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- TUE STAR CF TH CHIOS.
The sky Is dark save one fair star,
All take their fiigfit in fell despair,
Eot 0he still lives and burns afar, .
'Tis cherished by a nation's prayer;
It dwells'strenely 'midst the nighf,
ilore brightly barns with danger nigh.
Loved emblem of a nation mighi r
-The Star of Union cannot die.
Though storms assail, they can but sear;
The lightning's flash a moment quells:
Colombia in her 6ry car -
Above eaeh conflict palely dwells,
Forever sparkle ii. thy sphere,
Unharmed by passing meteors' glare;
Tbnn ri the star that all revere
The brightest gem of earth and air.
Shine on forever, silver star !
' Shed lustre o'er each soldier's grave ;
And nations watch thee from afar
The hope and bear on of the brave ;
A moment war iby face may cloud, ,
Hot brighter, dearer, shalt thoo be
When bursting from the sable shroud
We hail the Star if Victory. ". :
OCR AR31T COXHIESPOSDEWCE.
IIkav Quarters Shield's Divisrotv,
Cajnp Kimball. Near Winchester, Va.
Friday, March 2 1st, 1862.
Fries oWiti.: You have doubtless beard
era this that Winchester, the stronghold of
secession, has fallen into the bands of the
TJnijrt' troop. " The rebels evacuated the
towrr on the I2tb, Ashby's Cavalry going
oat oa one side as oor troops entered upon
the other.' I should ere this bave forwarded
, yon the particulars of this important captare
bet iny time is not my own ; with marching
countermarching:, guard and picket duty, I
have been kept busy almost day and night,
and this being the first few moments leisure
J bave bad for nearly two weeks, I concla
tied to give yoor reader a basty account of
oor march hither, the incident by the way,
oor occupation of Winchester. &c.
- Oa the morning of the'fllth inst., we were
lo ordered fall in, with, three day's rations in
oar haversacks, although loth to leave Mar
tiosborg. where we had formed some pleas
ant associatio i and wrier the Union, fueling
Sa oa the ascendency ,yet with eheerful spir
its and hoping to bave a bruh with the
rebels, the different Regiments of onr Brig
ade-fell in, and took op oar line ot march
for BjBfcer Hill, a distance of 9 miles.
"Larse bodies move slow," and oar move
meats were no exception to this rale, and
vsb took supper on the same ground
Gen. Patterson's troops occupied in the three
month's service This is a small oniropor
tant town, and why it is called Bunker Hill
-is beyond my comprehension, from the
fact that the town is built in the centre of i
valley and not on a hiif as might be snp
posed from the name. All along- the march
we were greeted by the'eiiizens with the
warmest demonstrations of joy, and many a
god bless yoo," fell from the lips of these
eroshed and downtrodden, people. After
eating sapper we lay ' down around the
camp fires and tome were soon in the land
of dreams . ' of wha nature those dreams
were, I could not, if I would, dascribe. Bat
they were of short duration, for at ti& oclock
- in the evening, oar ears -were greeted with
"the spirit stirring dram," sounding the
long roll, and the sleeping soldiers were
obliged to quit their beds of straw, to them
"as soft as beds of down," and without a
murmur, strap their knapsacks upon their
tacks and lail in the ranks of the advancing
coiamn. For six miles farher we march
ed over a splendid pike road, and here eo
campeJ for the night. At daylight we were
again oa foot, and was soon drawn op in
line of battle in an open woods. We soon
received the word that Winchester had been
evacuated, and we filed off on the road and
moved slowly forward. When about four
miles from the town our eyes were greeted
with the first sight of the rebel's entrench
meats. Oa every hill, as far as the eye
could reach.cooIJ be seen the breast works
of the enemy so situated that they com
trsanded every approach of the town for
miles ironed. Aa we caught 'eight of the
stars and stripes floating over the abandon
ed tvorks of the rebels, cheer after cheer
' rent the air, and with hearts throbbing with
joy end patriotism, we pushed on over the
grostid that man) of us expected would be
czr grater, and would have been", had the
jebs's stood their ground. " We' endaraped
1773 miiea North of the "town," and within
aboai ECO yaids of the first redoubt of the
eneniy. The town was occupied by Gen,
VVIIams, division.
The n sit cjorcing I paid a visit to the en
erzj'a work3, at Erst sight, and in fact onul
yea 3t wi:Vm a fe?? jardj of tba redonbt,it
do-es not lesra to be mors thaa a common
heap cf tjrcsnd thrown cpjbst as yon mount
Ca.wii! ind gst agliinpsa of the perfect
ners cf ths work, yoa alnsost pause with as
tsnishfcsnt at its immense strength. . The
wcr! is in the fern of a square,.-the em
f sr-rst l::2 abost eight fee: hth,:ecr
tozzlz.1 Ij a ditch abort six feet in width.
t r.'crth ca.fl corner is a ruld pit, form
tdttl Z2.1J cr ii-tsrs, forced with loop
holes, for sharp shooters; on the sooth west
corner is another pit for the same purpose.
Their artillery was planted on platforms on
the east and western sides, capable of being
turned on every point. Their magazines
were borrowed in the ground, and were
bomb-proof. In the centre is a large frame
mansion, which was occupied by Jackson
as bis head-quarters. After carefully exam
ining every part of the works, we came to
the conclusion that had Jackson made a
stand here, supported as be would have been,
by bis batteries from the surrounding hills,
it Would have been a dear bought Union
victory,' if victorious at all. But not-having
men enough to man all the works, and as
the taking out of one link breaks the chain
so the abandoning of one redoubt here,
would have led lo the weakening of the
Whole line of defences, so he wisely con
eluded to abandon the whole, and fall back
to btrausbnrz. a distance - ot twentvl
miles. '
, On the I8tb we were ordered to advance
on Strausburg, and the whole division was
soon in motion. Oar Cavalry took the ad
vance and drove in small squads of rebel
cavalry until they came to Cedar creek,
where they were drawn up in line of battle
and appeared to be determined to make a
stand. They set fire to the bridgeiand soon
the noble structure lay a heap of ruins in
the creek beneath. Our artillery was soon
uulimbered, an sent a few shell among
them, that caused them lo scatter in all di
rections and the advance was making dem
onstrations as if to cross the creek at a ford
below, when much to their surprise, the
rebels opened upon them with shell from a
masked battery of two guns. This caused
a halt, and our artillery turned their guns,24
in number, upon this battery, which after
throwing a few more shell' in our ranks
none of which exploded they hastily with
drew, and night put a stop to further pro
ceedings for the day. By day-light our pi
oneers had constructed a very effective foot
bridge across the creek ; we were soon in
pursuit of the foe, expecting every moment
however to hear the booming of the rebel
artillery.' Flankers and skirmishers were
thrown out, and in this manner we advan
ced slow bat sure. About 10 o'clock we
halted, within one mile of Stransberg, and
could plainly see the'rebels climbing the
hills in the distance. Thoir artillery sent a
f?W shot and shell at u but they all fell
short. We pushed on through the town
and about a mile beyond, where our artill
ery was planted on a hill overlooking the
town, and the different brigades drawn up
in line of battle on the right and in the rear
of tbe artillery. Our artillery opened as
they thought upon the rebel Cavalry with
all their guns. But, oh, horrors! it proved
to be the 1st Michigan Cavalry, that had
went the road alonfc the bsse of tbe hill,
through the woods, and had just emerged
on the plain below, and were mistaken by
our artillery men for Ashby 'Cavalry ,bence
the firing. Only one shell however proved
very effective xploding in the midst of oor
troop,killing four horses and woundingone.
Bat, strange to say, not a man was hurt, al
though there were some very narrow es
capes; tbe coats of some of the men. were
completely torn off them. We could see
in the distance, tbe smoke of burning
bridges,' and after remaining here for an
hour, we were ordered to fall back to Straus
burg, and encamp for the night. - Next
morning, oar mission having been accom
plished, viz: that of driving the rebels back
beyond the Shenandoah River, we were or
dered baclr to Winchester, where we arri
ved at 8 o'clock that night, and to make
matters still worse, it commenced raining
about 10 o'clock, and soon the roads were
like a bed of mortar. A good cap of coffee,
piping hot, awaited us at camp, and soon
we forgot oor tiresome conditioned laugh
ed heartily over the amuoing incidents of
the march. We expect to move again in a
few days but in what direction I know not.
It is reported here that oor division is to do
the fighting, while Banks' pet band-box men,
who stmt around with unsoiled clothes, ex
pect to get the praise; but we shall see
what we shall see.
The health of .the men is good ; but I
am sorry to say that, there are some among
us who seem disposed to show the white
feather, and some too that held positions in
the company ; some of oor office rs,-non.
corns. bave been on duty once since we
left Camp Curtin; still they hold their posi
tions, draw their pay, and others do the
work. If ibis is justice, then I must con
fess I have been most wofally mistaken in
my idea of this goddess. I do not complam
for myself, but tbere are others who are
deserving higher honors than they enjoy at.
present. Tbere are men in the company
who are always at their post; who never
fiiach from' duty, and are always in ranks
whether marching against the enemy or
only on parade, and men too, who have as
sisted materially jo the raising of this com
pany, and who scorn at the idea of playicg
"old soldier," when duty calls, or the pal
troon when dangers are a bead. But ( live
in hopes that there wilt be a thorough scour
ing of the company, and those who are
gaffing government . wiil be requested -to
earn their money, and if afraid to do this
manfully! let them say so and give others a
chance. This playing tick, and still able to
eat all their rations, this refusing to do
daty for months, this holding important
ctlkas in the company and compelling
others to act in their stead, does not speak
well ' for their courage, their devotion, to
their country or their honor aa men. Bat I
have written" sufficient m thia point for this
time, as 1 shall resume the theme at some.
f stare jit
Skrgeant A. J. Thornton has been if
the hospital, at Cumberland, for some time.
whh the fever; but will rejoin us to-morrowr
We have missed him greatly, and will wel- j
come mm DacK to our rants wun joy; no
is a whole-souled fellow, a brave soldier, it
kind friend and an honest conscieutiout
man ; may his shadow never grow les.
I received a letter, a short time since,
from an honest democrat from yoor county,
in which he says, that he is sorry that !
have become a soldier, since the lay at
home Republicans of the old ''horse party' '
stamp are abusing the democrats so awfnllj ,
as being the party that caused this rebel) io t
and brought this ruin upon the country;
and now are refusing to assist in putting t
down.- Now this is what I call rather cool
for the abolition parly ! Democrats not as
sisting the suppression of this rebellion !
Let us look at the 84th Reg!., for in:ancn,
and see who are the men that does the
fighting and defends the honor of the stars
and stripes. The Golonel, Lieut. Colonel,
Major, Adjutant, 'Quartermaster, Surgeon,
Asst. Surgeon, nine Captains, and any
quantity of Lieutenants, are democrats!
This much for the officers ; now as far us
the non-commissioned officers arid-privates
are concerned, there is a majority of txoo thiris
in favor of the Democratic party ! And the
majority of them were Breckinridge Demo
crats at that ! Let this woolly headed, negro
loving, abolition, old horse party crack that
nut.
Some of this same party have found their
way in tbe ranks, and are greatly opposed
to this 'politics and war'' at the same tirr.e.
Now I, for one, contend that I as well as
I
any other person have the right to expose
the contemptible falsehoods propagated by
such rebellious subjects, and such traitor
ous characters, as the leaders o( ihe present
black hearted .Republican party. This is
the mUdect trrn 1 can use, after the shame
ful abuse of confidence that has been placed
in them. This even extends to the very
bead of this dictatorial parly; who not
heeding the warping?, nor listening to the
good advice given bim by sages, statesmen,
and even warriors, pursues his own vic'nns
way, and appoints such mean and notori
ous characters, as Snoard, Chape ad Came
ron, to responsible positions around his im
mediate person; knowing at the time the
abolition proclivities of the two former ind
the stealing propensities of the latter. Is it
any wonder that the country is last ap
pracbing the maelstrom of destruction, and
unless we have a change soon the old t-hip
of State will be foundered upon the rocks of
Abolitionism, and the barren sand banks of
bankrnptcy raised by those double dyed
traitors and villains.
The appointment of Simon Cameron as
Secretary of War, after the frightful exam
ples of dishensty propagated by him, in de
frauding the honest laborer of his just does
when he had the contract from the Urited
States of raising tbe Levees on the Miosis
it.ni ri.r in 1R2R.9 and aain the navin?
o-f n...- ftl.m. in taao
u ,;iif.,t? ci nvr MH r IHV
V IJ CXI J.t7 VI ItUUIl V DIUIO 41ti IFIIKS-IVH
DOLLARS, pot it in his pocket, and ave
out that some one eUe had stolen it ; was
sufficient to have forever debarred him
lrorri holding any post of trust, no matter
how small. But instead of this,, it st ems
that his dishonesty was a passport even to
the bosom of Abraham.
Oor address is Camp Kimball, Near Win
chester Virginia, via Hagerstown, Md.
ToODLifc.
Tbe Broken P ledges of the Republican Party.
Parties like men arise, floomh, and pass
away. In a country like ours, nnlnss a
party is based on "the principles of irtmu-
table justice," and its adherents are cemen -
ted together by higher and nobler aims than
a wild scramble for place and power, it
soon dwindles away before the silent touch
of the hand of time, and is buried in the
sea of oblivion. A party to be successful
mast be truthful and honest in all its acts.
It should bave for its foundation principles
which have their existence in the Coi stito
tion of the United States, and a policy as
progressive as the age in which it exists.
Without these necessary qualifications no
party has existed in this coentry boyond
the brief period of a few years. Tbe great
secret of the success of the Democratic parr
ty, is to be found in its strict adherence to
principle upon all occasions. No prospect
of temporary popularity, has eer induced
its members to desert the path of d jty.
They have always preferred to suffer defeat
rather than to I desert the principles it scrib
ed on their platform, and they .have pati
ently awaited the development of ibe so
ber, second thought of tbe American peo
ple, with the fall conviction that their ac
tions would meet the generous approval of
their countrymen. In this tbey havn been
able to retain their consistency as a party,
and maintain a permanent ascender cy in
the political affairs of tbe nation-
How has it been with the Republican
party 1 Elevated to political power in a
struggle which has shaken the Unioj from
centre to circumference, it lis now in the
lasf expiring throes of its earthly exigence.
Fraud, corruption, deceit and broken ledges
will, mark its downward march until it
sinks beneath the wares of popular indig
nation, and lies accursed of God. ami man
forever. When tbe pent fires of anarchy
and 'rebellion, were about, to bunt fonn
from the excited and inflammable jopola
tion ot the Sooth, the Republican puny as
sumed for the time a - conservative attitude
on the question of slavery !in the Sates
Oa'tha llvh ky of Ftbrsary, 1881 J John
Sherman of Ohio introduced into the Hcfose
of Congress tbe following resolution :
Resolved, That neither the Congress of the
United States, nor the people or govern'
ments of the non-slaveholding States
have the Constitutional right to legis
late upon, or to interlere with slavery in
any of the rlaveholding States in the Uni
on." The resolution passed the House of
Congress without a dissenting vote, and
was everywhere heralded to the world as
tbe expressed opinion of the Republican
party on the right of States to control their
domestic institutions. How many Repub
lican members of Congress who voted for
that resolution, are willing to acknowledge
it as binding on themselves and party 7
A very small minority.
President Lincoln in his inaugural ad
dress on the 4th of March, 1861, said "I
have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to
interfere with the institution of ,-slavery in
the States where it exists. I believe I have
no lawful right to do so, and I have no in
clination to do so." As if determined that
his position on this subject should not be
misunderstood by either friend or foe, he
further said. ,!Tbere is much controversy
about the delivering up of fugitives from
service or labor. The clause I now read is
as plainly written in the Constitution as
any other of its provisions. 'No psrsou
held to service or labor in one State under
the laws thereof escaping into another,shall
in consequence of any law or regulation
therein, be discharged from such service or
labor, but shall be delivered op on claim of
the party to wkom snch service or labor
may due." It is scarcely questionable that
this provision was intended by those who
made it for tbe reclaiming of what we call
fugitive slaves ; and the intention of the
lawgiver is the law. All members of Con
gress swear their support to tbe whole Con
stitution, this provision as much as any
other. To the oroDosition, then, that
slaves whose cases come within the terms
of this clause, shall be delivered up, their
oaths are unanimous." Again in his Mes
sage to the extra' Session of Congress, July
4th, 1861, he says "Lest there be some un
eueiness in the minds of candid men as to
what is to be tbe course of the Government
towards Southern States after the rebellion
shall have been suppressed, the Executive
deems it proper to say it will be his pur
pose then, as ever, to be guided by the
Constitotion and the laws ; and that he will
probably have no different understanding
of the powers and duties of the Federal
Government relatively to the rights of the
States and the people under the Constitu
tion than that expressed in the inaugural
address."
On the loth of April, 1861, Mr. Seward
wrote to Mr. Adams, oor minister to Eng
land : "Yon will indulge in no expressions
of harshness or disrespect, or even impa
tience, concerning the seceded States,
their asents. or their people; but you will
on the contrary, all the while remember
: tht th mm r now. aa thev alwavs
(- Itorainfnrp hfltA Wn. And. not wilhfti&nd-
J - 7 i
j it g their temporary self-deJuion, they must
i always continue to be, equal and honored
i members of th'S federal Union, and mat
their citizens, throughout all political mis
understandings and alienations, still are and
always mast be our kindred and country-
men." Again, in his letter to M
. r-...
our Minister to the Court of France, bear
ing date April 22d. 1861, he says, "The ter
ritories will remain in all respects the same
whether the revolution shall succeed or
shall fail. The condition oi Slavery in the
several States will remain just the same
j whether it succeed or fail. There is not
t even a pretext for the complaint that the
j disaffected States are to be conquered by
; the United States if tbe revolution shall fail;
for the rights of the States and the condition
I 0f every human .being in them will remain
j subject to exactly the same laws ami forms
of .dministration whether the revolution
shall succeed or fail T On the commence
ment ol hostilities Secretary Cameron, said,
"This is a war for the Union, for the preser
vation of all constitu'ional rights of States,
and the citizens of all the States of the Uni
on." . On the 22nd of July, 1861, tbe lollow
ing resolution was introduced into the House
of Congress and passed : "Resolved, That
this war is not waged on their part in any
spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of
conquest or subjugation, nor for tbe purpose
of overthrowing or interfering with the rights
or established institutions of those States,
but to defend and maintain the supremacy
of the constitution and to preserve the Uni
on with all the dignily, equality, and rights
of tbe several States unimpaired ; and that
as soon as these objects are accomplished
the war ought to cease." r
Here then we have the solemn assurance
of the President and bis Secretaries, that
the object ol the war was to restore the Uoi
on, and for that purpose alone. We have
also the pledges ot his political friends in
both branches of Congress that the war was
waged in no spirit of subjugation, or with
any desire in their part to intefere with the
institutions of the several Slates. The last
of these pledges was given on the 22nd of
July, 1861, when our routed forces were
entering the captol of the nation, and the
boastful advocates of abolitionism were
trembling for their own safety. Now,
where are they ? As soon as the gallant
McClellan has gathered around him an ar
my able to suppress the rebellion and en
force obedience to the constitution and laws
of the country, they repudiate erery pledge
they had given, and boldly avow their de j
termination to emancipate the slaves of the I
Sotjth, ty redncing its States to their te
tern-
ritorial condition. It remains to be seen
whether President Lincoln will follow in
their footsteps, and repudiate the pledges
which he has giveti to the people and
the country. For ourselves, we can hon
estly say, we expect but little from that
quatier Poltsville Standard.
Racy Correspondence.
The following letter, with the appended '
editorial remarks, appears in a late number
of the Louisville Journal :
Ti lh tiJ'itnrt nf 1h yiii,.fj Intirnal i
Fort Wahrkn, Mass., Mai. 4, ?62
"Gentlemen .'Amongst other luxuries of and two halves of his patriotism with mean
which 1 have been deprived since my im- j whiskey, he never would have turned rebel,
prisonment, is the pleasure of perusing never have challenged us to mortal com
thope chaste and retreshing notices, with bat, never would have been an inmate of
which for some time past, your paper has
honoreJ me ; nnd although, in ray progres
through the Nonh, I have met with many
attempts on the part ot the pres. at ui imi
tation o! your peculiarly feUcituons style
ol misrepresentations, I have tound none to
equal the original 1 am therefore under by "a drop too much."
the necessity ot applying to the fountain j We are nor without hopes that one dem
head. I enclose two dollars, for which ijohn of good whiskey, or at most two or
please send me your country daily, to the . three, will make Roger a Union'man again,
following address: j We don't look for him to be, what he de-
"Gen. S B. Backner, - j dared himself a'short lime before bis apos
"Care of Cot. J. Dimick, j tacy, "a Union man without ifs or bats;" be
"Fort Warren, Mass. may be a Union man without an if, but cer
'P. S. Since writing the above, our tainly'not without a most ponderous butt.
friend, Col. K. W. Hanson, has reached We don't wonder at his and Buckner's dis
this celebrated resort, and desires me to position to take a drink "durin the preva
add that the present of a demijohn of whis- jence of the nor'-easters,''for,in those winds
key which - be learns you promised him the glonous old flag that streams from the
would never bo more acceptable than at liberty staff of Fort Warren, points directly
this time tbe locality and the latitude as toward Fort Donelson.
well as the sentiment of our neighbors
up tbe harbor holding out most tempting
inducements to cultivate a taste for lhal de
lightful beverage. As a matter of caution,
however, he urges me to add that he hopes
if the liquor be of good quality, you will
not taste it. as he miaht thereby incar much
risk in losing it altogether,a privation which y
,
howeve, agreeable to yourself, would be at-
tended with ,er:oos inconvenience to him-
..if ,in,;n ... n,.lAnM nf ih Dr,,aiinr ;
.
"nor-ea6ters
S. O D."
We are glad the bagged rebel is in such
good humor
He evidentlv feels a creat
deal more comfortable now than he has fell
lor many months, and hence, from being
nlln Bnt marnse. he actua Iv undertakes
- - - - - 1 - j
to laugh od jest. Perhaps he experiences
a sense o! relief on account of being quar
tered in a safe retreat where hostile bayo
nets gleam not nor hostile bullets sing and
whistle, and yet how he can mar.age to em
ploy his time wiiho.t weariness where there
are no bridjes or locks and dams to blow
op, no railroads to destroy, no wagons to
soize and confiscate, no horses,catte, sheep
and hogs to steal, is really more ;han we
ran rnnpniva. Wa hone he will 'enlighten
nnon thU nomt in his next eoistle. Bv
- x " ------ g- a i
the way, we are not surprised at his having ,
rnrpfnllv cnt out the figure of the American -
j - - r-
j Eagle that was stamped upon
the corner of.
' the sheet we have received from him.
n 0
i doubt
he regards that terrible bird with
dread and horror, almost fearing that even
a paper eagle may pick his rebel eyes
ov.
We are glad that the big rebel, in subscri -
bing lor tne Journal, na nai jmigemcm ,
I. r . V .
eno.:2n to sena us goon uuion money f
stead n trie re;ei ninDiaiers ne bu ui-
ten forced upon as good Union men as our . Tennessee have not yet been tolJ. A mem
selves. It seems ihat he avowedly sub-; ter 0f the Forty ninth Indiana regiment,
scribes for oor paper because be thinks it now at Cumberland Ford, says that the
surpasses all oibers in misrepresentation three hundred refugee, East Tenaesseans,
Now if he has such delight in merely . have enlisted within a week, from whom
reading falsehoods, liow deep and keen must , ie gathers the following almost Incredible
be his rapture in telling them. Beyond all dories of the barbarities inflicted on the
doubt, his life mast have been ono of ex- Union men by their rebel tyrants:
qmsite enjoyment But we cannot because One man sixty-five years old, attacked
he is cooped np and can no longer exercise hy a large force, refused to surrender and
his vandalism upon other noble and useful after being mortally wounded, having first
put lie works, permit him, untHbikd, tc at- fia;n Jour of his assailants, was propped ur
temp; to demolish thnl great brdge of na
tional safety, that noble lock and dam in
the stream of political intelligence, . that
double-track railroad for the promotion of
the creat interests of the cou dry, the Lou
ifville Journal. Accustomed lo rob and
steal with impunity, he yet must not be al-
lowed lo steal the Journal's character, al children brutally shot down, and not con
though unlike his own.it may be well worth : tufit with this villainy, their homes were
stealing If he repeats the flagitious at-" Gripped of everything Even tbe wearing
tempt, we shall, in defiance ot all flags of
truce, -'propose to move immediately upon
his works." We suppose he will pro
nounce our course "ungenerous" and "un
ohivalrous," but we can't help that.
If our distinguished correspondent, as
the end and upshot of all his treasonable
deeds, shall undergo, on his emerging from
Fort Warren, the fate of those that it is said
"can't be drowned," we hope he will send
ns a ticket of invitation to the interesting
little entertainment. If he shall think prop
er to make a charge for it we will cheer
fully pay him back the two dollars he now
sends us. Ah, if he had come to Louisville
last fall as he intended, and caught ns, we
should have been a dangling spectacle for
his eyes instead of living to anticipate his
becoming one for ours. Bat we hope he is
well, and that the dinners he eats in Fort
Warren lie more li&htly upon his stomach
than the famous ones he didn't eat here.
We would kindly suggest to him, that, if he
has any time to spare from tbe reading of
the Louisville Journal and from repenting
of his sins, he might devote it to carrying
on and consummating the negotiations,
which at the time be occupied Bowling
Green, he proposed to Mr. Guthrie for tbe
running of the Louisville andNashville Rail
road.
As lor Roger Hanson's message to ns, it
hall of course be attended to. We did
promise Roger some fine whiskey, and it
is on hand. It is already jugged like Rog
er himself. And truly we can recommend
it Whi'e it is passing down his throat be
will perhaps almost forget the diasreeable
sensation, that in his moments of reflection
he no doubt feels about his neck.
He begs j
us, if the liquor is good, that we will not j
venture to taste it ourselves, as in that cae j
he might lose it altogether. Well, he seems j
entirely aware that there is no danger oi
our drinking any but "good'' liquor If hie
taste had been equally unexceptionable, if
be hadn't burned up one half of bis senses
Fori Warren enrsing the flag of bis country
almost within the awful shadow of Bunker
Hill and it mighty shalt, never would have
felt choked for the want of a drop to drink
or looked forward with apprehensions of
beinz still worse choked one of these days
New Rebel Disease Aa Alabama' vol
unteer writes from one of the rebel camps :
"There's a new disease broken out here
the camp disease they call it The first
ijmpiora umr -y---
I T-t.
Paueni caai 80,08 luo ",u11 w UJl " DC'
zed with a nerous trembling of the knees,
. . . l . .1 i; 1 I
na wni:ene me-i.v.nu a ..B
inclination to advance backwards
That's the water serves mad dogs. Then
MU. tn ms,itv l!a hnmA fAVr flrrl
wu -. v... .;r
next sufferer's wile and nine children are
Ken 6lCK aiier WI,lCQ u,e Poor ,e"uw l"CB
f- t ' l . t - f.llM
: collapse and then a relapse. But tt a
mighty hard to get a discharge, or even a 1
lanoogn awmi u-.u. r.u iju .
it withoat working the thing pretty low
down.
"I tell yon what, Bob, between yon and
me, I'm afraid I'm taking the disease my
self, I don't like the reports we hear every
""
ing Uuwii uieio uj ills uuui, iiu iucf raj
the Yankees are going to play the very dev.
il with our ducks. I think 1 'can detect a
laint smell of powder in the breese.and feel
a strange desire to go in some hole or oth.
! er- II m1 be the climate, I hope so, but
don't see how that should make me turn so
cold about the haversack every time I see a
j , . . , , , i
wayonm. n wmy uu tuio yuuu rpnua,
. - I T .1 I
now, to lane every morning, i minis i couiu
stand it very welL Please send me some
immediately on receipt ot this: (N. B-
Mark the box "Drags, care 2d Bait. Ala
Vols. "5 Oar Major is sharp as a brier, and
, oown " u'suui"" uut a
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oug.
Rebel Atroeilies.
The horrors of rebel supremacy in EaBt
or. the road-side and sixty balls fired into
his body. Another was hanged without
trial, and his son compelled to sit beneath
the gallons and witness the agonies of his
dying father. Two others, unobtrusive quiet
citizens, were called at midnight from tbeir
, beds, and in the presence of tbeir wives and
j apparrel was taken from their wives and
linle ones, and they turned naked into the
street. Many equally brutal instances are
related by honest, candid men, whose tes
timony none would doubt. Such are the
sufferings of a people whose only crime is
a refusal to become traitors.
A Pretty Good Story. A tolerably good
story is told of a couple of raftsmen based
upon an occurrence during tbe late big
flood and storm on oor western rivers in
whice so many rafts were swamped and so
many steamboats lost their sky rigging. A
raft was caught in a dangerous place just
as the squall came. In an instant the raft
was pitching and writhing aa if suddenly
dropped into Charybdis, while the waves
broke over it with tremendous uproar, and
expecting instant destruction, the raftsmen
dropped on his knees and commenced pray
ing with a vim equal to the emergency
Happening to open his eyes an instant, he
observed his companion not engaged in
prayer bnt pushing a pole into ihe water at
the side of the raft. 'What's that yer doin
Mike?' said he, 'get down on your knees
now,for there isn't a rainnit between ns and
purgatory!' 'Be aisy, now, what's the nse
in praying when a feller can tetch bottom
with a pole V Mike is a pretty good spec-
imen of a large class of christians, who pre-
fer 0 omit prayer as long as they can tetch
the bottom. '
"Snpportlnt Ihe CoVerDnrent: -
A certain stripe of Republicans are very
desirous that Democrats should approve
every act of Lincoln's Administration, and
swallow them down as go pel no matter
how thev mav comDort with their Jnofions
cf ri u. . j wronff- Should e demur in
the ,ea8t) of be onab,a to accoramodato onr.
.eiV(). to the .ridden oration., which thi-
administration is evefv davSnakin. we are
pronounced Tailor," and threatened with
all sorts of inflic.ions"fot presuming to ex
ercise the riaht of a freeman, find express
an independent opinion concerning the acts '
of our servants whom we have placed in -office
to manage for ns the affairs of ihe
Government Tbe whipping-in cry of "trea
son to ihe Government" will hardly be
found sufficient to cloak the extensive blnn
derings and corruptions of Lincoln's Admin-' '.
istra'.ion, or make any Democrat approve -then?
contrary to bis sense of truth and jas .
tice Oar Republican friends may possess '
some Becret by which tbey accommodate '
themselves lo tbe "wiring in and wriring
out" of the administration but tbey have
not, as we know of, succeeded in imparting
that convenieut knowledge to Democrats
They must pardon ns for we will have, to
plod along in our old fashioned way of ap
proving what is right, and condemning what
is wrong, no matter whose jade winces. It
must indeed require considerable, elasticity' "
of body and conscience to applaud the
ground and lofty tumbling now on exhibit
tion by Lincoln's Administration. Let u y
illustrate. p
The Administration declared war for thi
benefit of tbe Union, and wa approved itn '
course : it soon changed its lacticsand raadti "
it a war for the benefit of "contractors and '
the nigger and we are expected io "sustain
the Government f'i e. Liscolk's Admin
istration. The Administration dismissed Gen Cam
eron from bis place in the Cabinet and we
approved its course; it then appointed the
very'same man to represent us abroad who
it oectared not tit to represent us at home,
atid we are beseecbed to "sustain the Gov
ernment f . ,
The V Wrcr Committee reported to
the country certain transactions in which
Gideon Weeles, the Secretary of the Navy,
was mixed np in a disgraceful way that de
manded his immediate dismissal and which
the Committee says was "hcpRCBKKsrBLK
AXDrjEMORiuziKO," and we approed the
finding of the Committee ; but Mr Weeles
is continued at the head of the Navy De
partmentand, and as a matter of course,
disgrace and disaster attends his adminis
tration the Sumter skims the seas and cap
tures over twenty of our vessels, while our
whole Navy cannot captare her, the Nash'
rille, and other rebel ships, runs the block
ade at pleasure, our ships are sunk and
their crews destroyed, in Hampton Roads,
by the Merrimnc "aa long looked for,' and
we are solicited o "sustain the GorernmenfJ'l
England insults our country, demands'
that our captured rebels be given op to bvr
and she protects them, threatens us with
war and sends troops to Canada for that
purpose, and when they arrive at onr shsres
demand to march across onr territory through
the Stale of Maine. Mr. Seward very ay-cnphant-like
complies and says "The au
thorities of the United Slates will permit
British steamers, and the officers or agents
of the British Government, to have all prop
er facilities for landing and transporting to
Canada, or elsewhere, troeps and muni
tions ol war of every kind, without excep
tion or reservation." We are thus doubly
humiliated and disgraced in the eyes ol the
world, and yet we must "sustain the Gove-n-ment.l"
The Administration has appointed snch
political scamps as Jim Lesley and Bill
Mor4, who have plundered the treasury of
hundreds of thousands of dollars, to high
positions abroad. The country, however,
has been saved from the disgrsce by their
nominations being rejected, no thanks to
Mr. Lincoln, but we must, nevertheless,
"sustain the Government '
Tbe Administration at a critical period
placed Gen. McClbllan at the head of the
Army, and the whole country approved tbe
act. Mr. Lincoln to make a display of his
superior Generalship has taken the com
mand in his own hands and narrowed Mr.
McClellan down to the army of tbe
Potomac, thus sacrificing the success of
our armies and the honor of our flag to a
political scheme. We most, without a
murmur, acquiesce in all this and l'susttiin
the Govecnment f
The Administration removed Gen. Fre
mont from the command of tbe Army -of
ibe West, for neglect, extravagance, incom
petency, tyranny and bad management
generally, and we approved the righteous
act. Mr. Lincoln has re-appointed thia no
torious humbug to tbe head of tbe largest
and mo6t important military department in
the country, and we are expected to approve
that too and I 'wain the Government f
We might go on multiplying case upon
cae to show up the inconsistencies, blun
derings of the present .Administration did
we think it worth while. What we have
noted mutt convince every unprejudiced
mind that the Administration has commit
ted some of the grandest errors ever made
under any Government. Were we not
asked to sustain Lincoln's Administration,
right or wrong, under the plea that tt is the
only way we can show our loyalty to tbe
Government, we would, at this time, remaia
silent respecting it, and content ourselves
with hoping that ood may come out of
evil." We have approved where we coold
approve, and if we bave been compelled
to disapprove it is because we could not
like the Dutchman's pig, be oa both side
of the fence at the same time. To follow
this Administration in its zig g course
wonld, indeed, be a bard road to travel)
.WeguT h op. Valley Spirit.
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