andqnietto
your city, and la driveevery hostile flag out
of your Slate, and by your 3sttance J will
do it."
These officer are soldiers ; those who
make long speeches are politicians aud
demagognof, generaly. The popIe will
WasulDstoil ta be a Sarthera CUj.
'Occasional," the Washington eorrcspoo
jenl of UJ Philadelphia Ptess,
,., t i .
"in one of my letter.-, more I
, .. . , .
says :
than a yaar.
ago, I predicted that'.Washinzton must be-
come a northern ciiy. Anticipating the de
feat of the Southern aristocracy which, wh'iU
Inri! i n f m.r fiiiii Inula. t Hmun WuUnnin. 1
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w,ln ll wa"t progress and principle, I
... . . . .v , . . 7 . - .
"oiifceu lorwaru to tne uay wnen me ttarintf
inventive, and original spirit of the free states '
would come here and entrench itself would
lead io society, mechanic,manufacture,arts
and science. These anticipations hav
hfn mnra lh:.n r t i -sa I TK r. ar
iis-,,,, , .. , p
tated by the mad measures of the Suuthsm
traitors, after having beer, postponed by '
Republican President, so far is he could of
ler conciliation has already proved to be a
great blessing to the District of Columbia.
This capital umtvr all admiuisiraiinn.,froA
George Washington lo the day of Abrahaoa
Lincoln, lias been insensibly and ir re fit; a- '
bly controlled by the South. It malterfci
nothing which party triumphed at the Pres
idential election, the Southern politician
mastered the administration. Southern
manners, Southern habits, and consequent
iy Southern prejudices, impregnated itxm
irarr.e-work of the depanmenta add ln
city. The influence thus wielded by sla-
very mad it easy for the politicians to
rnoald and manage tLe men ti power.
Talk as we may about the dangers' of sec
t.ouaiism, let us be candid with each other,
and admit lhat, after the SQUln, through its "
ambition aud desperate men, refused to
abide by the result of the election rtrhtcb,
election wa in fact, decided by iheir own"
hostility to a Northern Democratic csndU
date for the Presidency a pure Northern
triumph, has ended iu securing the salraj
tion and stability of the city of Vahing
ton. To begin. We got rid of the worst :
enemies of the country and the District
in the persons of lbs leading Southern,
tnitors; aid those who remain behind
only do so amidst hollow aud well-apprec:-ateJ
professions of loyalty to save the prop,
erty that would otherwise be confiscated.-
A torrent of Northern enterprise and in van
tion has poured into the city. Shops ot
every description are opened along tha A?
enoe and in the other business streets. Al
to society, Northern gentleman aft'i North
ern ladies have supplanted those who hard
been the monarch of the world of fashion. ,
The capitalists of our great frev cities its
coming here., and, although not )et estab
bshi.'ig themselves in great palaces, are un
doubtedly preparing to do so. We shall
presently ree evidences of the spirit that
j,ai( majd lMe
environs of Bos'.on.New York
, Philadelohia. al.noi P.r.rfi.: ..mh
i,1IJg themselves iu the beauiificatiOn of out
surrounding. Northern carpenters, black
smiths, and men engaged in every avoca
tion of labor, are quietly settling down, at
i if to keep iheir posterity here forever. There
are hundreds ol acres of unoccupied lands
in and abu-it Wa?hiugtoi. All that is need
ed to make tbeiu valuable is population.
That much-abused individual, the specula
ur who sceniv, a job like the war horse
, from alar on ami yet who sometimes proves
lo be a public benefactor, frequently risking
everything and losing il upon an idea, may
perceive iu this sugges ion a wide and com
pens uing field for hi genius. Washington
is one of the healthiest c. ties in the world,
and when I look over the untenanted and
uncultiv4ied lot east of the Capitol, and oa
, lhe ,siaui!j auJ al, aroonJ hi- inlere-ing
neighborhood. I am surprised that mora of
our Northern people have not come hero
and made ii their home. Nothing but the
intolerance and contracted spirit of thos
' who have regarded .1 as their exclusive in
heritance has prevented this from being
done long ago In truth, the national cap
ital has been attractive more lo politicians
than ihe people. - Now, however, that the
Northern people are doubly here firs: ia
the'r government, and uetl in iheir soldiers
they will probably reflect upon lhe sug
gestion thit there is .o spot more worthy of
the e:iterprie ol the rich and the labor of.
the poor. We neat but a little more
of the spirit lhat is rife on all hands to make
, Washington a great manufacturing and
commercial dep Our vast navy yard like
yours at Philadelphia, since the destruction
, of th si ai Nor!o:k, will have .o be extended
i and improved. A'ljicerit alike by water
and rail to the great iron a-.d coal fields of
! Virginia, Mary'and, and Pennsylvania, it ia
nodilTicult thing to anticipate the day when
th- scenes witnessed along lhe waters of
the De aware shall become familiar here;
when immense factories ol every descrip
tion, from the shipyard lo ihe manufactory
of the mo-t ordinary articles of common use
will b objects of Constant observation. The
representatives of ibe various industries
and arts of iile, instead of being attracted
by Secession towards Secession, instead of
being called South, as was flippantly proph
esied by the leader ol the rebellio n when
lhat monstrous ingra tiiude originated, bait
here They look with surprise upon the
tempting and promising prospect, they re
alize how much they have lost by neglect
ing Washington city, they behold the no
meroua lacilities of soil and climate, and
geographical position, witfT wonder, and a
most forgetting what they have left behind,
prepare to avail themselves ot the advanta
ges before them, if we can preserve this
Union for our children and oar children'
chi'dren.ihe political metropolis ol the Uni
ted States will be as great a city as
ever was in her palmiest days."
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